Jim_Iain – Silhouette Live Post April 8, 21, 30 - B3B - TransAtlantic, Portugal Spain, France and the Norwegian Fjords

[Ex-Airbalancer]

28 minutes ago, Purplsmurf said:

Sailing from Spain now requires testing 2 days before instead of 1. It just recently changed. Maybe that is why? Who knows. Nothing makes sense anymore 😂

Link ? 

[Purplsmurf]

14 minutes ago, Airbalancer said:

Link ? 

Celebrity website 

[jwlane]

50 minutes ago, Purplsmurf said:

Sailing from Spain now requires testing 2 days before instead of 1.

That's true only for "Up to Date" guests.  Still 1 day for "Fully Vaccinated".  https://www.celebritycruises.com/healthy-at-sea/barcelona-spain-travel-requirements

[Ex-Airbalancer]

9 minutes ago, Purplsmurf said:

Celebrity website 

It still indicates 1 day , do you think Celebrity IT department could be screwing up 🤔😁

[jwlane]

9 minutes ago, Airbalancer said:

It still indicates 1 day , do you think Celebrity IT department could be screwing up

It looks like your screenshot is from the TA requirements page, vs. the sailings from Barcelona page.  They are different.

[Mystic Eye]

44 minutes ago, Airbalancer said:

Link ? 

Changed ours to tomorrow now says one day so going with that 

disappointing the info last minute for us all and so confusing 

surely Celebrityknow  their clientele like to be prepared and not doing things last minute !!!

 

[Mystic Eye]

3 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

 A new trick I learned hear on Cruise Critic is that you can withdraw your Refundable OBC in cash from the front desk.  We decided to use it for gratuities in cash instead of filling out the tipping form. 

 

Was really easy.   Just went down and said I wanted to withdraw it and they handed me the cash.  

How do we find out if it’s refundable OBC

[Mystic Eye]

3 hours ago, micruiser2002 said:

On most (not all) Celebrity ships you can also get any OBC out on a Slot machine in the casino.  You have to insert your room card into a machine, select the charge to room option (cashier has all the instructions) then once you do that just cash out the ticket.

Brilliant did use some for slot machines then cashed out when we won 

[jwlane]

5 minutes ago, Mystic Eye said:

 now says one day

 

If you are not "Up to Date" (boosted) that is true.

[peanut head]

Hi Jim!  Thank you again for this terrific post--I feel like I am right there with you--the photos are great.  I was wondering, could you choose to have a room service lunch on the last day of the 1st leg of the B2B when the new passengers are boarding?

[KW12346]

On 4/3/2022 at 1:32 AM, Jim_Iain said:

Our Next Adventure at Sea

Three Consecutive Cruises

 

 

First Cruise - April 8 - April  21, 2022 - Transatlantic 13 Night Cruise Fort Lauderdale to Southampton

Second Cruise - April 21 to April 30, 2022 - Southampton 9 Night France, Portugal and Spain

Third Cruise - April 30 - May 7, 2022 - Southampton 7 Night Norwegian Fjords

Side Trip -  May 7 to May 17 - Visit with Alex and Evelyn in Scotland

 

LET THE PLANNING BEGIN

 

[KW12346]

Just now, KW12346 said:

 

Hello Jim do you now the BSB arrangements for Southampton yet ?

[scrapcreator]

A great report from your first adventure. Thank you!

 

Continued safe travels.

[groryjm]

4 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

We are taking a tour to Windsor Castle - 

When my Gastrognome and I got married in the early 1991 our first house was in Datchett, a little village on the edge of Windsor. 

I remember in Nov of 1992 being unable to get to the Indian take away due to the fire 😪 ...so sad... though now much restored since then.  Windsor is a lovely little town. 

My dad was at the chapel choir school as a choirister and sang at the King George Vs funeral in the St Georges chapel in 1936.

If you get to see the chapel it is magnificent.

[Purplsmurf]

1 hour ago, Airbalancer said:

It still indicates 1 day , do you think Celebrity IT department could be screwing up 🤔😁

This is for Barcelona 

Edited April 19, 2022 by Purplsmurf

[Purplsmurf]

Not sure why the (for unvaccinated) is in the above post. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[GeorgiaPeach51]

6 hours ago, cangelmd said:

Thank you for reprinting - to the asterisks mean anything?

No, they don’t!  Careless typing or copying and pasting on my part!  I’ll remove them next time I update so they don’t confuse anyone else!  Thanks for the heads up,

 

Joanie

[raudacruise]

Well, I’ve booked a cruise similar to the March one I pretty much missed due to jail. 10 night Eastern Caribbean on Silhouette January 30, 2023. I booked a RS since that’s what I was kicked out of. Hope I get to stay this time. 😎

 

Looking forward to seeing Laurence & others. I really did enjoy Silhouette.

 

 

[Happy Cruiser 6143]

2 minutes ago, raudacruise said:

Well, I’ve booked a cruise similar to the March one I pretty much missed due to jail. 10 night Eastern Caribbean on Silhouette January 30, 2023. I booked a RS since that’s what I was kicked out of. Hope I get to stay this time. 😎

 

Looking forward to seeing Laurence & others. I really did enjoy Silhouette.

 

 

 

Hope that works for you.  I think sailing in the Caribbean is less risky than attempting TAs or long cruises like the 52-nighter I have on tap for next year.  Which will get cancelled.  Laurence is a real treat to sail with!

[Jazzbo]

6 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

 

We have mostly done Westerly TA's in October and November.   The timezones are much easier to deal with and the Seas and Winds have generally been MUCH calmer.

Good to know. Thanks for that. Looking forward to the rest of the B3B!

[rockraiders]

Does X usually offer tours for b2bs on turnaround day? I’ll be on b2b with turnaround in Amsterdam. I would definitely take advantage of a tour if offered. 

[Ipeeinthepools]

2 hours ago, Happy Cruiser 6143 said:

 

Hope that works for you.  I think sailing in the Caribbean is less risky than attempting TAs or long cruises like the 52-nighter I have on tap for next year.  Which will get cancelled.  Laurence is a real treat to sail with!

 

Please don't cancel now.  There is a lot of time and things may change.  

[Benthayer Gonbak]

12 hours ago, terrydtx said:

Oh the joys of flying through CDG, hope you take off soon.

 

Yep, that airport scares me to death too!  I just couldn’t avoid it this to

time.   

[Benthayer Gonbak]

3 hours ago, rockraiders said:

Does X usually offer tours for b2bs on turnaround day? I’ll be on b2b with turnaround in Amsterdam. I would definitely take advantage of a tour if offered. 

ive seen it happen where they wanted to deep clean, before Covid.  That was South America where there were a lot of B2B too.  We were B3B. 

[Redking]

6 hours ago, Happy Cruiser 6143 said:

 

Hope that works for you.  I think sailing in the Caribbean is less risky than attempting TAs or long cruises like the 52-nighter I have on tap for next year.  Which will get cancelled.  Laurence is a real treat to sail with!

@happy cruiser is your 52 nighter next year the Edge repositioning to Sydney? Interested to know why you think it will be cancelled? We just heard on the news here in NZ last night that the government still hasn't confirmed when cruising will recommence even though it already has in Australia. Embarrassing. They might have done a great job keeping us safe at the start of the pandemic but we are now really over it😡