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JoePDX

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    Portland, Oregon, USA
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    World travel
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Oceania, Celebrity
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Mediterranean

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  1. Should be like the Oceania smaller ships as they are all sisters. Same sex steam room in each changing room. Seats 4-6 and is quite hot. No sauna. Joe
  2. Good to know. We also have a mid ship hump cabin now. Good luck to both of us. This will be our sixth transatlantic. Love them! Joe
  3. Hey ORV - Thanks for the great thread... When we flew out of Santiago back in 2009 it was the same routine... So some things do stay the same. 🙄 Joe
  4. That was what I "read through the lines" as well. Thanks! Joe
  5. Hi - I am on the Silhouette TA leaving Port Everglades on 4/22. We are currently in a partial view veranda. On 1/26 we received an email regarding MoveUp and I placed bids for Aqua Class and several suite categories. When I went into the MoveUp offer page today, it showed all the suite category bids as "EXPIRED" and the Aqua Class as "PENDING". I can no longer click on the "PENDING" status and modify the bid, nor can I get into the full list of MoveUp categories. What does this mean? Why would they expire all the bids this far out from sailing? I checked and all the same suites I was bidding on are still available. First time I have used MoveUp so just confused.... I checked our credit card and no charge has been made there.... Joe
  6. Being in a suite, I don't think you will have problems securing reservations, so logging in at a more agreeable hour should be fine. For those of us who typically book Veranda or below, the 12:01 log in can make the difference between eating really late or having to share. Joe
  7. I really like the Riverside Hotel. Right on Las Olas Boulevard which is lined with shops and restaurants. I think our taxi from the Port to the hotel was less than $20. The restaurants attached to the hotel are very good and very reasonably priced. Staying there again in April before we board Silhouette. Joe
  8. It is in the mens locker room. I don’t recall it being hard to find.
  9. You didn’t mention sticky buns….. I’m left wondering. 😳 Joe
  10. Jim (and Iain) - Have followed your Celebrity travels for years. Our first Celebrity Cruise was almost 22 years ago. May 2002 on Constellation's third voyage. We loved it. Then, away went the Michel Roux food, then the "classes" and the overall reduction of services and increased prices and ships getting bigger and bigger. We have a total fit with Oceania. We love the Regatta Class ships. Not everyone does, but we do. Marina and Riviera are fine too and our next Oceania Cruise is on Vista. We find the experience low key but elegant, excellent food and service, TRIVIA!, just a lovely experience overall. Mostly no children. I don't drink so everything is essentially included for me. That said we are returning to Celebrity after 5 years for a TA on Silhouette in April. More about itinerary in that choice, but we will be very much be comparing to our Oceania experiences...so see if we would return again.. Joe
  11. Link works with no issues. Thanks for the nice review. Joe
  12. I haven't been on Beyond, but have sailed on sister ship Edge and no free sauna or steam. Only the Co-Ed Persian Garden concept.
  13. Will be on Vista in November/December for 24 nights. Oceania is our favorite cruise line. Beautiful ships, excellent food and great itineraries. A refined experience overall. Was on Riviera for 19 nights in the fall of 2022. Steam and Sauna setup appears to be the same on Vista. Steam is smaller holding four men cozily. Sauna is larger holding six men easily and eight cozily, Lockers in the main space. Two showers one a small stall with frosted glass door you would dry off in the main locker area. Other shower is a nicely tiled experience shower with various settings that had no door but shaped like a teardrop for some privacy. Across the hall is another changing/locker room with two showers with frosted glass doors with attached dressing area. Very private, never saw anyone in there. My experience on Riviera most of the men followed spa etiquette going nude with a towel. A couple times when a man entered in a bathing suit and found others of us nude, would often ditch his suit and go with the crowd. Found there to be a regular crowd, well travelled and good at chit chat. Was a nice relaxing time each time I went. Looking forward to similar experiences on Vista. Joe
  14. @Sthrngary - Based on the pictures I have seen, I think you will be happy with the smoking lounge on Vista. Leather chesterfield sofas, cane and leather chairs and striking green walls. It also appears to be a very large room as compared to the lounges on the R and O class ships. Mike Preisman, in his detailed review, describes it as one of the most attractive rooms on Vista. My husband, a native of Birmingham, and an avid cigar smoker is very happy with what he has seen in the photos. Scroll nearly to the bottom of Mike Preisman’s review (page 2) to see several pictures. https://www.thepreismans.com/vista23_2.htm His reviews are amazingly detailed, so be sure and check out the other pages. Joe
  15. Cigar smoking is allowed in the smoking room on Vista. I had this confirmed by a trusted onboard source. Joe
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