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How Many Cruise Lines have you Cruised!
wineoclock replied to Hlitner's topic in Ask a Cruise Question
Oh I have lots of ideas in my head. QM to New York bit of a driving holiday Visit Boston maybe try and do a couple of cruises in the Americas region Panama South America Alaska Iguazzu (my favourite place on earth) Sail back on another ship possibly from Argentina/Brazil as I said all ideas in my head but how much in reality 🤣 I would need a good TA to help sort it and a hefty bank balance which currently I don’t have. But a dream is nice! One day maybe x -
Schengen 90 day in 180 day rule for Non EU nationals
wineoclock replied to Sam34jolly's topic in UK Cruisers
Thank you that’s what I thought. we leave and enter the U.K. with our British passports but when we arrive or leave the EU we use our EU passports or ID. Especially since some countries are having separate lines for EU and Non EU with U.K. now sometimes in the Non EU line as it should be now we’ve left. That sounds garbled but hope you understand! We always travel with both passports. -
Schengen 90 day in 180 day rule for Non EU nationals
wineoclock replied to Sam34jolly's topic in UK Cruisers
Anyone know what happens if the ETIAS (?) comes into force? We have EU passports and British passports. We’ve been told by our TA if we use our EU passports to check in we can’t get help from British embassy. If we don’t use our EU passports then we May have to Apple for ETIAS ? which we don’t technically need. Not sure if that’s corrrect wonder if anyone knows. -
How Many Cruise Lines have you Cruised!
wineoclock replied to Hlitner's topic in Ask a Cruise Question
Ahh brilliant thank you. It’s crazy I never thought of them! We are in Cyprus so often as we have a family house there. -
I don’t eat them at all! I love most food but cannot abide mashed potatoes. Except for my mum’s and then not often! Edit: we are in an SV in June so have made several speciality reservations just in case! Menus have disappeared from our upcoming Beyond cruise on the 20th this month. I’m hoping lobster roll is still available in Luminae 😍
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We just book Speciality dining for the restaurants we want so as to get when we want. Done LPC once and Wouldn’t bother again. But nice as a novelty. Food wasn’t great we didn’t think.
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How Many Cruise Lines have you Cruised!
wineoclock replied to Hlitner's topic in Ask a Cruise Question
2 lines DCL Celebrity Have a Regent cruise booked Due to health I can no longer fly long haul so most of our cruises are in Europe. Still trying to persuade dh for a QM transatlantic. Those who have sailed Celestyal/Louis (sp?) what did you think please? @Essiesmom and @Izzywiz We are often in Cyprus and have never thought of them! -
Thank you
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We have our first Regent cruise on Splendor booked in October next year. What time are the theatre shows roughly please?
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NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
wineoclock replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
Thank you @Veinless. We had looked at swapping our June cruise to Princess but had a family clash so had to stick with Celebrity. I swapped in the end to an SV from a CS as I couldn’t justify almost £20,000 for a CS. That’s mad money. Now I’m open to trying out other lines I sort of excited doing research! -
NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
wineoclock replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
How did you find Princess? -
Or to push people towards speciality dining. Maybe I’m just cynical 😁
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Reportedly, most of the sales staff is now overseas
wineoclock replied to NutsAboutGolf's topic in Celebrity Cruises
Thank you - I’m looking forward to trying it out @PhD-iva. (Great name) We don’t cruise much as others on here as dh isn’t as keen so we/I have to compromise 😁 I love cruising and would be happy (but poor) if I lived on a ship full time! -
I’ll just add PH on Constellation was amazing. Omg the balcony. Several years ago but we were told we could have what we wanted within reason. Dcs liked the buffet for lunch, seeing them coming back with their food one day, butler took it off them and brought it in. He then asked every day what they wanted! They didn’t take him up on his kind offer though as they liked going up to choose.
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I mainly eat fish. On Apex in Luminae I had to send my fish back so many times as either raw or overcooked. I ended up ordering either the meat or veggie options. Fine but I’m also gluten free. In June we were Aqua. I didn’t need to send my fish back once!
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Reportedly, most of the sales staff is now overseas
wineoclock replied to NutsAboutGolf's topic in Celebrity Cruises
I hope this isn’t the case as I always use the same person at U.K. celebrity. I used a TA for my Regent cruise next year as I wanted advice on different cruise lines that offer similar style service to the Retreat. If I were to book Celebrity again then I would book on board or through Celebrity U.K. -
NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
wineoclock replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
And tbh I think while the ships are sailing full nothing will change for the better. Thank you @Dolebludger for posting your Regent experience. We May like it, we may not but X has pushed us into trying elsewhere. We will be trying Oceania and MSC YC at some point in 2025/6. Dh isn’t a great fan of cruising so we do a few on the trot then have a break for a few years til l I can persuade him again 😁 -
NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
wineoclock replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
We’ve just got back from Cyprus but were staying in our house. Gorgeous weather so imagine Turkey is similar. -
NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
wineoclock replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
And that in essence is why we book suites at times. Our cruise in June next year I’ve changed from a CS to a SV. Too much ££ and not a lot in return at the moment. We will do speciality dining. With the change of cabin I had extra so booked a concierge cabin on Regent. -
NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
wineoclock replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
Ahh thank you. I know I’m my own worst enemy. I use a walking stick and have done for 20+ years so it’s probably pretty obvious when you see me. At least as I’m approaching 60 years old people aren’t so surprised as they were when I was in my 30’s :)) -
Any reason to book next cruise onboard?
wineoclock replied to casperthecat's topic in Regent Seven Seas Cruises
What a shame can’t recommend TAs on here! That’s a good saving. Just booked my first Regent cruise so just reading around the posts:)) -
For us it’s the fact that it finishes at 10am. I’m not keen on OV for breakfast and Luminae finishes at 9am. On a sea day 😬😁
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NOW I have a problem with the new Suite policies
wineoclock replied to sixpackeddie's topic in Celebrity Cruises
For me my favourite thing on Apex in a CS last year (med cruise) was coming back to a tray of fruit. I’m limited mobility and after a day out to go to the lounge to get a drink or a bit to eat is sometimes too exhausting. I’ll probably do what I did on Silhouette in May (Aqua) and either stop off at cafe al bacio or go straight back to my room depending on how I am. It’s fine but it’s not what I paid for at the time of booking. And I’ll be making it known on the survey. And it’s why my booking I just made is on Regent. -
It’s this cruise - I have to say I’m very pleased with the price. https://www.rssc.com/cruises/SPL241024/summary?source=CruiseSearch&r=EURMD&m=2024-10&sh=SPL I also have a suite guarantee for my upcoming Beyond so I’m not going to be too disappointed with the lack of butler as I paid just under £7800 for 10 nights which at current X prices isn’t too bad.
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Can Celebrity “Retreat” on Retreat Changes
wineoclock replied to GBeason884's topic in Celebrity Cruises
We’ve also booked a Regent cruise for next year. Went for a concierge suite so no butler. Looking forward to trying it.