Shari

We boarded in Rome on a multiple port boarding cruise. The main port was Barcelona. It was wonderful being on the less crowded boarding port. We had no trouble making reservations early on line so I would make all reservations on line. However, our wait staff for my time dining was horrible. They paid a lot of attention to the guests that they had been serving for 4 nights and virtually ignored us on or 1st night as a 1 off for my time dining. We never went back. This was in 2015 and we were fairly new to cruising so today we would have called the maitre'd over and complained (even the head waiter ignored us).

He has had no problems. Been on Radiance twice and Brilliance once. He also took them on another cruise but there was no dart board.

Thank you. Also, my hubby brings his own darts due to the shape of theirs.

Can anyone who has sailed on Radiance of the Seas this year tell me if the dart board in the Pub is still available for use?

We used Fabio Atturi in 2015. He has a limo service that we found through tripadvisor. He has great reviews and the latest review is from May 2022 so he is still in business. We used him from the airport to our hotel, from our hotel to the cruise port, and finally from the cruise port to the airport. There were 4 of us and a lot of luggage. His email is [email protected] and the cost back then was 65 euros from the airport to the hotel and 175 euros from the hotel to the port and again from the port to the airport.

This is from Celebrities Southampton England embarkation healthy protocols "As of June 8, 2022, all guests ages 18 and older must be fully vaccinated." So it is official.

All of our cruises just appeared again. Very weird things going on!

Our cruises have disappeared also and they are not even to the final payment date. I think that the site is being worked on so all things are down.

I have tried to book shore excursions through cruise planner and it just "spins" when I go to add it to the cart. This is in both firefox and Edge. I tried to check prices using private window in both firefox and Edge and get "OOPS Something Went Wrong" error screen. Tried to see if I could look at the pricing of a very small 2 day cruise and get the same thing. Anyone else having issues?

Diamond does not get wine or sparkling wine. Per Royal Crown and Anchor "The beverage selection list for Emerald and Diamond members will include water, juice and soda items."

This thread has some information on where to stay and transportation.

I just repriced and saved $1136 on our October Panama cruise do to a cabin price reduction not a new sale. Check your cruise fares everybody.

The first time sitting on the balcony by myself and watching the ocean roll by all of my stress just drains out of me.

I live in Texas and we have flown to Sydney Australia for a transPacific as well as to Rome for a Mediterranean. So I guess you can say we would fly halfway around the world for a cruise we wanted to take.

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We have flown in on the day of the cruise twice. We booked the earliest flight from San Diego to Vancouver through the cruise line (safest way since they will get you to the next port) and had no problems (it went through Seattle). We also flew from DFW to Orlando for a cruise from Canaveral. We booked the earliest non stop so that if it was delayed or cancelled we had options and we also had a private vehicle waiting for us. We had no problems. However, we have had problems on just regular flights that if we were cruising we would not have made it. If you fly in on the same day book through the cruise line.

The worst advice we got was from someone we call "The Todd" and he told us that they only bring carry on for any cruise. They only bring 1 change of clothes and that is for the trip home. The entire cruise they only wear the cruise supplied robes. We even saw them down on the pier in the robes. um no thank you!

We special ordered custom magnets from Build a Sign in 2019 for our group. We keep them with our travel stuff and use them every trip. It was about $68 for 15 including tax and shipping.

We just got off of Celebrity Summit and had over 900 in non-refundable OBC. Celebrity has the same wording for their use of OBC in the casino. I was able to use the OBC for a couple of spins then cash out without anyone flinching. There is no way to know what OBC was used once you print out your ticket.

Radiance of the Seas transited the Panama Canal old locks on 1 April 2022 (this year) so she will probably transit using the old locks (new ones are much more expensive from what I am reading on cruise critic). We are on the 20 October 2022 cruise and are definitely looking forward to this bucket list trip that was cancelled 2 years ago.

I had a white screen on Firefox and Edge (windows 7) all day yesterday but was able to do a mock booking on Edge today. From DFW area Texas using private browser setting.

Three out of 4 of our traveling group picked up covid from our Summit cruise that ended Monday. I am just waiting for it to hit me now. Hubby is tired, slight fever, and was nauseated. More like the flu than original covid.

Also the dance band went between Rendezvous and the Sky lounge. Rendezvous had a better attended bar and service. Don't ask for any cocktail other than martinis at the Martini bar since they don't know how to make them. When in Charleston only music on the pool deck is the "Silent" disco since Charleston has strict noise ordinances. We had a great time!

Because of being proactive we were on the ship in less than 15 minutes. With all of the people trying to get there TA they were not enforcing your check in times. That may be different with the new ease of obtaining the TA. One other thing is there was a COVID outbreak on our ship. When we reached Charleston 2 people were transported to the hospital by ambulance. We watched and they seemed to be older but not severe. When we got home 2 days later one of our traveling companions tested positive. We tested negative but will test again today. Several people on board were coughing and not seeking medical diagnosis so I think this may have made the outbreak worse. If you feel bad or are coughing please be considerate and get tested by the medical staff!

We just got home from our Bermuda cruise on Celebrity. Getting the Travel Authorization was a nightmare. We had all of our information (including the negative test results) uploaded by noon 2 days before embarkation. We flew to New Jersey and arrived at the hotel 3pm the afternoon before embarkation. I checked my email and nothing from Bermuda so I called the number that was on the received verification email and waited nearly an hour (started at 78 in line). Once I was able to talk to the Bermuda rep I found out we were okay and he sent the Travel Authorization immediately. We had to sign it electronically and download the pdf. Many people did not do this the day before and they were standing outside the port in the rain on hold waiting for their TA. Lesson learned is be proactive and don't assume Bermuda will do their job in sending the approval.