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But you can split your D+ bogo with a D. We have done that before twice when traveling with D friends, most recently on our Oasis NYE cruise. My wife and I each get the bogo. The charge for the bogo goes on our D+ cards, but we share the dinners with our D friends traveling with us and they pay us separately for 1/2 the total cost. That way we each end up with a discounted cost, but don't have to miss dinners together since they don't have the bogo benefit.

While I agree the their post is a bit confusing, the OP indicates that they have been assigned a deck 6 GTY, so there is no way to downgrade to a deck 2 unless they selected that as their RoyalUp bid, which wouldn't make sense. Their deck 2 experience was with what is indicated as a bid from a prior cruise - but also not sure why one would bid on a category that could be assigned there. Wonder if they meant GTY? Confused. I'm interpreting their stress as waiting to hear if their upgrade bid was successful. The other option if they are unhappy with their current deck 6 assignment would be withdraw the bid to move it as mentioned in my prior post.

No, you cannot reserve the bogo in advance to my knowledge What we do is talk with any Maître d once we board and prepay the total amount due with the bogo and then reserve days during the week that we want to use it, with the first restaurant normally being scheduled either day one or two as we may prefer. In this manner you can also coordinate any specialty dining reservations around this so as not to loose the bogo benefit, with the first specialty restaurant scheduled on the first or second day as determined by your bogo choice. We have used our bogo as a split with other traveling guests so that can be done. You just have to work out in advance who is paying for whom. But I know of no way to do it in advance of the sailing.

Having to join by way of paying a membership in order to hopefully save money through them on future travel would turn me away as well. How much is the membership? How much can you save? Etc. The voucher was sent to get your $50 IMO, with the hope that by doing so you would then join. Maybe that was what the $50 was for - a commitment to join? Best to stay away IMO.

You were likely typing as I was posting as I just mentioned that two posts before you - LOL. But it doesn't matter whether you mention GTY or not as your booking will show that when they are making the change.

Agree. My comment was not so much that the shows would be changed every five years but that would be when they could be changed if so planned. And that came from a cruise director a number of years ago. Hopefully the OP will see your comments and feel more comfortable with their booking.

Agree. Not sure why a speculative bid would carry any stress, especially as it is the people who do so's choice to do it. If you get it, great, if not, no loss as you stay where you originally purchased.

With any US booked GTY assignment if you are not happy with the stateroom location all you have to do is contact whomever you booked through and you can move to any other location that is still available within the assigned sub-category. They will confirm available locations and then will reassign your original stateroom to the new one. Have done so several times. Same holds true for a stateroom you originally selected. Not sure why you think you would get an FCC from a room selection you made. And certainly not with a GTY that they assigned. Especially when, as indicated, you can change either based on availability.

Well the one thing you should know for sure is that whomever is behind the website will be $50 richer from your CC should you decide to proceed. That and they will likely have your CC information. As to the cruise, who knows, but I wouldn't be willing to risk it to find out. JMO I am a firm believer that if something is legit there would not be any conditions that have to be met first to find out for sure. BTW, what was the webinar about? Maybe that will shed some light.

I am not aware of any BW musical on Odyssey. I understand you want to know before you book the ships and I am providing the most current information I could find on Symphony and Liberty. I am also not aware of RCCL published show information that says from "when to when" with their ships' Broadway shows. Only what is playing now. And as mentioned they could change by your sailing. I hope you find your answers since what I provided doesn't seem to help. Did you try calling RCCL? BTW lot of this information might be available through google - have you tried searching yourself?

Here is a link to the beverage package inclusions PDF: https://www.celebritycruises.com/content/dam/celebrity/pdf/drinks-flyer-11-06-2023.pdf

As of October '23: Symphony - Hairspray Liberty - Saturday Night Fever Not sure of a true Broadway show on Odyssey as it has Two70. Most Broadways shows are on board for about 5 years and changes coincide with drydocking schedules due to the set complexity, etc. Don't know when the last show changes occurred with Symphony or Liberty, so they may or may not still be there with your sailing as that will be a year out from this information.

Perhaps wishful thinking, but I highly doubt it as cruising demand overall is very strong. And even if it were softening somewhat the cruise lines are still recovering the billions of dollars they lost during the shutdown. It more likely is an instance where supply and demand is driving some sort of change within their pricing algorithms on that given itinerary.

First of all if you booked through a TA they are the only ones who can "touch" your booking. Celebrity reps directly cannot make any changes on your behalf to a TA booking, even if there is a price decrease, which is likely why you got nowhere with your call to them. That being said, your TA was likely able to reprice it through a lower group pricing, which is not published by the cruise lines to the general public but would be visible to a TA (one of the benefits of using a TA), or there was a price decrease in the 24 hours since you originally called, or a combination of both. And they either went on line with the Celebrity TA booking site, or talked to a rep on the phone to confirm the new price. But the ultimate price was available and the TA did not negotiate a price that otherwise did not exist. Either way, congrats on the reduced price - that's very nice!

In what way? Noise? Obstructed view? What are your concerns?