raymac46

My grandkids loved the Kid's Club activities on Celebrity when they were younger. Now they would likely prefer RCI. However we still base our choice on itinerary. I'm sure the grandkids would prefer a Celebrity cruise to staying at home.

I've found that the RCI and Celebrity drink policies both work OK for us. My wife doesn't drink at all but she wants a couple of bottles of water for our stateroom. I drink maybe a glass of wine in the evenings. We used our RCI drink allowance mostly for specialty coffee or bottled water. We are Elite Plus so we get all the specialty coffee / tea we need on Celebrity. I did like the old Celebrity Captain's Club Happy Hour in the Sky Lounge as we met a lot of great people that way. But we can make do.

I have also booked a couple of specialty restaurants for our Feb 17, 2024 sailing. I was worried that if we waited until we were aboard our desired times might be booked up.

Maybe if a good deal becomes available on a Transatlantic cruise. I think we'd probably just get an Oceanview if available.

We did a *lot* of cruising on Celebrity from 2006 - 2018. Then after a 2019 cruise on RCI came COVID. Last year we went on another RCI cruise to use up credits we had from Canceled COVID dates. Now we are coming back to Celebrity as we got a good deal on a Caribbean cruise on Reflection. We'll see how it goes. We don't have high expectations, we have Elite Plus status so we get a number of perks. I doubt we'll ever cruise on E class - the IV "balconies" look ridiculous and we would never pay the kind of money Celebrity is asking for a suite. We also don't like the creeping stratification going on with Edge where you can't even go near the bow of the ship unless you pay a premium. Fortunately at our age, the S class ships will be around as long as we can cruise.