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22 minutes ago, Ashland said:

We just recently (twice) rented from both Avis & Budget at their location's on 

99 Southeast 2nd Street, SE 1st Ave at, Miami, FL 33131...

They share the same building and are very close to the port and offer a comp shuttle to and from POM. No need for the hassle at MIA.

 

If you're a Costco member check their website...this is where we get the best rates. Even though at times MIA is a few $'s cheaper than the offsite offices it's not worth the hassle and then paying for transportation to get there.

 

 

 

Thank you

Thank you

i should state

we will return car in the Sarasota area

Would MIA be the best option or is there any car rentals closer to port.

what does a taxi run from the port to the airport, party of 4.

thank you

17 minutes ago, ChucktownSteve said:

Personal choice is good. Now I'm curious though since I've not gone from POM to MIA.  How much will it cost four people to get to MIA?

Good question but i have to believe less than 60 🤷🏼‍♀️

we drive back to Venice so either MIA or FLL is acceptable 

7 hours ago, ChucktownSteve said:

For one thing I don't like the drive and traffic between Miami and FLL.  I believe the car rental company has cheaper rates in FLL than MIA. The demand is higher in MIA. So for $15pp, I let the transportation company do the driving and drop me off at the rental doorway.. 

thanks.  Our cruise ends in Mia but there are 4 of us so it would be an additional 60$ to get to fll so I guess we will stick with that.

On 5/31/2024 at 5:26 AM, ChucktownSteve said:

We're using them again this coming December for an Onward Caribbean cruise and plan to use them for our Quest sailing ending in Miami October 2025 to rent a vehicle at FLL.

Can you tell me why you rent in FLL and not MIA?

we have a car on hold at MIA for our return

is FLL the better option

thank you

5 minutes ago, late2cruisin said:

Actually, it is valid on the new Port to Port. I just did it.

🧐 

very interesting indeed

On 5/30/2024 at 1:01 PM, bigbenboys said:

I have been looking at Silversea. Friends have asked us to join them in Jan on Silver Moon.

We are in the moon in January.  It will be our 2nd ssea.  We have elite status in Celebrity and will be thrilled with laundry 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Fyi 10% only valid door to door

if you like to make your own travel arrangements, it wont apply

We booked a year out for our sailing and there were excursions that were already sold out.  Some ports had 1 tour and it was a walking tour.

there have been a few tours added in the past month but most are walking tours.

we prefer crystal to SSEA but found pricing similar and SSea included excursions 

when you are unable to get an excursion that is of interest, the included excursions no longer factor in to costs.  Will be looking at Crystal next go round.

4 hours ago, Mackdogmolly said:

Sadly, we’ve never sailed in a suite, and happily, we’ve never experienced any friction in the laundry room 😊

We have only sailed Azamara once and we were upgraded from a balcony to a suite.  Alas it was 10 years ago when still part of rccl.

Bummer 

we are in a standard veranda 

Website states 1 bag per 7 night cruise.  Would this mean 2 bags on a 12 night cruise.

this is for discoverer level.

thank you

9 hours ago, gnome12 said:

I think that is a really negative side of allowing people to book excursions as soon as they put a deposit on a cruise.

I have no issue with that however, they are charging me for excursions and there aren’t any

We are booked in January on the moon.  Originally there were a few excursions listed per port.  If there are any listed now, they are full.  You cannot even waitlist.  9 months out.  
 

not feeling like we are getting what we paid for.

Dawn in February offerings were abysmal 

hoping for improvement by next January 

My .02 I agree that Celebrity is more expensive or equally expensive to silversea.

if i book veranda cabin on both and add in coffee, alcohol, excursions, room service, laundry

the price difference is minimal 

On 1/28/2024 at 2:27 PM, bobolz said:

Looking forward to hearing about your nice surprise! Have a great trip! 

Cabin assigned today.  Panorama suite.

7 hours ago, bobolz said:

 

 

enjoy your cruise! Safe journey 

I reached out today, still no assignment.  We depart next Monday.

cruise is waitlisted 

We are driving to the port.  We will have a nice surprise when we get there 

fingers crossed

 thank you

On 1/24/2024 at 5:52 PM, bobolz said:

Just received our room assignment about 3 months out. Got upgraded to a  superior veranda from a vista on the Dawn, so I’m happy. 
 

I hope everyone else with gtys also gets upgraded and receives their assignments in advance. I don’t think I would have been happy waiting until we boarded, especially since looks like cruise is filling up, almost all rooms are waitlisted. 
 

good luck to all and happy sailing! 

We leave in a week.  No notification yet.

On 12/31/2023 at 1:08 AM, nav1027 said:

Congratulations! Would you mind sharing the result? 🙂

I can let you know my experience on Feb 5

😉

7 minutes ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

 for a low-cost taste of luxury cruising, an Oceanview on Crystal is a selling point.

Agree.  We have our first SSea booked but we loved Crystal and would be happy to sail them again

2 hours ago, Mark_K said:

And likely you paid Applebee prices for your cruise, so it’s not a fair comparison.  The food at Luminae, the restaurant for suite guests, is the one to compare with Silversea.

Yes, it was a inexpensive cruise.  But if my choice is silversea or crystal or a suite on celebrity, for ME my choice is clear.

17 hours ago, Rothko1 said:

 

Is Applebees that bad?  🙂 

Its not what I would choose for 10 days.

actually, I would never choose them.

19 hours ago, Whinenowine said:

 

 

The one exception to X pricing is on the M-class ships, where the PH Suite is still reasonably priced and comes with a 1,100sqft veranda with 120 degree view.  Just my (non-inflationary) two cents.

 

We sailed this winter on an M-class ship.  Came home sold my stock and said NEVER AGAIN.  WE FOUND THE FOOD DREADFUL.  We were not in suite class.  It was like sailing and eating at applebees every night.

sorry i sold my stock tho as it has gone up, and it appears SS may now offer the credit.