Specialty Dining Program Update

[Engineroom Snipe]

3 minutes ago, schooner_Drinker said:

I tried my Dave n Busters card, but being a FL resident, they would only accept if ship was leaving from Galveston.

Its a TX thing

 

Nancy 🤣

I guess in Florida Dave n Busters refused to fill out the VAT forms.

[Engineroom Snipe]

2 minutes ago, schooner_Drinker said:

We are only on page 2 😳

🤣😂🤣

 

Nancy 🍸

Do not worry, more comments are coming.

 

Wait for it....Wait for it.....

 

Four days later..... I guess I was wrong (no surprise).

 

🤣

[Starry Eyes]

5 minutes ago, schooner_Drinker said:

That’s why I typed in my original post

 

Hopefully we don’t have $528 in extra OBC to spend

 

Nancy 

 

LOL…It would be your original amount of OBC.  It would not be “extra.”  You’d be returned to your starting position. 

[Engineroom Snipe]

1 minute ago, schooner_Drinker said:

This is getting off track a little 

X Celebrity have us a big chunk of OBC

 

We have  used for spa, excursions, many other items and I’m trying to get rid of it.

 

I don’t want extra, more ,

I want it spent and 5 night dining package - took a little out of the original OBC

 

So possibly not being able to get the restaurants we want and we do end up canceling our UDP for $528

I have nothing else to spend it on 

(other than the casino)

 

We are gamblers so I already have my budget and cash for that entertainment 

 

so back to my original post

 

 

Hopefully we don’t have $528 in extra OBC to spend

 

Nancy 

(assumption got us here 😎)

Do they allow you to transfer it to your Casino account and allow a cash-out of unused funds?

 

[Arzeena]

1 hour ago, schooner_Drinker said:

We have the 5 night for 13 days time on X Beyond.

 

Will be very pissed if we can’t get the 5 times and days for the restaurants we would like to dine at.

 

(And on boarding day, if there is no availability, we will cancel on the spot .

 

Lucky Le Voyage is not included as part of any dining package.

Got that locked in for 6pm on the day of our liking 👍🏻

 

Hopefully we don’t have $528 in extra OBC to spend. 

 

Nancy 🍹

Le Voyage regular (not tasting menu) is $25 up charge with dining package, I believe. (?)

[Engineroom Snipe]

1 hour ago, schooner_Drinker said:

Scenario

Everyone on ship gets $1600 NON REFUNDABLE OBC when they book cruise 

 

Day 1 The casino is full of everyone trying to get their  $1600 out of the casino.

3500 PAX all with same package.

 

Now Celebrity are paying out 

$5.6million in cash 💰 and 

That’s why they cut people off trying to cash all of it in the casino 🎰 

 

Nancy 

Absolutely understand now: it is like a run on the bank. One or two is no problem but a majority would be. As always, unintended circumstances the bean counters did not anticipate.

[mramella]

Does anyone have any suggestions for booking UDP reservations ASAP when we get on the Icon next Saturday (March 9th)?

 

For example, should we book via the app right away, or the kiosks, or go directly to one of the specialty dining venues? If via the kiosks, does anyone know where they're located on the Icon promenade?

 

Must admit, kinda stinks that we have to start off our vacation this way 😬. But I get it. That's the way it is with the UDP.

 

Thanks!

Edited February 28 by mramella

[Biker19]

3 hours ago, mramella said:

For example, should we book via the app right away, or the kiosks, or go directly to one of the specialty dining venues?

Go to a dining venue.

[HERDFAN]

20 hours ago, Engineroom Snipe said:

Do they allow you to transfer it to your Casino account and allow a cash-out of unused funds?

 

You can do this one time, at a slot machine. Put your seapass card in a slot machine. Put X dollars of credit on the machine, spin it once (just for the heck of it) hit cash out, take ticket to casino cashier, walk away with money. But they'll only let you do this once. If you stay and play that money, you can do it multiple times.

[Engineroom Snipe]

1 hour ago, HERDFAN said:

You can do this one time, at a slot machine. Put your seapass card in a slot machine. Put X dollars of credit on the machine, spin it once (just for the heck of it) hit cash out, take ticket to casino cashier, walk away with money. But they'll only let you do this once. If you stay and play that money, you can do it multiple times.

Understood. Thank you.

[pcur]

On 2/28/2024 at 6:43 AM, Biker19 said:

Go to a dining venue.

I agree, and I go to lunch at one of specialty restaurants that is open on embarkation day.  Give them my list for my UDP reservations for the cruise, tip them, and have a nice lunch away from the WJ.