Sam.Seattle

And, then there is the Beyond.

Outside the spa - Apex 🙂

Nope, the room was assigned before final payment. I called to request the change after I made the final payment.

I have been on phone with Celebrity twice this morning. And, I have to say they were very nice, helpful and polite. This will be our suite and won't change. The devil 🥵 is in the details for the guaranteed Sky Suite. To change rooms at no charge the occupancy needs to be the same. In my case 2. The only other Sky Suites not sold are 4-person occupancy and they won't change to them. I am so unwilling to take the suite right next to the Magic Carpet WALL. We just ended up paying more for a different suite. Again, I am not upset with Celebrity as I understood the risk booking a guarantee. Now it's time to look forward to an amazing cruise. Cheers! 🍷

If you book a guaranteed room and are immediately assigned the lowest suite level room, should we assume this is a done deal? I am specifically interested in knowing if anyone has experienced the guaranteed assigned room number changing after assigned? Thanks in advance for sharing your own experience with this question. Cheers! 🍷

Celebrity still has a better suite experience when you factor in the Retreat. We still enjoy the Suites on Princess. Just reset your expectations and give Princess a try. The price point for a Princess suite is much less than Celebrity. On Celebrity we stay in the Royal Suite or higher. Princess we will sail in full suite or Mini Suite. Cheers 🍷

Celebrity had paper airplane contest for all passengers. It was a blast making the plane and seeing which plane flew the most distance. I would love to do it again on Princess.

It looks like a Specialty Restaurant will continue to be the location for full suite passengers. See bullet point 5 in attached from Princess's suite benefits.

Yes Emerald has a very limited version of the Thermal Suite, And, yes it is part of the suite amenities. Be sure to take advantage of Complimentary dinner in a specialty restaurant on embarkation day. Cheers! 🍷

Tugs helped the Carribean Princess in to Port Everglades this morning per a friend on board.

Watching the Web Cam at Port of Miami now. A CCL ship coming in.

Thanks everyone!!! Fun to look at on the Web Cam. Cheers 🍷

Not sure. Edge Class... I can see the orange Magic Carpet.

Anyone know why she is delayed today?

What is an elitist? I bet there are people who can only dream of any cruise and would consider all cruisers elitist. For me an elitist is a point of reference.

Maybe because people are concerned that the Sky Suite is evolving into a Royal Jr. Suite?

German Guys, Not having a mini bar stocked with complimentary beverages is not new with Celebrity for Sky and Celebrity Suites. I recall be surprised with this policy pre pandemic when we were in a Celebrity Suite. What I have observed is some butlers will quietly bring what you request. Yes, you bring back soda, beer etc from the Retreat Lounge without question. Based on all the chatter here, I bet the Butlers are being closely monitored.

Well, for me that is even worse having "maybe" access. No thanks!

Well, for me that is even worse having "maybe" access. No thanks!

I don't believe Jr. Suites have access to the CA Kitchen which is the suite version of Luminae.

Yes, it was taken on the Emerald the last night. Our room steward explained the combination of a longer cruise and families traveling together created a lot more luggage than usual. The good news was they seem to get the luggage off the ship very quickly. I did not experience any delay at the port getting our luggage.

Check out my signature. I tried to be clear in my comparisons, but your question is valid. It is not a valid comparison of the ship quality when compared to Edge Class. I kept in mind my Infinity experiences. Regardless of the ship's age, I expect the same staff quality throughout the fleet.

We were on the Emerald, an older ship. I tried to relate the ship experience to the Infinity as well as the Edge class ships.

Suitcase Case Back up! Full boat with lots of families = lots of suitcases.

I was remiss not to mention the Medallion! I love it. I use the wrist band option. The medallion works much like the room card, but does much more. My favorite part of the medallion is the crew can easily identify you when ordering beverages etc.