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If you want to try a frozen drink, my favorite is a Mudslide. It is like an alcoholic mocha milkshake.

We cruised Celebrity last month and I saved the perks sheet regarding booking a future cruise onboard. It lists OBC for cruises starting at 3 days. I just received my cruise documents for an upcoming cruise and the cruise contract lists OBC perks for booking future cruises onboard beginning at 4 days. For those of you currently sailing Celebrity, is this change happening onboard?

When are cruise documents and luggage tags available? Our cruise is just over 30 days away and I was able to do online check in and get our boarding passes but cannot access any other documents.

There should be contact information in your cruise documents

Is breakfast at Chops a perk for all Sky level passengers? Is the breakfast menu different there than Coastal Kitchen? I am also confused-- I know Diamond members have drink vouchers but are wine and soda free all day in the Crown Lounge if you are in a Sky-level Suite (and also Diamond)?

Nothing comes close to the high suite prices lately

I was debating whether to wait a few weeks to book while onboard another cruise. Right now the price is too high anyways.

Yes, Oasis 2025.

Looking to add a 2 night cruise to our existing 7 night cruise. Is any OBC given for booking a 2-night Royal cruise while onboard? I have a recent Celebrity future cruise paper that, for booking while onboard, only lists OBC incentive for 3-5 night cruises and longer for Celebrity so not sure if it is similar for Royal. Also, would we be eligible for a B2B discount if we add on the 2 night cruise?

The only negative is the very long walk to other parts of the ship (and it is a long walk). Good way to burn off calories though

We were on deck 11. The view was not blocked. It looked like the window washing equipment was on deck 9 or 10

This was just posted on our cruise planner for our May cruise. The description doesn't list a lot of info. How long is the galley tour and what exactly is the lunch experience and where is it held? I remember when galley tours used to be free and listed as a shipboard activity. Are galley tours ever offered for free for Retreat or Elite Plus guests?

I know it depends on the weather etc., but are the transatlantic cruises generally a lot rougher than going from NY to Bermuda? We always found the Bermuda routes worse than the Caribbean with the ship rolling quite a bit. Obviously a transatlantic sailing would be in the same ocean but is ship movement a lot more pronounced? We have sailed from Vancouver to Honolulu 5 sea days in a row and that, surprisingly, was pretty smooth sailing. I am not concerned about being bored on a transatlantic but am more concerned about having to endure 4-5 days of rough waters. Also, if there is a medical emergency in the middle of the Atlantic, how quickly can a person get evacuated?

Room steward (aka Retreat Host) kept us supplied with bottled water in our room without us asking There were different steak options every night in Luminae (short cruise) and they were really good The free sparkling wine (champagne?) was actually decent in the Retreat and Luminae (in our experience it was usually mediocre on past cruises) The production show "Life" was a huge improvement over past production shows Luminae had more chocolate desserts than I remember in the past

On our recent 4 night cruise there was filet mignon, ribeye or other type of steak as one of the entrees each night in Luminae and they were all good. There were also steak frites and filet mignon on two lunch days at Luminae.

Are all the Crown Loft Suites basically the same or are some "better" than others in terms of the room and/or location (on Oasis)? From the deck plans it seems like the ones facing the back don't have a water view like the ones on both sides. Any other differences?

This is from the Celebrity website FAQ Retreat section: Can guests of The Retreat invite friends and family to dine in Luminae? Yes, only guests of The Retreat may invite friends and family to dine at Luminae for an additional fee. Reservations are based on availability only. Can guests staying in a stateroom that adjoins to a suite access The Retreat? No, only guests of The Retreat may access The Retreat.

In Coastal Kitchen, is premium water (such as San Pellegrino) provided for free (as it is in Celebrity's Luminae) or do we need to use our Diamond drink vouchers?

Are Diamond members entitled to the 4 free drink "vouchers" on embarkation day or does it begin at 5am the next day?

For suite guests, lunch is available on the suite sundeck. A server comes around to take and deliver food and drink orders. The menu is small but has options like the Luminae burger, grilled chicken sandwich, shrimp cocktail and a few other items. Suite guests can also get meals through room service for free.

Thank you, that is helpful info. We usually book Sky Suites on Celebrity but this will be our first suite on Royal (although we have cruised several times with Royal years ago). We are Diamond and not heavy drinkers so it sounds like the suite lounge and coupons will be more than adequate for us instead of having to buy a drink package.

Regular rooms have basically the same access to the spa, entertainment, casino and specialty restaurants. The main difference with suites is that for the much higher cost you get a bigger room, a free drink package, wi-fi, a more intimate suite restaurant that has better food than MDR and more personalized service. When you book a suite you generally don't have to wait in crowded lines for most things. Suite guests have a much more relaxed embarkation and debarkation experience, a concierge that will arrange excursions and future cruise appointments, and a nice quiet suite lounge away from the crowds. We used to book ocean view/veranda rooms but are now at the age where we are willing to pay extra for a more comfortable room, better food, more refined service and an "easier" experience where we don't have to wait in line for a lunch buffet or keep searching for a pool lounge chair. We don't use the spa or specialty restaurants on a cruise as we personally can't justify the cost for those but those things may be a high priority for others. It just depends what is important to you and how you want to spend your money.

On our recent Silhouette cruise we joked that the toilet paper seemed to be the tissue paper you use in gift bags😄 Don't remember it being this bad on prior cruises.

I believe for the lower level suites you have to ask specifically for fruit or apps for the room. There was also a large room service menu available. This was the first cruise where we did not even set foot in the Oceanview Cafe. The Retreat lounge had continental breakfast several hours in the morning, "tea" and snacks from 3:30-4:30 (mini sandwiches, vegetables, scones, mini donuts/cakes, etc.) and appetizers around 5-8 (fruits, cheeses, breadsticks, chips, nuts, etc), plus beverages all day/evening. Between the lounge, Luminae restaurant and the Retreat sundeck lunch service, we did not need snacks for the room.

We have been in 1665 recently and it was a great room with lots of storage. The room and balcony were very spacious and everything was in good condition. We did not hear any noise from pool deck. There is a pole adjacent to one side of the bed but that was not really an issue. There is a tub/shower combo in the bathroom and you have to be careful not to let the water come out of the sides of the too- tiny shower curtain. There is very little overhang on the balcony so the balcony can get very hot and sunny but there was a large table, several chairs and a footstool plus a fabulous view. Outlets for electronics are only on one side of the bed and you have to use the hair dryer at the desk (only other outlet in room) as it won't work in the bathroom. Be prepared to do a lot of walking as there are no aft stairs or elevators. The only weird thing we encountered was that every time we were headed into port there were terrible vibrations in the room for 30 minutes or so which caused the whole room and bed to shake. We never experienced that level of vibration before so it was a little scary the first time it happened.