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find the "celebrity connections" for the cruise before yours and post this there. Hopefully you will here from the person.

Anyone following this post will think I am drinking lol. My mistakes...here's what I found on a site I can't post here....there are no Aqua suites available but there are S2, S1, Sg and Rs so good luck and get a beautiful Suite.

I requested upgrade when I called Celebrity and they did it atomatically. I'm sure if you spoke to TA and explained what you wanted and gave your Captains # it would work. Make sure she doesn't book without getting upgrade (of course as explained here some categories don't work with upgrades)

I do believe the op meant after subtracting the costs of the perks from cost of concierge room it came to just $100 difference. I did the math myself on my upcoming cruise to come to this amount.

I just booked my first Celebrity cruise and am Diamond Plus. Be sure join the Celebrity Captains Club and let them know your status on RCCL.

When you do book give your new Captains Club # and tell them you want to upgrade one category or you won't get it automatically.

When you do book be sure to tell them you want the discounted deposit or you won't get it.

Go to the top of Celebrity Cruise Critic page and go to sticky for "room information. Go to ship or class of ship and you can find many many rooms listed and information on the particular room you are looking for.

I just booked my first Celebrity cruise and am Diamond Plus. Be sure join the Celebrity Captains Club and let them know your status on RCCL.

When you do book give your new Captains Club # and tell them you want to upgrade one category or you won't get it automatically.

When you do book be sure to tell them you want the discounted deposit or you won't get it.

Go to the top of Celebrity Cruise Critic page and go to sticky for "room information. Go to ship or class of ship and you can find many many rooms listed and information on the particular room you are looking for.

Do Not Put Ship Luggage Tags on luggage until after you get your luggage from plane and are headed to ship.

Reimbursement??? For what? The ship/cruise line did nothing wrong.

I'm not going to argue with you for what I FEEL IS RIGHT but I do feel reimbursement for money spent off ship is due to him. No further statements are required.

I've been on these boards for years and have read now and again where someone misses the boat ..... I definitely remember reading how someone from Royal would always be at the pier to help personally get you situated. I have also remembered how 2 people actually were put on another ship (probably same line) to meet up at next port. If the ship actually did leave at 5pm and it was the expected time I'd DEFINITELY send a copy of this saga to someone in charge at Royal and hopefully get some reimbursement from them. Stop saying it wasn't their fault. I've been on many Caribbean cruises where we left 1/2hour to 1 hour late while we see people running to the ship. Those ships waited. Sorry but I do think they could have waited.

KLF I'm sorry for your troubles and even more for your family as they were helpless in helping you. Glad it all worked out and sorry for all the bad mouthing that went on here. You did a great job explaining the whole situation.

Before you get started I just booked for the first time Celebrity as a D+ RCCL cruiser. I'm assuming you know you need to call Celebrity to get your membership on Celebrity Captains Club membership as an Elite because you are Diamond +. When you book you have "to ask" to be given a one category upgrade" because they don't just offer it to you. You also have "to ask for the $50 deposit" rather than normal deposit. JFYI Now have a great cruise. I booked Equinox and it is under 3000 passengers.

Also look at their "stickies" at top of page and you can learn a lot about cabins. They actually have hundreds of cabin numbers with reviews.

Thank you for your answers. Not what I was hoping for but it makes sense.

I was given a free upgrade from 2D to 2C when I booked. Now I am wondering if in the future (and if all fees are the same) if I pay to upgrade to a C3 do I pay the difference between the 2D or the 2C. Hope this makes sense. ty

I am new to Celebrity and have been looking forward to sailing on Celebrity for quite some time. I did book my cruise last week (I am Elite thru RCCL) and didn't know about this perk until today (THANK YOU OP) and called and got my upgrade Thanks again

Not to throw a wet towel on this thread but there have been incidents of rape and assault on cruise ships. You don't always see this in newspapers but try googling rapes on cruise ships. I agree your daughter can be as mature as anything but when you are on vacation having a grand old time you do let your guard down and think oh isn't this just lovely and I can trust anyone. Well it is not so always. Be careful.

Has Celebrity relaxed its ideas of having to wear formal wear on "formal evenings"? We haven't sailed Celebrity yet so excuse me if it sounds like an odd question. How about dining on formal evenings in specialty restaurants..is formal required in there also. TY

Can you please tell me about the Coctails for Elite and above (where/when). I am Elite as a reciprocal benefit from RCCL and know nothing about how it works here. BTW it's for the Equinox. TY

Thank you for the info. It makes me very happy.

Can I use my points from my RCCL Bank of America Credit Card on a Celebrity Cruise? TY

Thanks to everyones input I took 6210 obstructed view but it is on an angle so feel confident no problems will arise. It's in Europe so everyday we will be going off the ship when in port(not like in Caribbean where we stay on ship everyday as we have been too many times to those ports).

TY again for your help.

For what it's worth:

 

Here is a photo from the "hump" of the Eclipse (same configuration as the Equinox) looking back towards the aft 2C cabins. There are no 2D cabins in this view but on the 2D cabins the lifeboats come up just above the top of the white supports.

 

Here is a photo of the aft of the Equinox, taken by Andrew Depping and on his cruise ship photo site. Mr. Depping lives in Germany, I'm guessing not far from the shipyard that built the S class ships, and his photo site has lots of photos of them during and just after construction. You can see the taller lifeboat/tenders in front of the 2D cabins and the shorter lifeboats in front of the 2C cabins. If you look carefully you'll notice you can see the bottom of the railing behind of the 2C cabins but that the boats in front of the 2D cabins block about 2/3 or 3/4 of the railing height from the view in the photo.

Thanks for the pix ....they really gave me a good idea of what to expect.

TY ever so much. You CCs are always a wealth of information. Now I can make a decision.

Can anyone give me an idea of how obstructed an obstructed balcony can be on the Equinox (or other Celebrity ship)? I don't know if I should just go for an ocean view or not. TYVM

Has anyone stayed in a MS without Balcony (particularly Island Princess). I'd like to see pictures or comments of what you thought. I'm looking at the transatlantic which could be rough water...and rooms being so far up front to the bow makes me nervous. But it being cool weather out there on Atlantic the big windows in room and extra space makes it seem inviting. Any one ????

I have recently taken out a yearly travel guard policy after finding that Medicare does not cover anything outside of the USA. it would be a loss if I had to cancel a cruise or such but I can handle that. I can't afford a large medical bill. Also had to make sure that I have medical on my auto policy as Medicare does not cover medical expenses caused by a auto accident. The travel policy covers and provides a lot of other benefits besides medical and is cheaper than what the cruise line charges. It is $259 pp for a year.

 

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TY for this interesting info. Amazing what you learn on these boards. Now if I take this travel guard policy will it cover me for the cruise and any time I spend in Europe after transatlantic cruise? tyvm