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hancock

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oldmanbob

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My tip for this FAQ is that our favorite place on the ship is the sky lounge where one can sit and have a wonderful view as the ship enters or leaves the ports.. Now that I've spilled the beans, I hope there are still a few chairs left for us. We enjoyed the view from there as much as the one from our verandah.

 

Corny as it may sound... my last two cruises were on Princess, and my DW got tired of me complaining they did not have waffles, (nor a viewing area like the sky lounge) or the rare times they had the waffle iron out somewhere did not work or the waffle serving area was located way away from the buffet so the waffles got cold before you sat down to eat. Yes a waffle made me come back to Celebrity.

 

I am a breakfast guy and Celebrity does the breakfasts the best... and there is always room for another waffle.

 

Darn..now it looks like it a trip to IHOP in the morning.

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Strwbrry58

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Hi I don't know if I am posting this in the correct place but I have a few questions would someone please reply:confused:

OK first of all my mom and I will be cruising for the first time on CC. to may a long story short my grandmother never filed my mom's birth certificate so she having a hard time getting her Passport, do you have to have a passport to cruise from Miami?

I see meals are included except at speciality restaurants, is the Sushi Cafe,AquaSpa Cafe and Cafe di Milano concerned specialities?Last question I read that there are themed nights on board such as 70's etc do any dress for these?

Thank you to whoever will take the time to read and answer....:)

HonNee'

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CruisinNewb

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Hi I don't know if I am posting this in the correct place but I have a few questions would someone please reply:confused:

OK first of all my mom and I will be cruising for the first time on CC. to may a long story short my grandmother never filed my mom's birth certificate so she having a hard time getting her Passport, do you have to have a passport to cruise from Miami?

I see meals are included except at speciality restaurants, is the Sushi Cafe,AquaSpa Cafe and Cafe di Milano concerned specialities?Last question I read that there are themed nights on board such as 70's etc do any dress for these?

Thank you to whoever will take the time to read and answer....:)

HonNee'

 

 

For the passport I dont believe it's required for a cruise if you leave and reenter the US from the same port however if you are visiting foreign countries they may require it and even if they dont if you want to fly home from a foreign country (in an emergency) you will need a passport.

 

I dont beleive there is a Sushi cafe. Sushi is served in the buffet area in the evening on the Century and Milennium class ships but it is not a separate restaurant. On the Solstice class ships there is an Asian restaurant called Silk Harvest that has a large sushi menu and yes that is a specialty restaurant.

 

The Aqua Spa cafe is not a specialty place and the Cova Cafe is a coffee shop where there is a charge for the coffee but the pastries are free.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Ron

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May B Great Review Rare

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Hi, HonNee' -- I think you'll love Celebrity, and your mom too!

 

I have cruised only 28 nights total on Celebrity but haven't seen any theme nights. I don't remember any on Carnival (five nights) or Holland America (14 nights) either.

 

You can live totally fine and eat great on the ship without getting anything or eating any place that carries a surcharge. Besides the coffee drinks in the Cova, fresh-squeezed orange juice, with or without champagne, I think, is a surcharge item, at the 10th floor buffet as well as at the big buffet brunch in the Main Dining Room (probably once or twice during your cruise, depending on how long your cruise is).

 

Has your mother gone to a notary public to have the forms filled out to say she doesn't have a birth certificate? I believe that's what people do when theirs is lost in a fire.

 

Have a great cruise.

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smeyer418

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Hi I don't know if I am posting this in the correct place but I have a few questions would someone please reply:confused:

OK first of all my mom and I will be cruising for the first time on CC. to may a long story short my grandmother never filed my mom's birth certificate so she having a hard time getting her Passport, do you have to have a passport to cruise from Miami?

 

 

 

you need either the passport or an official birth certificate with a seal with a government issued photo id, for a closed loop cruise that returns to the same US port. It is probably easier to get a passport than a new birth certificate when one wasn't filed. Its a pain either way.

 

The passport office accepts the following substitutes.

 

http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/Secondary%20Evidence/Secondary%20Evidence_4315.html

 

its still isn't easy.

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Johnthed0g

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Pardon me...............

 

It appears that "others" are asking questions, also.....

 

Thank you so much for your help

I thought the idea was for people to post answers to the most FAQ's here, a sort of hints & tips thread? not ask actual questions....EG- Someone says "if you want waffles you can get then here" as opposed to ''where can you get waffles?'' Is this wrong then? I thought if the thread was clogged up with questions it defeated the point? A thread full of answers is the aim surely.

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Garibo

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I thought it was for general questions. Those of us who have cruised a bit forget what the new people want to know. I think if it's a general question it should be asked. JMHO

 

Then surely the whole forum will just turn into one gigantic thread.

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Bobbie John

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On the Century there is a poached egg station all the way in the back of the buffet area where they make eggs benedict and 5 other variations of poached eggs to order. Michelle was an quite an artist and very pleasant at that station in December.

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May B Great Review Rare

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The left side of the menu has plenty of great old stand-by type of things and on the Connie, it was all quite good. In addition to both sides of the menu, you can request a bowl of mixed fruit for dessert. If you order Caesar salad (esp. meaningful on a cruise that stops at Mexican ports), you should request anchovies if you like them, I believe.

 

On the right side of the menu, I believe the three soups are always a broth-type, a cream-type and a cold soup.

 

I hope I'm whetting your appetite. I also hope I'm spelling that correctly.

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hancock

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I'm the OP. This thread is for frequent Celebrity cruisers to give info about Celebrity. There are a number of questions that are frequently asked on the boards. I hope that this thread can be used by new Celebrity cruisers to find the answers here for many of their questions without having to ask. Specific questions should be asked on other threads.

 

Thanks

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firstcruiser06

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I'm the OP. This thread is for frequent Celebrity cruisers to give info about Celebrity. There are a number of questions that are frequently asked on the boards. I hope that this thread can be used by new Celebrity cruisers to find the answers here for many of their questions without having to ask. Specific questions should be asked on other threads.

 

Thanks

 

 

Then maybe change the name of the thread to

"ANSWERS to FAQ's for Celebrity"

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Johnthed0g

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An FAQ's thread or page is usually a list of common questions & their answers to save people asking simple common questions over & over, the idea is to make it quick & easy to find a solution to a common problem. Hope this explains, it quite a usual thing to have an FAQ's page on any site.

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Lsimon

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Bette I was on Solstice last May and to my hazy recollection you cannot "do laps" as on other ships. There is no continuous track for it...double check me' date=' but I am fairly sure.[/quote']

 

There is a walking / jogging track on the lido deck. This is in the deck one higher than the pool deck and is in the area that overlooks the pool. It does get a little congested on sea days when people are enjoying the lounge chairs that are on the sides of most of the track, but is still a great place to walk. Early and late in the day it is less crowded and easier for fast walkers and joggers. There are signs indicate how many laps required to cover a mile, I think it was 8. We walk a lot and use a watch with a lap counter to keep track.

 

None of the Celebrity ships have a promenade deck that completely surrounds the ship. Some guests still walk on the Celebrity promenade deck (on a lower deck by the Casino) but you have to cut through the inside of the ship at either end in order to do a "lap".

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Lsimon

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...Is there a sauna/steam room/gym on board and is there a charge!...

 

There is a large exercise gym at the front of the Aquaspa area. There is no charge to use the exercise equipment. There are several daily group classes (aerobics, yoga, spinning) that do have a small fee. There are men's and ladies locker rooms that do have a sauna which is no charge.

 

There is another area called the Persian Gardens which has some other areas including co-ed, and maybe private, steam rooms and saunas which is co-ed but that area has a charge (included for Aqua Class cabins). A good time to tour this area, to see if you are interested, is embarkation day when the spa area has various presentations and tours showing its services.

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Shirley and Les

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Celebrity has changed their policy on providing religious services for guests. Here is the information.

Previous Policy

Religious Services Celebrity ships offer a daily Catholic mass, a special Sunday mass and a Sunday ecumenical service, all hosted by a Roman Catholic Priest. During Easter and Christmas, a Protestant Minister is onboard to perform services.

 

Current Policy

Effective January 8, 2010 Celebrity ships will provide formal religious services for Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Interdenominational faiths for major religious holidays only All other official daily and weekly religious services have been discontinued. However, guests of all faiths are encouraged to host their own spiritual fellowship or group gathering by inquiring with our Guest Services Desk onboard (or monitoring the Groups Bulletin Board) and the Celebrity shipboard team will do their best to accommodate them.

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