Mr. Click

The draw back to Celebrity's messaging system on their app is there is no notification tone so unless you are really watching the app you won't know you have a message. There is a visual alert but it is pretty small.

No clue on those things. Never bought them, just bought a soda and water from time to time.

On our recent Beyond cruise a soda or a bottle of water was about 5 bucks. You can used that to do the math. In the OVC you can get ice tea, lemonade, fruit punch, apple juice etc for free most anytime. Unless your kids want Mocktains I don't see the value in the package but that is me.

It is a one class upgrade, not a full catagory. If you book a veranda, say a V3 you can ask for an upgrade to a V2. You cannot book a Veranda V1 and ask to upgrade to a Concierge C3. As SFCAcruiser said, you can't upgrade from a GTY in any catagory, that is part of the GTY game.

I believe that the train reservations open about 90 days out for the public. When we went we just booked out tickets the day booking opened. We saw the same sights and it was easy to just walk over. The waffle breakfast sounds like fun but that is a lot of money for waffles..... OP could alway book the ship's excursion as a back up and then book directly when booking opens. If they get the private tickets, just cancel the ship tickets.

They will ask for one when you check in online but as NutsAboutGolf said, it easy to go to guest relations and change it. I had to do it last summer when the card I used to check in got hacked and was canceled and re-issued with a new number.

I understand that, I just don't want to see it become the norm. When leaving the ship we now do the express walk off. It is easier without any inspections and you are going down hill for the most part. We started doing after one bag "vanished" in San Juan one day. It did show up about 20 minutes later when the one who thought it was his realized it was not but....shore staff was less than helpful so now we just roll it all off.

Not a great way to make friends. I would not be a happy camper if I was standing online behind some people who had the bright idea to just carry on all of their oversized luggage. The whole boarding process is annoying enough now so why make it worse? Bring what fits in the scanners and yes, you can now take it right to your cabin and drop it. SeaPass cards etc are on the door of your cabin, they are not handed out prior to boarding anymore in most places

The big question is will your luggage fit through the X-ray machines? Every thing has to be scanned. Checked or not.

We stayed in one on Beyond in January. The "noise" from the lounge was not an issue but there were a few night were it sounded like they were trying to rebuild LeGrand, the restaurant above us. You could hear the music from the lounge out in the hallway but never in the cabin.

Stem to Stern, my current booking went up after we booked and now it is way down. It is always a good idea to keep checking these things. You just never know.

The change fee is $100 per person, not per reservation. We just did it last month so we can be at out granddaughter's 10th birthday......The pricing etc will change but you don't lose your deposit. If you used a TA call them, if you booked direct, call Celebrity.

The whole cruise world has gotten crazy from what I see. Our upcoming Iceland cruise has dropped dramaticly in price, likely due to the volcanic activity in Iceland. A few weeks ago I had to change the cruise date so I had to pay $200 change fee but the cruise price went down $2000. Nice. Last week I checked the pricing again and it was down another thousand so I emailed my TA with an apology and asked for a repricing. Within a few hours it was done. Total cost is now down over 50%. Celebrity OBC is pretty much the same but the OBC from the TA went down because it is based on their commission that has gone way down. All it all a big win for us so it does pay to price watch and ask, especially before final payment.

Are your reservations linked? If they are it would show all 6 names and have you choose who you are booking for each night. Just a thought.

Without St. Petersburg I would pick Iceland BUT that is biased because I just found the other cities interesting but not stunning. We also did a cruise through the fjords of Norway out of Southamption and that scenery was just stunning. Iceland has been on my list for a long time. We were supposed to go in 2020 but that did not happen and now I can go without flying all of the way to Europe. Bottom line is they are are good so get out your coin....

We did The Best of Scandanavia pre pandemic, pre Putin invading the Ukraine so it included an over night stop in St Petersburg and it was a great trip. Yes, Berlin is a very long day with all the travel so we opted to stay in Wernamunde and we enjoyed the day. I don't think I would go back without St. Petersburg but that is just me. Oh, we are doing the Iceland trip this summer.....Flip a coin and go and save the loser for next year.

If you are happy with the price grab it now. If the price goes down between now and your final payment you should be able to get it re-priced, if not you have your cabin locked in. S class vs E class, I pick S any day. I really do not like the idea of paying for a veranda that is not a real veranda..... We are on the Eclipse going from Iceland this summer and I have already had my TA re-price it twice as volcanic stuff has scared people away...

We usually get one unlimited package and have no trouble activating it. DW uses it for the most part and I use my 90 minutes until they run out. The annoying thing to me is even when we don't use her discount to buy the package, once we log into to the package her "free" minutes vanish and I can't use them. That is another story for another life time I guess.

Thanks everyone. I just was not sure if there was an Elite benefit but right now there is a one day flash sale going on so I am off to book some dinners.

Search gave me over 187 thousand answers and nothing in the first 100 worked so, is there a Specialty Dining benefit for Elites? I thought I read we got some kind of discount. If so, do I have to call in to get it like we do with wifi?

My understanding is if you use the 90 minutes you no longer have a discount. People are saying use the 90 minutes first and then the purchased package. I ask why??? Why bother, if you paid for a package use it. I have had some success stacking the pre-cruise discount and the CC discount by calling the CC number. You cannot do it online, you have to call. Flash sales are just that, They come and go in a flash and are marked as FLASH SALE. The best times for them seem to be Black Friday and July 4. There are others but the discounts don't seem to be as big. The real rip off comes when you both have Elite status but you only buy a single device package during a flash sale thinking that "oh, I can use my 90 minutes and they are gone, I can use hers because we did not use that perk during the Flash Sale". Nope, once you activate the package your other perk is gone whether or not you used the discount.

and yet years before COVID I had success getting upgraded on price drops after final payment. Oh for the good old days.

So now I need to think about putting the GoPro back in my bag for Iceland this summer......Great work Topkatz

Frozenpegger, I just finished booking our hotels for pre-cruise and found some good deals with centerhotels.com. They have number of hotels in Reykjavik with different levels of pricing. Use the code BOOKDIRECT on the web site you get a discount and some extra perks. One nice thing is you don't have to pre-pay. We are there our first night and the night before we board the ship. Middle night we are staying in Vik so save some driving.

Check out Albergo dela Senato. Very nice hotel right on the Pantheon Square so it is easy walking distance to most of the other sites other than the Vatican. We have stayed there in the past and loved it. Great staff, good included breakfast. Rome Cabs (romecabs.com) is great for getting from the port to the city. They are always on time, always smiling and waiting. Check out your roll call and make your own group for that transit, it saves money and time.