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We be in Portofino on a Sunday and hope to go to Santa Margherita. I know there are buses & Ferries but just wondering if Taxi's are also readily available & can they be found at the docking area in Portofino

When we disembarked on 3 May they also delayed boarding to do a deep clean due to the number of cases of norovirus - looks like it is an ongoing thing alas!

Phew Thank you - music to my ears.

We got our move up bid to a CS and still in shock. We never been in a Suite before. Re: Luminae - is it set dining times? I have just received the confirmation about the successful bid and as far as I can see we might be in 6pm dining which is much too early for us so I am hoping it is just a generic email. What are your thoughts?

Our dining time wasn't available when booking so we went on the WL - it took several weeks before we finally got the time we wanted. We hadn't paid in full.

Can we still bid for a Move up even after final payment? There are still lots of Suites available and was thinking of checking to see if the start bid lowers - at the moment what they want isn't worth it.

We have always gone for a balcony cabin but our last cruise was on the Apex with an Infinite cabin. I thought we would give it a try and was expecting not to like but I confess to my surprise I did actually enjoy the experience.. Obviously the cabin is more spacious and modern but the good thing is on days when the weather was a bit on the chilly side it was nice to be able to still watch the ocean from the comfort of the cabin without having to slide a door to get outside for a good view. I enjoyed the infinite cabin so much that I have booked another cruise on the Apex.

We are staying at the Hilton Airport Hotel which is convenient for us- we arrive late afternoon the day before the cruise.

I ended up calling the cruise line (Celebrity) and was told that it would depend on the local authority and to ask when on the ship - shame as we hoped to book a hotel in Florence. Guess we will just have to wait.

I am also on an overnight in la spezia cruise so will be interested in finding out the answer. we had contemplated staying in a hotel in Florence overnight but not sure if we are allowed!

It is in the excursion section under Rome airport to port transfer

I haven't ever noticed the bus transfers going on sale. There is a facility to pre book the transfers online. I investigated the cost of the transfers from FCO To Civ and did a dummy booking. I made up flight details indicating I was landing before 10am but the bus time given was 1pm. I don't want to be waiting around that long so will book a private transfer. In the past have used private transfers from Civitavecchia to FCO. It went smoothly and they were efficient and no waiting around for a transfer bus to fill up with passengers

I am from m the UK - I recently enquired about upgrading my cabin. The agent gave me the price difference but it was too costly so I didn't go ahead. There was no mention on cancelling & rebooking. As others have suggested - try calling again and speaking to another agent to see if the answer is the same. The other option is to cancel & rebook which is also something I have done in the past. p.s. I booked directly with Celebrity

I googled Celebrity cruises / Move up and all I had to do was add my Name & Reservation number to get to the bid system. There are still quite a few vacant cabins through most categories - As it happens they are asking for a ridiculous stating amount so I decided not to bid

Yes we had the same event on the Apex

Cutting it fine would be my worst nightmare + it’ s a longer train journey than I expected at 2.15hrs each way. Not sure whether to go on a organised day trip or stay overnight so some thinking needed

yes arrive 0700 & leave next day at 1900 It is in September on the Equinox

Our Celebrity cruise overnights in La Spezia, we are hoping to go to Florence and stay in a hotel overnight and head back to the ship the next afternoon Is that Ok to do or do we have to return to the ship?

we are a family of 6 sitting together so no one else to inconvenience. We are usually on time but if on the odd occasion we wanted to see a pre dinner show & as one of the family members is a slow walker due to health reasons we could be 5/10 mins late but no longer than that - that is the reason I was asking Anytime dining isn't available so we will ask once onboard

We are have been allocated 2nd seating in MDR for 8.30. Am I correct in thinking we have a slight leeway on arriving for dinner slightly after 8.30?

euro cruiser thank you we are very grateful for this information- so kind of you

Our cruise with Celebrity will be arriving at Naples in September - to go to Pompeii I read that the Public Bus depot is inside the port area - is this easy to find from where we dock? Also wondering where the Red Bus to Pompeii is to be found - Is it also in the port area? Thanks

I know there are taxi's just out side the Barcelona cruise terminal but do they have taxi's big enough to take 6 passengers & luggage to the airport?

That's amazing - thank you for all the information it's really helpful

Hoping to visit Pompeii in September & was toying with going by train. Is the train station near to the cruise terminal? How easy is it to go by train. Any other suggestions on getting to Pompeii would be welcome. There will be 4 of us travelling.