Ex-Airbalancer

We were on the Voyager in August 28 and than September 4 TA , what a disaster of a cruise , ports were great , the ship was terrible, needs a major up renovation! And lack of staff and supplies we were on the Apex TA in April , which was short staff , the 4 dining is one of the best things on E-class, rest of ship isn’t as nice as S or M class ships it must be nice to eat off really China plates in the buffet instead of plastic plates and glasses they use on the Voyager

Just go at 8:30 , there will probably be no line up than anyway also would it be nice to try the food in the different restaurants 🤔

Would a Dark and stormy work🤔 Rum and ginger beer 🥃😁

A lot good info given already Join the roll call and join some of the tours offer there also these 3 ports are very walkable from the ship Cagliari Sardinia, - Sicily (Messina port) Italy Naples Italy

You usually get a new number , at least with the EU/UK sims cards I have gotten

We are on the April TA , haven’t been on the Reflection, it will be interesting to here what was upgraded during the drydock

The rolling waves in your location is the worst for sea sickness

White party 😱 white makes me look really fat 🤣 regards boarding , on our April TA on the Apex , we arrived at our checking in time and it was so smooth there was no waiting time at all

Quine was a funny place to eat with a group of people the LPC thing 👎

That is funny , the last thing we want to do is spend time in Florida and cruise the Caribbean We have done a couple of Caribbean ports on a TA cruise and decide that was enough if we want to do a Caribbean/ Central American trip we will do a land trip Also wouldnt visit the area in the Summer months as Ontario is pretty nice in the Summer months 😁

Celebrity guest relations do not have any control over how fast you will get a cabs at a port , and you did get a cab so GS was correct 😁

I don’t like E class theatre, and didn’t care much for the production shows

Would it be in the taxi companies best interest to know which ships would be in ports so the can make money

We did a 14 night TA in May and the wife got Covid , she has had worst colds , sore throat for a day, we did get vaccinated 2 weeks before the cruise , which we believed stop her from getting sick we also did a 21 day Baltic and Arctic TA in September, I got a cold that always goes around the ship I wear a mask on a plane but not on the ship I think as long as you get your vaccination and don’t do raspberries with your grandchild that goes to daycare ( I have caught two virus from him 🤣) you should be fine

Why would any of be on Celebrity 🤔

I have read that the Penthouse on the M-class is one of the best not that I have been in , just going by location and size

Infinity and the Constellation have not been renovated yet to accommodate suites Some of the S-class ships have also been renovated like the Summit so you have to check the deck plan also A class ship? Or do you mean E-class, a lot of area is cordoned off for the suites

With almost every twist and turn one can look out to sea- and is – therefore - kind of connected with the sea- for me the whole purpose of traveling by ship. The shear elegance and style of those ships. This a reason we do not like the Apex , and will stick to M&S class ships unless the itinerary and price is right for an E-class ship

In 2019 Celebrity had a great Black Friday sale , extra $300 OBC , a couple of perks and $25 deposit we got a great price on Reflection TA for 2021 which We were able to L&S to Apex TA in 2022 You have to know your pricing for the cruise you want and when you think it is a fair price book it Also check with your TA to see if their agency has a group price , we gotten group prices that included Always at the same price Celebrity posted as Sail Only

When people say the music is great on HAL , What great about it ? For eg , we did a arctic TA on RCL , in September the music was awful, the genre was ok , basically 70’s and newer but the musicians were bad , but passengers loved them the theatre had show tunes from the 30-40’s , much before my time lol I do like them serving you at the buffet, RCL does not , 🤢 Celebrity did in April , but food was cold will look at HAL for 2024 as we are booked with 2 TAs for 2023 on Celebrity

My daughter had a port hole balcony it was fine , no different than Voyager class ship on RCL my wife had IV on the Apex TA while in quarantine ,she though it was a great place to be stuck in A lot when she couldn’t keep the window open due to weather There is Problems with E-class but IV is not one of them

You may see the silhouette of the rock , but is about it unless they have add light to it since I last saw it

I remember the first time we passed Gibraltar , our cabin was a balcony on port side, Gibraltar is on Starboard side Captain announced the we were going to be passing at about 5am, of course I wake up at 4:30 am 🙄, than the dilemma, do I wake up the wife because if it something to see and she misses I will be in sh$tt and if I wake her and there nothing to see I will be in sh$tt so I woke her up 😱 I couldn’t make a couple of red lights appear exciting in her eyes 😁

I was feel much safer walking around the EU compared to the USA

And we don’t want you to use the rest of the ship, we are not worthy of being in your presence😁