WrittenOnYourHeart

Please don't. Ship septic systems are not capable of handling the plush tissue most people use at home. You're just going to cause blockages and issues for many more people than just you.

I’m confused. You flat out said “If you do, why do they need one? Have an occasional mocktail.” If that isn’t advocating for people to not get their kids packages and use their alcoholic package to get the kids drinks, what was your intent?

Unless you're Orthodox. Then it's May 5. Tomorrow is Palm Sunday.

Yes. Or leggings. Either. People eating in the buffet or room service go about in shorts or leggings or whatever. No one knows when you're not in the dining room.

And sometimes planning 2 is the right play if you accidentally pack your intended leaving the cruise outfit in your luggage. Planning for the final night's outfit to go into carry-on would prevent the pajama-clad "I forgot to leave something out" debarkation of shame.

I've always changed after dinner when on X and never been questioned about it.

And this is why they have requirements for people in the same stateroom to have the same package. People cheating the system and getting drinks for others.

I've always seen that they request luggage to be out by 10 or 10:30. Plenty of time to finish dinner and toss your dinner clothes in. Plus they continue sweeping the halls until 1 or 2 to grab late luggage. So no. No shorts on the last night unless you want to eat in the buffet. (I've never been stopped going into the theater wearing shorts.)

Yeah, I imagine that would make a difference. No partial charters on mine.

52 here and I love the E-Class. I did love the Summit...though a lot of that was being in Aqua (and Blu). My next cruise is Beyond this summer. I've currently got Feb 2026 on Silhouette, but I may well change that to either Beyond or Apex.

And not music, but Little House on the Prairie is 50!!!!

Nope. In July you were allowed to take your carry-on to your cabin and drop it off - and pick up your card.

That'll be interesting considering there are songs with that title and it's just a common phrase...

I'll just say one big advantage to the train vs. driving... There is ONE road between Anchorage and Seward, and if there is a bad accident - which can happen - everything on the road stops. My second AK cruise was on Royal and was the southbound. The group I was with split between the train and the bus (I opted for the bus so I can't comment on the train). The train people got on a lot later than expected. We then learned from them that the road had been shut down due to an accident involving 1 or 2 helicopter extractions. They stopped the train and got as many people on the busses already on the road on as they could while holding all the other busses. The captain went ahead and held muster drill for those of us on board, and then once the road opened and things started moving again, everyone on those busses was directed to the theater for their muster (they were all back to back at that time, so it's not like the first was waiting forever). But (this from a couple who had opted for a private car and only made it because their driver managed to get in between the next to last and the last bus) as soon as the last bus entered the lot, the gates were closed. Anyone behind that last bus had to find their way to the next port or just deal with a cancelled by no-show cruise. So using either the train or a bus is definitely worth it in knowing you'll get on the ship in the event there is another bad wreck.

Oh, he was on the Summit this past summer.

Aqua!!! I was in Aqua on the Summit this past summer and absolutely loved it!! I was spoiled rotten by the team in Blu.

Except, of course, from the people who "are only loyal to Celebrity, never cruised any other line, etc." and are never picked for the free upgrade and want to know why. BINGO! This is the philosophy I use with all my bookings - cruise, airline, Walt Disney World. That last one especially - the number of people who book one category and then try to figure out how to request a higher category without the room assigner catches on...or how to get upgraded at check-in (even to the point at the monorail resorts of using their kids by training them to go up to Mommy or Daddy at the check in counter and say they are so excited to see the castle and can they see it from their room knowing full well that they booked a standard view but hoping the cast member at check in will move them into a Theme Park View room to make the kid happy).

Ah. Not having the : in it (or using military time) made me think it was some kind of code next to the food somewhere. Thanks.

Maybe I missed it, but what are the numbers next to the food names in your dinner reports?

I was on the Summit in Aqua in July and LOVED it!!!! Serkan was my maitre'd, my servers were Nuralita (primary) and Nila (assistant), and the hostess was Mariana and they were all WONDERFUL!!!! If you bump into them, please tell them Beth from last summer says hello! I rarely get so attached to my serving team that I cry on the last morning, but I did this time. I really fell in love with the Summit and am sad she's not out of NYC again this summer!!

I honestly now feel extra bad for the people in the Penthouse Suites who are potentially going to be facing people skulking around to see who they are and perhaps even asked who they are and when they booked their suite.

Deck 13 (or 17) by any other name is still the 13th deck (or the 17th...or even 18th if both 13 and 17 were skipped in numbering). It's all silly superstition that means NOTHING.

Gotcha. Thanks! I'm not yet, but should be in August!

Sounds like when I was in Aqua on Summit this past summer. I went to the Fitness Center to sign up for my included classes, and the guy actually walked away from me when I said - after his increasing pressure - that I did not want to sign up for more than that at that time. (What made that even worse for them is that had I liked the experience in the classes I was interested in, I might well have signed up for more. As it was I stuck to the ellipticals and walking on the walking track for exercise.)

This brings up something I've been wondering. For my first Celebrity cruise, I matched with my Royal status of Platinum making me Select on Celebrity. Since then between cruises on X and Power Ups, I'll be Elite on Celebrity after my July solo cruise in Aqua (8 night cruise with double Aqua points plus the 5 for Go Green). I don't know that I'll cruise Royal again...or at least not before they make the points merge, but if I did, would I qualify for Diamond on Royal?