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Thanks everyone for these replies. I'd previously been in touch with the Haven Concierge on board who had said we would be tendering to St Mark's pier, but then I received other info from them that we would be docking at the cruise port. (and it still shows on CruiseMappper that we are??) I'd planned on going with the flow either way, since they gave conflicting info.  While I'm disappointed to miss Venice as a port day (we will be there 2 days on the back end, so we'll get there), I am definitely glad not to have to deal with a 90 minute tender ride each way - that sounds awful!

I do think it's bad business though of NCL to sell this cruise as departing from Venice (which we all know really isn't Venice) with a Venice port day, when in the end, many people won't get a chance to see Venice at all.  If they don't have a plan for how to handle the situation there, they shouldn't wait until 7 days out to tell everyone they don't get to go to Venice.  

It does sound like we can expect some sort of compensation for the missed port though, right?

Just received an email that our cruise next week out of Trieste is no longer going to Venice day 1.  We're now overnighting and just staying in Trieste.  Does anyone know why?  No reason given in the email.

Thanks!

Great cabin - quiet location but far from elevators.  Lots of room.  Nice for family when you connect to 11110.

We just sailed in 17033 and the noise from the public sundeck above was annoying. Chairs scraping early in the morning, but more so were the kids/teens running and jumping up there until midnight. Even though 17 is a Haven floor, they would take the elevator up and sit in the stairwell at the top of 17 listening to music - then running around the deck at night. Posh is much quieter - day and night and we wished we'd taken cabin 17030. Cabin itself was lovely - just think under Posh would be better.

Pretty much decided to go with Capt Marvin's for our family with teenagers, but need some help with the difference in his snorkel/stingray tours. Besides length, what are the specific differences in the 2 stop, 3 stop and beach/lunch tours? I thought I'd read one included diving for conch. Also, if anyone has had the beach lunch, how was it?

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Hello,

Could anyone who has travelled on Tauck Bridges river cruise comment on how the activities are for teens age 13/17? I've heard there's only 1 set activity/excursion each day on these family trips and am concerned they may be too juvenile for teens. Does anyone know?

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Hi, has anyone ever gotten a rollaway bed setup in their Pinnacle Suite? We have 13 y/o daughter and 15 y/o son and don't want them to have to share a narrow sofa bed. The suite has plenty of room - just not sure HAL even does that.

Thanks!

Just returned from a good week onboard the Summit. We stayed in a Royal Suite and overall, the ship was better than expected, especially for her age.

I have a few quick thoughts on our experiences. We were a family of 6 (10/13 year old kids and in-laws) in Royal Suite connecting to Concierge cabin.

Negatives:

Mildew in shower of suite cabin. Peeling paint on deck of suite. Don't believe cabin was vacuumed all week - had to request sand in closet be vacuumed. Butler a bit stand-offish.

Nothing for families to do together on board. We played shuffleboard and then cards in our room a lot. No one showed for trivia 2 days except us!

Wine Cellars and Aqua Spa Cafe deserted most of the week.

Canyon Ranch not available first 2 days, then no push to bring customers to see this great, new product - no specials, no sample treatments in lobby/public areas to entice us to go.

Way too hot in fitness center. No fans on or near treadmills and they are situated right in the sun.

Positives:

Loved the non-smoking ship (only a few designated smoking areas)

Casino staff very nice.

Loved comedian and magician as well as Will Forter (sp?) and band 5 O'Clock Somewhere.

Captain Leonardo was funny, friendly and interacted with guests better than any other captain we've had.

Main dining room staff were great.

Food in Oceanview cafe (buffet) better than expected.

Liked dinner at Qsine but wouldn't have paid $45 per person for our group of 6 (had free suite dinner for 4 of us).

Drink package was great. Didn't feel "nickel and dimed" like on other cruises.

Overall, we would definitely consider another Celebrity cruise!

thanks for the suggestions! The rest of my family all wants to snorkel - now trying to decide b/t Celebrity's Nevis or just St. kitts catamaran/snorkel tours.

Hi, I'm looking for more details and/or reviews from the ship tours in St Kitts. We're on the Summit in April and interested in snorkeling/catamaran, beach or 4x4 safari tour. Would like any additional info please - can't find more details specific to Celebrity on the port page, already checked. Thanks!

From what I've read here, am I correct that it costs $5 per person for suite guests to dine at Blu? And it's on a space available basis? Does that seem strange since suites pay so much more and have so many other perks that this isn't included?

Thanks for any clarification.