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  1. Generally, they can and will split the beds into two twins. Also generally, the furniture tends to be quite heavy as they don't want it moving around in rough seas. Furniture is generally attached as with built-ins or specifically sized for a specific configuration.
  2. We are in a Celebrity Suite next March and looking forward to it. Are the Retreat Sundeck and Pool crowded? Is their adequate space and loungers typically?
  3. My wife is the talkative one and she enjoys the friendliness of Luminae and often makes many new friends. After the first meal or two, you are recognized and usually get the same table and servers.
  4. Usually, you get right in, I've never waited more than 5 to 10 minutes.
  5. We were in a Princess suite in March on Regal Princess. I think we had 3 375ml bottles of liquor. I will say the Princess is not the same level as Celebrity. We were in a CS suite on Millennium last August. Princess food is not the same quality as Celebrity. Buffet not nearly as good. No suite restaurant, just a separate section in the MDR. .
  6. Has anyone been in a Celebrity Suite on Beyond lately? What do they have?
  7. I booked a cruise today through a national TA and the charge on my Amex showed up as Celebrity, so I get the $100.
  8. I clicked on the "rewards" menu item and it was in the list. I think it is only for amex cards issued in America. What I couldn't determine is if it is good for bookings through a travel agent or just directly with Celebrity.
  9. Not really. A good decent sized restaurant does 200 or 300 covers a night. The ship does 5000 per meal including staff meals and specialty restaurants. And the same cooks prepare the specialty meals in the same kitchen on the same equipment for the most part. Your fixed costs are spread over a much larger meal base than in a typical shoreside restaurant. The infrastructure costs are paid in your cabin fare. Celebrity also negotiated large volume discounts with food and equipment suppliers that shoreside restaurants can't get. Ang labor costs onboard are much lower than a shoreside US restaurant. .
  10. I never had a problem bringing a bottle of wine back on board.
  11. We were on Regal a few weeks ago and I think the Medallion is a very nice feature that other lines could learn from.
  12. We were on Regal Plrincess a few weeks ago for a seven-day in a higher level suite. We sailed Celebrity Millenium last August in a higher level suite, an SH as I remember. I think we prefer the Celebrity experience by far. For meals, there was only a separate section in the main dining room, not a separate restaurant like Luminae. The Concierge lounge was small and in a very difficult location. There was no Retreat or similar on Princess. The suite itself was nice with comparable bedding and amenities. No butler or shared butler. There was virtually no recognition of suite guests throughout the ship. I was not impressed with the Princess buffet. Celebrity did a much better job on the buffet. We are not suite "snobs" by any means, I'm comparing the two experiences. Celebrity won that round. I will say the the Medallion on Princess is pretty nifty. One cute thing, it was our anniversary weekm which I put in my profile. Every time we walked by a shipboard display, it sensed who we were and displayed "Happy Anniversay" and our names. Very nice touch.
  13. We were in 6104 in August which is a suite in the"bumpout" amidships. We felt we received excellent value for the cost and additional amenities. We so enjoyed it and Millie and the staff, although it was the week prior to the butler changes and felt there was a let down in that regard. We recently did a cruise on Regal Princess in a suite and there was almost no recognition of being a suite guest.
  14. We just loved Luminae on Millie! Maitre d' was Fernando. Service and food was excellent.
  15. We were quite impressed with it on Millie!
  16. Did Alaska on Milie last August. Love that ship and crew, Say Hi! to Umesa in Luminae!
  17. I sailed in a Celbrity Suite on Millie last August. We thoroughly loved the priority embarkation, priority tendering, meals in luminae or blu, the concierge lounge, the butler, reserved seating for shows. I recently sailed on Princess in a higher end suite and there is virtually no recognition of being a suite guest on Princess. The Celebrity suite experience was far better.
  18. There are so many spelling and grammatical errors everywhere, it's hard to single out Princess. If you see any here, it's because I don't have my glasses on!
  19. If I told you what I spent 40 years of my life doing, you might be surprised. I am going to resist the temptation to respond. Good day.
  20. Well, it's their ship. The only debate might be which island you fly home from.
  21. Unfortunately, that's is the entitled, self-aggrandizing, self validating world we live in.
  22. I think B10/2 might have some view issues due to the overhang from the bridgewing.
  23. Well,we have C101 in ten days. There is a tour of C101 on youtube.
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