Gracie115

It looks like you are having a blast!!! Your photos are wonderful.

We love the suites on Princess, lovely rooms. Their Plus and Premier packages are far better than X's all included. Just booked a TA in November 2025 to celebrate our 40th anniversary!!. Service has always been good on Princess for us anyway and the same on X. Princess has not upped their prices anywhere near what X has done. We sail for where we want to go now, not for the cruiseline.

Yes, this is what I was referring to...thanks.

The directions are on the TV. I don't remember the exact way because I was on Apex a year ago, but we found it on one of the menu options. It was really easy once we knew how to do it, pretty sure our butler helped the first time. Maybe someone else here who has been on E class could help more.

E class also have NO music channels on TV...not a one. Unlike S class that have a large variety of music..... Celebrity on the whole has pretty lousy tv selections, unlike Oceania and Princess which had a very large selection of movies, old & new and tv shows. One advantage on E class is the ability to stream netflix and others.

That's interesting we were not able to do so on Apex in 2022 or 2023.

Wellll it appears someone at Celebrity might finally be getting it......... 😀

I am so encouraged by your reports on Solstice thus far. It sounds like Luminae back in 2015 when it first began. I remember we were so pleased back then we hesitated to book any specialty restaurants because we enjoyed the food & especially the service in Luminae. I'm glad you are enjoying a bit of Celebrity as you (and I) remember it....hopefully it will continue through your cruise(s)!!!

I'm sure if you are referring to an Iconic suite that, yes, they make sure you are well taken care of. Otherwise as others have said and we have also done, we let the Maitre'd know what time we normally want to eat and pretty much have had no waits, but when we have had a few minute wait they will call Michael's Club to advise our table is ready.

Reflection's Luminae IS busier because of the increased number of suites, but still FAR less than on Beyond. And, yes, since you are in a RS you will be fine. We prefer Silhouette, Equinox & Eclipse but did enjoy our one Reflection cruise.

All of this is wonderful to hear and makes me even more excited for our TA on Equinox this fall. We share much the same feelings about the Edge class, so glad it sounds like S class is much closer to the Celebrity we have loved for 25+ years.

Only allowed on M & S class ships not on Edge. Just another reason we won't be booking E class again. Certainly true on Apex and E class from what I've read/heard.

I suspect you will find Luminae even better on the Connie. You will have far more choices as the MDR menu is also available on M & S class ships in Luminae. Also it is a MUCH smaller venue so it is quieter and the service is better. We have had 2 cruises on Apex and were disappointed in Luminae after several cruises on the older classes.

Wow this all looks wonderful!! I bet it tasted even better!!! I love your pictures of doors everywhere!

When do you usually find out if your bid "won?"