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Another thing to consider is using miles to Europe if you have enough. You don’t get penalized for one way. We’ve done this many times and have also used A2S for some round trips.

Call RC direct first and have them status match you to diamond based on your Celebrity Elite status. This will get you a small balcony discount and also qualify you for onboard benefits like 4 free drinks per day.

We were Diamond on RC and called Celebrity. They matched us to Elite long before we had the requisite points on Celebrity.

If you have them, consider using miles to book a one way transatlantic flight. Easy to do one way at half the cost of R/T.

It doesn’t say when it will get you to the ship, or when they will get you home. I’m not posting to defend FBC, I’ve used them a couple of times because they offered a better deal than I could book myself. Each time I’ve had issues (on return flights) that were the airline’s fault and I dealt directly with the airline to resolve. I gather the OP was traveling around Christmas to/from Florida. Flights are ALWAYS full at these times, and any hiccup in the system is difficult to recover from. They can’t just move you, especially a large group, to another flight quickly because there’s no availability. Often when issues occur around this time it can be days before you can be accommodated. It’s frustrating, but sometimes there’s nothing they can do. In almost all cases US airlines will not book you on another carrier, they just tell you to come back when they have availability.

We have also missed twice in two years. First time was due to fog. Legit, it was totally socked in. Captain sat outside entrance for close to two hours before waving it off. Second time was the one that irked me. Was Sept 2023 on Ovation. When boarding in Seattle they were passing out sheets saying we would miss Dawes because there wasn’t enough daylight this late in the season. Don’t they know sunrise/sunset times when they make up the schedules? Can they buy an almanac maybe? Everyone was in disbelief.

Yes, but they close at noon.

Currently on Oasis. Did I miss the memo? MDR has not been open for lunch any day. We are on our second and last sea day. They do have “brunch” on sea days, but it ends at noon.

We checked a 24pack of waters in Miami this week. Showed up at our cabin safe and sound. Put it in a reusable grocery bag and taped it up with a luggage tag.

Can u book BOGO prior to the cruise, or must you wait til onboard to book?

We were able to stay in our cabin for a good bit. Steward was ok with it. Some people went down at normal times.

Entering the harbor now.

Cruise director just said we have the pilot onboard and are “going to attempt to go alongside”. Which I think means we are heading into the port.

Last update was about 30 mins ago. Pilot was alongside and boarding. Then he and Captain were going to discuss plan. We are heading east currently about 8 miles offshore.

Captain George just updated us again. He says winds still gusting to 50 in the port and they won’t send the pilot boat out in that. Now earliest alongside pier is 10am. That is subject to change if winds stay up.