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  1. Hi, We are RCL cruisers and thinking about booking our first Celebrity Cruise. I have a question about the drinks package: due to medical reasons I am not allowed to drink alcohol. My husband does drink. With Royal we are always able to call customer service and book the Premium package for him and the refreshment package for me. Is this also possible with Celebrity? Trying to figure out if we should just book "All-Included" or go with Cruise-Only and buy the packages separate since I don't drink. Also with Celebrity it lists Coca-Cola drinks with the Premium package. Does that mean you can't get a basic diet Coke with the Classic Package?
  2. Difficult choice. I am currently on Anthem and it's a nice ship. However not many activities, especially for kids. We were on Odyssey last year which is pretty much the same ship but had a much better time. Also the Wow factor was a little bit less for us because it is such a copy of Odyssey. Did the Med twice on Oasis Class ships and loved it. Palma de Mallorca there is really nothing to do. Just a tourist shopping town. Marseille is okay, but better to take an excursion outside of town. Barcelona is worth it, so are Florence and Napels. If you have seen Napels last time take the train to Pompeii. It is just amazing. I don't have kids, and you don't mention how old yours are. But I think they would like Oasis better from what I've seen on Anthem this week.
  3. Most cocktails are around 16usd on my current cruise. Buy the package in a sale if you can. We paid around 65 usd.
  4. Hi, Currently sailing on Anthem to the Canaries and having quite a lot of motion in the ocean with moderate to rough seas. Which made me wonder: does size of ship matter when it comes to swells and waves? So would (as an example) Oasis be more stable than Anthen and Jewel even less so?
  5. What didn't you like about Princess? Never been on any other line than RCL but would love to know why I should or shouldn't consider them in the future.
  6. "The Book" you reserve in advance because it is in a 'smaller' theatre (270). You can do it about 30 days before your cruise in the app. I would recommend you do this because it is sold out most of the time. The other shows you just show up I think. Otherwise you can make a reservation in the app once on the ship. But those are almost never booked, so wouldn't stress about it. Also if you want to use "North Star" for free on port days, make a reservation on a port day as soon as you are on the ship.
  7. We are in the same situation. Each time price drops on either package you have to call again unfortunately. Only our sailing on Wonder last year allowed me to do it online, but think that was an IT glitch.
  8. Hello, Kind of a silly question, but need the answer so here I go My husband has an expensive suit that needs dry cleaning. Since we are going on a cruise in 2 weeks and the pricelist of RCL is a lot cheaper than our local dry cleaners this seems like a no brainer. But on the pricing list it says " steam-only" or "dry-clean and press". My English isn't super good so I am not sure what 'press' means. Does it mean iron? Because I was under the impression you never iron a suit. So maybe somebody can translate or me what option we should choose? And is the dry cleaning any good? Or better to do it local?
  9. We took this cruise last year. In Israel you need local cash. Especially if you want to take a taxi, also busses were cash only even at the bus station. Our experience was you could easily negotiate with a taxi driver to (for example) take you on a tour for a few hours for a fixed price. But they wanted to be paid in cash (local, not USD). So either take cash with you, or go to an ATM. Same goes for Kusadasi, if you want to take a taxi to Ephesus, prepare to negotiate a little and bring local cash. Most other places creditcard will be fine. If you want to use cash, use Euro's. USD is not accepted in Europe, or if some tourist shop does accept it they will charge a very unfavorable exchange rate. Enjoy your cruise! We loved this itinerary and ship.
  10. Hi, Last night was supposed to be the opening of the check-in for my cruise in September. I was able to put in my passport information etc. but not able to select a check-in time. Both the website and the app keep saying "We're not quite ready for you. Check back closer to your cruise to select an arrival time and complete check-in." What can cause this, and should I just keep refreshing the page, or will this be a longer wait?
  11. I was on Jewel 3 years ago in a warm climate. They allowed kids in the Solarium almost all the time. We complained but nothing was done. A reason for us not to sail that type of ship (where the Solarium is a walk through area) again. For us it was a deal breaker.
  12. I agree with this. If you download the Trenitalia app you can book and pay train ticket on the app. If you make an account and add a method of payment, you can just book online. Much easier if you don't know exactly what time you want to go. Just remember, the faster connections do work with reservations and the earlier you book, the cheaper the ticket. But the slower train is no more than 10 - 15 minutes slower and is always available to purchase. Please also pay attention to the fact that the trains to Civitavecchia from Rome Central station depart from a very weird and very far off platform. It easily takes 10 - 15 minutes to walk there from the main platform. If you don't want to be running like a maniac with your luggage (like we were) get to the train station ahead of time
  13. Guess there was a 4th option Thanks!
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