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4 minutes ago, mahdnc said:

My wife and I are flying out to Miami today for this 14 night Panama Canal sailing on Summit.  This will be our 18th sailing with Celebrity, our second time on Summit, and our first full canal transit cruise.  

 

Here is our current trip plan (link)

 

 

Since this original itinerary (below) was posted by Celebrity, it has since changed.  We are scheduled to be docked at Costa Rica from 5:15 am to 6:00 PM

 

Today's trip objective involves flying out of Chicago (ORD) at about 11:00 am on a 3.2 hr non-stop United flight to Miami.  We are planning on renting a car and driving to Key Largo and staying there for the night.  On Friday will go diving before driving back to Miami to catch the ship which leaves on Saturday.

 

I hope you find this Live thread to be informative.  To broaden the documented experiences, I have invited other people on our roll call to post as well--we will see what happens.

 

Our ride to the airport will be at our house in 45 minutes......

 

David and Marcia

Safe travels David and Marcia!!

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14 minutes ago, hrhdhd said:

It's a sticky at the top of the Celebrity page here on CC. Cabin info for S-class ships.

Thank you!

3 hours ago, Chrisclaire said:

If you go to Celebrity's website & do a "mock" booking.

When you choose the room type you want it takes you to the available rooms on the available decks. 

There is a deck plan key at rhs which tells you that rooms with a square have a single sofa bed & the one's with a triangle have one upper bed.

Hope this makes sense!

 

I am currently in the process of choosing a stateroom for Equinox (S class ship also)

I am finding the spreadsheet invaluable....thankyou so much to everyone who has contributed to it!

 

I also agree with justcrusn re Concierge, we have only used once and did not think it was worth the extra.

 

We were on Solstice from Sydney to Singapore in October last year, we loved the ship & hope you will too!

The staff are amazing 😊

 

 

Good day!  Where can I find the spreadsheet you referred to?  TIA

1 hour ago, peanut head said:

I played pickleball on Equinox and Constellation.  Celebrity does have paddles and pickle-balls.  Never difficult to find other players.  Courts are open all day long and they have open play and "tournaments".  Pickle-on!🤣

Good news.  Thanks so much for your reply.  I play almost everyday and love the game.  Looking forward to playing onboard, especially since we have 8 sea days on our upcoming cruise.  

Good day!

I'm a pickleball player and am wondering if anyone has played on the Summit.  Do you have to bring your own paddle?  Is it hard to get a game going?

Many thanks for any tips.

Marge

55 minutes ago, goofysmom99 said:

Exactly what I did on Summit late last month @ 10:30.

Did you sail out of Miami?  Someone told me it may depend on the port of departure.

54 minutes ago, leaveitallbehind said:

Subject to its size fitting through the scanners at security as correctly pointed out by @Mr. Click. Typically that would limit that which can be brought on to airline size carry on to mid size luggage. And as the staterooms don't typically open to passengers until 1:00 PM, if you are checking in early you would have to keep your luggage with you until then.

Last year when we sailed on the Edge we were able to drop our luggage in our rooms as soon as we boarded at Noon, (even if the rooms were not all ready).  

I have a question regarding luggage. Last year were took a cruise on Celebrity Edge and we were able to walk on with our luggage and take it directly to our stateroom. Does anyone know if the Summit offers this option?  We are sailing from Miami on April 20th on a Panama Canal cruise.

Many thanks!!

Marge

Hi there,

 

Yes! Food from the specialty restaurants can be delivered to your cabin if you're in a suite and have purchased the unlimited dining package. The only specialty restaurant it doesn't apply to is Ocean Blue, which doesn't do delivery (no clue why).

Can guests staying in balcony cabins have 'room service' - breakfast delivered to their rooms? We are sailing on Getaway 3.1.14 and cannot wait.

Thanks!

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ENJOY!!