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Anyone know if Claudine is still at the concierge desk?

They match tier benefits up to and including Diamond. But you only receive new points on the line you're actually sailing. So look at the Captains club match for C&A to define the benefits

I agree with Matt, the steak at Giovanni's is better than Chops.

Yes on reservations, but there isn't an early outreach email for Celebrity Sky Suite as in RCL Sky Suite level. There is an early outreach for suites above Sky. The suite concierge(s) in the Retreat can take care of requests. Magic Carpet dining is a premium venue. Lunch is a less expensive option than dinner. Also, offerings are "weather (wind)" dependent. La Voyage is unique to Beyond (and Ascent), very small and intimate dining experience. Found the atmosphere and service excellent, but we're not a fan of Dan Boilud menus (you can also get a sample in the Retreat overnight and Chef's table). As it's a small venue, reserve early. We've tried all the specialty restaurants to gauge preferences. Personally I prefer Fine Cut, Eden & Raw on 5. But IMPO - they're really not necessary for a great experience. In the future, we'll only do 1 or 2. The butler will take care of you so start thinking of preferences.

The same geographic area they've launched rockets for 50+ years. (and they do blow up occasionally)

Thinking about it, all fuels are moved via tanker if pipelines are not available. At many ports you'll see a refueling tanker position next to the ship to offload diesel. In the long term I would think storage infrastructure will be built so they wouldn't have to move fuel from GA. Is it safer and more cost effective to frequently move the fueling station a few hundred miles, or establish a nearby storage facility to offload LNG. Obviously some cost and risk management trades.

Isn't Utopia LNG? If so could fuel logistics be contribute to the proposed itineraries?

If you plan to spend a lot of time at the martini bar, world class bar, or Eden bar, upgrade is worth a look as it opens up some interesting options.

You would find more information on the Celebrity/Silverseas board in the discussion area.

Yes the morgue fridge was broken so they used a beverage refrigerator. There was an opportunity for the family to disembark with the body in Puerto Rico, but they elected not to to save transportation costs. So they remained not he cruise for 6 days and the makeshift accommodations did not work out. Not cold enough.

Then they probably used it for food or beverages.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/travel/celebrity-cruise-line-let-passengers-body-decompose-lawsuit-says/507-112495a2-8ada-48b5-be24-6034a62e5e3a Yes - but they aren't necessarily functioning. Curious on why it took a week to remove the body. Was it to complete the cruise ? - yes

I also heard that from a concierge. The vendor's scheduling software was not linked to the app (but is connected through cruise planner). The concierge thought it would be fixed in a future release. Maybe not.

Has anyone noticed if on-board booked spa treatments are syncing up with personal calendar? We've noticed an issue with that in the past.

That's nonsense. Are they trying to be Southwest airlines?

We got it for that price when sailing Oasis after the shutdown. Today's $270+ pp is not a value purchase.

Appears it's now normalized. Glad it all worked well.

Check in begins April 20th

Hotel Continental on Las Rambles. Great location near train and walking distance to water if you want.

Quality seems to be the same. My feel its the "complexity" or level of "extravagance" (too strong a word); Simpler prep, simpler ingredients, smaller portions, but the quality seems ok. Presentation still good.

Actually, I don't mind smaller portions. Always felt guilty waisting food . Plus if you didn't clean your plate, the waiter would feel bad because they thought you didn't enjoy the meal. So there's a positive side to things. Kinda solves two of my dilemmas.

Good news.. Thought it was an odd restriction.

When I could access, I found the video very grainy with a lot of latency in the controls making it marginally playable. I'm guessing a bandwidth issue on my end or the server at the time.