CruisingTheWaves

I believe it’s a photo taken by a helicopter, not a drone. The reflection on the right side of the photo is a reflection from the copter.

Like I said this is all just shocking to me that the captain wouldn’t know the restrictions. There’s also a factor of common sense…?

I’m interested to see what transpires but I’m just surprised it was even allowed to happen and what Celebrity’s explanation is.

Shocked to see this happened. I saw an image posted a couple days ago and thought “Wow, I didn’t think you could get that close to the coast?” Then this story broke. I can only think this was a mistake but am surprised the captain let this happen. Under investigation. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/05/02/state-investigating-amid-reports-cruise-ship-sailed-close-shore-off-kauais-na-pali-coast/

I honestly didn’t ask but I know if I had they’d have gotten it for me. Our butler was extremely attentive.

It said butler.

All I can say is that I had the name of a specific butler to call, she was definitely NOT a stateroom attendant, made herself extremely visible (I saw her almost every time I left my stateroom) and was willing to help with anything I asked for. 3 people were retreat concierges for my sailing.

I believe we have a butler back in Sky Suite on Apex. We of course have a dedicated stateroom attendant who we haven’t formally met yet. We have met our butler, I asked her “are you our butler?” And she said “yes ma’am!” And then we received a card with a “Retreat Concierge” team of 3 people that appears to be all concierge for all suites. We met one of them in the embarkation lounge before boarding. So right now it appears Apex has butlers back in Sky Suites.

The word is the decision and change is very recent as of a few weeks ago, so the butlers were still absent in January.

Since Ascent is the newest ship I believe it was first. Followed by Beyond, and then Apex, etc...so wondering where in the process they are...

Wondering about Apex. We board Saturday.

They won’t be able to change their website until butlers are reinstated across the entire fleet, and it’s certainly not possible to reinstate all butlers at the same time. They’re filtering them back and some ships have them back already, some don’t. Many people sailing in the next couple weeks are looking for a status on their ship. I’m sure those sailing a few months from now won’t have any question anymore but at the moment we’re still looking for people to report back for the close sailings.

To me using potato chips is just another way of adding crunch, similar to breadcrumbs. I know Capital Grille uses potato chips on their au gratin potato side dish and I’ve always enjoyed it 🤷🏼‍♀️

I have worn a sparkly one on a cruise with heels before and it was fine. Also curious about the butlers. We board Saturday.

Too many people involved and too many fingers can be pointed. I just book straight with the source and then I know my beef is with them and they can't blame it on anyone else. Based on experiences this just makes my life easier.