It’s going to cost you $65 per person to find out. That’s the fee for the paperwork involved in a downline disembarkation. It will be denied and you won’t get the $65 back.
Yes, the answer is you cannot do that route. If you tried to leave with your luggage in San Diego you would certainly be stopped. There is a large fine for violating the PVSA.
You may surmise that you caught the virus on the ship, but because you were off the ship while you gathered your luggage and went to your car, you had other avenues of exposure
There are parts of the website which have not been updated. It’s a sad state of affairs but that’s what happens at Celebrity. It is two bottles per person on embarkation day.
There is no elite lounge.
From 5 to 7 PM every night except embarkation night (and perhaps one other if there is a special event party) you can order drinks from the Captain’s Club menu at nearly every bar. Not restaurants, just bars.
No, they will not put it on a ship board account because there is no shipboard account for that person if they don’t show up. They would put the taxes, fees, and port charges back onto the original credit card used