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cruisellama

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  1. 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.
  2. The same geographic area they've launched rockets for 50+ years. (and they do blow up occasionally)
  3. 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.
  4. Isn't Utopia LNG? If so could fuel logistics be contribute to the proposed itineraries?
  5. 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.
  6. You would find more information on the Celebrity/Silverseas board in the discussion area.
  7. 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.
  8. Then they probably used it for food or beverages.
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. That's nonsense. Are they trying to be Southwest airlines?
  13. We got it for that price when sailing Oasis after the shutdown. Today's $270+ pp is not a value purchase.
  14. Appears it's now normalized. Glad it all worked well.
  15. Hotel Continental on Las Rambles. Great location near train and walking distance to water if you want.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Good news.. Thought it was an odd restriction.
  19. 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.
  20. I'm surprised its lasted as long as it has (after reading about the accidents). There are some pretty advanced VR simulations in the market place that make you feel like you're moving without actually moving.
  21. Maybe Enchantment could be a tender for Icon?
  22. May want to check of Uber can service the port. I heard Lyft was credentialed for Galveston passenger terminal. (It may be an old rule and I don't know how they'd keep an Uber from the passenger drop).
  23. Watch item: We sailed in a Sky Suite and gratuities are included. We watch our cabin balance while sailing, and we were seeing a $21/pd/pp charge on certain days, then later -$21 for each of the daily gratuity charges. Once we disembarked, we received the final folio which included a $21/pd/pp daily gratuity charge. I called Celebrity while I was still in the airport. The agent was congenial, but claimed a review couldn't be conducted until 4-5 days after the cruise (and she promises to research, then call back. She did, 4 day's later, and by the end of the conversation she agreed we were improperly charged and processed a refund for $294 after a lengthy apparently manual process. She noted I would see a refund in 4-5 weeks. Other observation, despite having a "final" folio summary charge posted to my credit card, I had 3 additional "pending" card charges that were already comprehended in the final folio summary, but still listed on the card account as "pending". So 3 in a "post status" while being told by the Celebrity agent, they'll drop because they were already comprehended in the "final statement". Still waiting for the drop, but this is the second time in 6 months something like this has happened with Celebrity. A comprehended charge will be carried for about a month, then drop. As this is the second occurrence in 6 months, I'm wondering if it's a nefarious scheme to bump/squeeze bump monthly revenue to show a higher review for period of time. Multiply by a couple of thousand of guests at sea and you're recording/churning a nice bank month-to-month on these floating (to be retired) charges. And sometimes, the guest won't watch expiration and they get a tip. Long story short - just watch the card charges as you're sailing..
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