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It's nowhere near the port. It's well north of Fort Lauderdale. It'd be a hike to the pier.

Thanks for your reply.That's not a problem, I have a car. I was wondering how the hotel was and the surrounding area, shopping, restaurants etc.

Does anyone have any info on this hotel. Thinking of staying there one night precruise, thanks

I'm looking to book a room on points in the Miami area for 1 night. The Holiday Inn on 79th isn't an option.

 

The question: Is an IHG property in the Miami you love or hate and why?

We also love the Intercontinental. Great staff, close to the cruise terminal. $10.00 taxi ride.

I am planning a cruise trip for next November and want to rent a car for 3 days pre cruise at FLL and return it at Miami. There is any rental car location at Miami that has a shuttle to POM?

IF YOU RETURN IT TO MIA THEN THE FOLLOWING HAVE SHUTTLES, DOLLAR, THRIFTY, ALAMO, NATIONAL AND MAYBE ENTERPRISE. i DON'T KNOW ABOUT DOWNTOWN LOCATIONS, BUT IT'S CHEAP TAXI RIDE TO POM.

thanks

Can anyone tell me who the concierge is on the Escape, thanks.

Next spring my wife and I are renting a Thrifty Rental Car in FLL and turning it in at MIA.

Thrifty list the turn in as "Cruise Ship Shuttle".

My question -- Has anyone used this service and are there long waits for the shuttle or is it pretty efficient?

 

Thanks,

Kel:)

It's basically Dollar and Thrifty. Have used them many times with no problems. The buses are frequent. Check if the rate is cheaper if you just book to MIA instead of Cruise ship shuttle, also check the Dollar rate,either way you won't have a problem getting on the shuttle. Make sure you have your receipt when getting on the shuttle, sometimes they check to see if you actually returned a car.

Eating in the dining room on embarkation day is a new perk for the concierge class. I saw it on the Celebrity web site. We are looking forward to it!

I saw it as well, all Concierge Class is invited to a special lunch on embarkation day

SAS Shuttle is very good, $15/person

I just booked last week with my TA and saved $350 over booking direct.

I just booked last week and saved $350 over X.

Booked with a TA. Very easy to change. Just called, knew what cabin I wanted to change to and they took care of it while I was on the phone. Just remember it needs to be in the same class.

 

Diane

Thanks Diane

Harvey,

 

It was only 2 or 3 days. We just booked last week. I thought it would take much longer, so I was really surprised.

 

Diane

Did you book thru a T/A or directly with X? was it difficult to change staterooms?

We booked a concierge guarantee and were almost immediately assigned a C3 close to the front of the ship. I was able to change it to an aft cabin location (still C3 category) closer to the elevators. Very happy with it for the price!

 

Diane

Hi Diane,

We are on the same Equinox sailing in November. How long after booking did you get your stateroom number.

Harvey

The "Free" classic beverage package through Celebrity does include the beverage gratuities for drinks included in the package. This is important to know because other lines like Norwegian charge you a service charge even when they give you the package for "free".

 

I'll use round numbers for easy math, but on Norwegian if the beverage package was to cost $600 and they give it to you for free, they still charge you $108 (18%) as a service charge. They do that for the free specialty dining too.

 

With Celebrity it is a free Classic Beverage Packaging Including Gratuities - so no line item charge for gratuities for the free classic beverage package.

 

If you upgrade to the Premium package either onboard or before your cruise, the per day price is $10 + 18% gratuities. So I usually tell people it is $11.80 per person per day for the upgrade.

 

As long as you drink strictly from the Classic Package there is never an extra charge when they give it to you for free.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate your replies. I have sailed 11 times always with NCL, that's why I was asking. Thanks again.

Concierge hands down, much better perks and more Captains Club points

Thank you

We will be sailing on Equinox and was wondering what would be the better cabin. The price for the guarantee concierge and the B2 are almost the same. Never sailed on X, so i was wondering which one to take. Any help would be super, thanks

Thank you

New to X and was wondering if the gratuities are included in premium package when I have both gratuities and premiere beverage package included. . thanks

Does anyone know if NCL has umbrellas in their staterooms. We are sailing on the Jewel, thanks.

Great review! We're on 2/19/17 Miami to LA!

I think your on the Feb 28 sailing, Miami to LA. Why don't you join our M&G on the roll call.

We arrive in San Pedro on a Sunday. All the car rental companies in San Pedro are closed. Can anyone tell me the closest rental company to San Pedro that is open and in what city are they in, thanks

I'd go on 16 as everything is on that deck, concierge office, Haven lounge and restaurant. On deck 17 you have the sundeck above you.

Robert, we haven't booked through NCL but have booked through last minute travel twice for our NCL cruises and have gotten great deals.

join their club for free or call them for better prices. By joining you'll have choice of hotels and they tell you the names.

Here are our bills from Cagney's under the new a la carte menu. This is for 2 people. We paid $0 for the food, even though the totals were $109 and $90. (Ignore the $20 charge you see. That was for drinks, and it was also zeroed out since we had UBP.) We had the 4 day SDP on Escape.

 

I noticed that you had the UDP, does this work the same way for the SDP?