Mark_K

Email servers on both ends have minds of their own. My wife and I had our covid tests at the same time at Walgreens, she uses hotmail I use gmail, her results showed up more than four hours before mine. Also, check your spam folder or whatever it’s called with your mail server. They also have minds of their own when it comes to that.

For a person who doesn’t drink, or has status and is willing to only do it 5-7, and doesn’t have much need for Internet, or is willing to curtail their minutes, it’s a good deal. Always good to have options that appeal to a range of customers.

I ran across this today while checking cruising power for deals, it pretty well explains why they did it: VACATIONS WITH MORE OPTIONS Introducing NO PERK rates in refundable & non-refundable fares. Ideal for price-driven clients and creating demand through your marketing channels, our new NO PERK rates are the perfect opportunity to leverage lower rates to drive traffic and UPSELL clients to Always Included vacations, allowing you to earn more commission.

Thanks. I wish I’d known that before our last cruise.

Maybe I missed it, but I don’t see pressing of two items listed as a benefit.

It looks to me like the price is for two people and the gratuities are for one person.

Words, yes, but the names of dishes used to be in Italian with the English name in parentheses in the description. And the section titles were also in Italian, primi piatti, zuppe e insalata, mare / terra, etc.

Probably just trying to give people another option.

That statement is true, but what it doesn’t say is that you have to be ‘up to date’ to sail with them. Also, note that while it says booster shots are recommended, it does not say required. What Celebrity does say on its Healthy at Sea page is … COVID-19 Booster Vaccine shots are not currently required to sail on Celebrity Cruises.

It would be more accurate to say that it was because it was a cruise with several at sea days. (Which wouldn’t include a typical Caribbean sailing) I’ve had the same experience on a canal cruise and a Vancouver to Hawaii cruise.

It’s not just where they join the ship. You also need a US visa if the ship you’re on stops at a US port. Not many ships stay away from the US long enough to make having crew without visa's feasible.

MoveUp, and similar programs for lots of cruise lines and airlines, is handled by a company called Plusgrade. You can google them if you want to learn more about them.

According to their website: Post Cruise Inquiries Post Cruise Questions or Comments:CelebrityEngagementCenter@celebrity.com Celebrity Guest Relations Department1-844-418-6824

I don’t know post-covid, but prior to that in my experience boarding began at the normal late morning time

The TA I sometimes use is allowing you to book them online at their website, so it must only be through Celebrity that you can’t.

That’s not what I heard on our recent cruise. The talk from Celebrity staff was more about having a hard time getting crew members back on board.

My recollection is that it was originally intended to offer cruisers three options. Early/Late dining, make reservations for any available time, or show up and hope for the best.

Did you add a post to the Celebrity MoveUp Tracker thread? That’s where most people go get get information about MoveUp offers.

We were on Millennium, if it has one, I never tried to go there.

Off topic story, but you might find it interesting. We have a somewhat elderly neighbor who totally refuses to tell anyone how old he is Then one day I realized that his email address is JoeC1936 …

Speaking of that, does anyone know who gets the extra Suite Class gratuities?

You don’t play, or not much, you just transfer the OBC to the slot machine and cash out.

And if you don’t want to clear your cache, switch to private mode (Safari) or incognito (Chrome) and try it that way.

Yes, and then you can cash out and convert your OBC to actual cash.

That’s a hard question to answer for anyone else. But looking at current pricing it would be for me. Keep in mind that you get more OBC, Premium drinks, and streaming internet to immediately offset some of the price difference. Then from my TA I would also get additional OBC.