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I have just finished the Boston Quebec Boston Cruise and am back-to- back on the Boston to Miami repositioning on Summit.  Will be happy to try to answer any questions you have.

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1 hour ago, mfs2k said:

You are on the last Celebrity ship to Bermuda which required pre-testing.
Do you know of many passengers denied boarding because they tested positive?

They do not share that information.

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4 hours ago, mfs2k said:

You are on the last Celebrity ship to Bermuda which required pre-testing.
Do you know of many passengers denied boarding because they tested positive?

Passengers would have tested a day or two ago.  No cruiseline has shared numbers of those who were on a B2B and tested positive on board or called bin because of a positive test.  There were a few (under 5) that tested positive in Reykjavik last August for Summit.

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On 10/15/2022 at 8:31 AM, mfs2k said:

You are on the last Celebrity ship to Bermuda which required pre-testing.
Do you know of many passengers denied boarding because they tested positive?

My wife & I are two of the very few passengers on this sailing to be "COVID positive" but allowed on this cruise... but specifically since we were booked for a B2B (the Oct 3 sailing and this one).  I've posted more details on this sailing's roll call, but in brief, we are able to continue our isolation on this sailing.  Bermuda authorities approved it, and we can only get off in Bermuda if we test negative.  My wife tested negative today (her Day 5 in isolation) and I'll be tested on my Day 5 tomorrow.

 

I understand that one other B2B couple is in the same boat (pun intended).  We did watch many folks disembark in Boston yesterday from the COVID patient exit.  We had the option to disembark in Boston and cancel this sailing... with a full refund... but opted to continue on.  And getting a prorated refund of the cruise fare while in isolation helps... along with the great attention we're getting from the Summit staff.

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1 hour ago, colliercruiser said:

My wife & I are two of the very few passengers on this sailing to be "COVID positive" but allowed on this cruise... but specifically since we were booked for a B2B (the Oct 3 sailing and this one).  I've posted more details on this sailing's roll call, but in brief, we are able to continue our isolation on this sailing.  Bermuda authorities approved it, and we can only get off in Bermuda if we test negative.  My wife tested negative today (her Day 5 in isolation) and I'll be tested on my Day 5 tomorrow.

 

I understand that one other B2B couple is in the same boat (pun intended).  We did watch many folks disembark in Boston yesterday from the COVID patient exit.  We had the option to disembark in Boston and cancel this sailing... with a full refund... but opted to continue on.  And getting a prorated refund of the cruise fare while in isolation helps... along with the great attention we're getting from the Summit staff.

Happy to hear you’re recovering. Enjoy your cruise!

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9 hours ago, colliercruiser said:

My wife & I are two of the very few passengers on this sailing to be "COVID positive" but allowed on this cruise... but specifically since we were booked for a B2B (the Oct 3 sailing and this one).  I've posted more details on this sailing's roll call, but in brief, we are able to continue our isolation on this sailing.  Bermuda authorities approved it, and we can only get off in Bermuda if we test negative.  My wife tested negative today (her Day 5 in isolation) and I'll be tested on my Day 5 tomorrow.

 

I understand that one other B2B couple is in the same boat (pun intended).  We did watch many folks disembark in Boston yesterday from the COVID patient exit.  We had the option to disembark in Boston and cancel this sailing... with a full refund... but opted to continue on.  And getting a prorated refund of the cruise fare while in isolation helps... along with the great attention we're getting from the Summit staff.

 

Best of luck for your quick recovery.

 

How was your boarding experience in Boston for the first cruise?  It was a complete cluster when we boarded yesterday.  No separate Retreat luggage or entrance areas and absolutely no wheelchairs available.  The Boston bureaucrats apparently do not permit the Celebrity personnel to come ashore and help those who need wheelchairs.  I won't be sailing out of Boston anytime soon again.  If they operated like this in Florida, they would go out of business fast.

 

Once on board, it's a whole different environment.  Thankfully.  My waiter remembered me from the spring repo--he even remembered that I like crispy bacon!  We have the same awesome maitre d' we had in the spring.  We had a fun slot pull today, and wonder of wonders, I was the top winner.  I've never won anything in the casino before.  So everybody was happy with that because they left with more money than they came with.  Then we had a fun tasting featuring egg creams and mallomars from New York and some sort of good nuggets from Texas--can't remember their name.  We have a great group of people on this cruise and everyone seems to be having a good time.

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I can share what our October 3rd boarding was like for us: bad. We had a 10:00 am check-in time and didn’t board until after 11:30. No explanation, crowded together with several hundred others that were supposed to board at 10:00, 10:30, and 11:00. At least we had chairs and were inside.

Once onboard, things were fine.

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11 hours ago, Happy Cruiser 6143 said:

How was your boarding experience in Boston for the first cruise?  It was a complete cluster when we boarded yesterday.  No separate Retreat luggage or entrance areas and absolutely no wheelchairs available.  The Boston bureaucrats apparently do not permit the Celebrity personnel to come ashore and help those who need wheelchairs.  I won't be sailing out of Boston anytime soon again.  If they operated like this in Florida, they would go out of business fast.

We arrived for our Oct 3 sailing a bit earlier than planned... local friends we stayed with and dropping us at the port said there was an unexpectedly easy commute that day... no traffic where expected... so we arrived at 10 AM instead of our intended 11 AM.  What surprised me was no sign signifying the Summit's drop-off area.  (There were two other ships in port also embarking that day.)  I noticed a small Retreat luggage drop-off sign so we pulled up near that.  The first check was for the COVID test results... a chaotic grouping of passengers around a person who was giving out green dots for your jacket.  When she looked at the results picture I had on my iPhone, she asked where the "date" was... and I showed her the pic's date/time stamp... and she said ok as we were "awarded" our green dots.  I didn't bother to explain to her that the date/time is only when the picture was taken, not when the test was done.  🙄

 

Instead of doing the check-in downstairs, we went up the escalator for Retreat check-in and the waiting area.  All of that went smoothly, with boarding beginning closer to 11:30.

 

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Quick question.  We’re elite and traveling on 10 Nov Summit.  Would you mind asking if that sailing has any theme nights?   We’re traveling with a group and I’m trying to find out for everyone. Thank you!

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1 hour ago, hovank said:

Quick question.  We’re elite and traveling on 10 Nov Summit.  Would you mind asking if that sailing has any theme nights?   We’re traveling with a group and I’m trying to find out for everyone. Thank you!

No theme nights on last cruise nor this one

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22 minutes ago, stellarose said:

have not been on summit in over 10 years.  is the layout the same? where is a good place for a healthy breakfast?

Layout hasn’t changed much.  Tuscan Grill added to deck 3.  Some staterooms added on deck 10 so spa is a little smaller.  Library gone, replaced with staterooms.  
 

Try the Aqua Spa Cafe in the Solarium for breakfast.  Although any breakfast can be considered a “healthy breakfast “depending on your choices. Plenty of fruit in the Oceanview café, for instance, so pass by the bacon and the pancakes and head for the fruit and you have a “healthy breakfast” there.

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22 minutes ago, cruisestitch said:

Layout hasn’t changed much.  Tuscan Grill added to deck 3.  Some staterooms added on deck 10 so spa is a little smaller.  Library gone, replaced with staterooms.  
 

Try the Aqua Spa Cafe in the Solarium for breakfast.  Although any breakfast can be considered a “healthy breakfast “depending on your choices. Plenty of fruit in the Oceanview café, for instance, so pass by the bacon and the pancakes and head for the fruit and you have a “healthy breakfast” there.

someone said there is fresh options by spa?  we ate at quisine years ago. looking for a good place for my 50th an hubby and I are pescatarians. 

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