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3 minutes ago, TeeRick said:

Well in reality the CEO of Royal Caribbean Group (not RCCL) is the boss of the new Celebrity CEO.  The RCCL CEO is an equal to the Celebrity CEO in the corporate structure.

Thanks for clairifying they still rin the show! 

gee, I just tell my friends and family ot get my OBC by the Bon Voyage gifts. Let them pay, I will spend the money....LOL

Drink Package means "no worrys of your final bill"  drinks when you want, and never worry about a limit. Love them all or none, up to you. 

13 hours ago, ScottC4746 said:

Our first X cruise was on Solstice to Alaska.  While they kindly request that you adhere to the dress code in the public areas, I never saw anyone NOT adhere to the dress code.  The old days of cruises people wore suits and dresses or tuxes and gowns in the evening and as time marched on, people were rushing after dinner and changing.  Sad really as I enjoyed dressing up for the night.  Having been an officer for 6 or 7 years in a fraternal organization and having to wear a suit to 3 meetings a month, and a tux to 1 meeting a month, I appreciated the chic nights.  At night, I wore nice clean dark jeans with a collared sports button up shirt and the chic nights nice slacks and nice button up dress shirt with no tie.  No tennis shoes however.  I dressed up the footwear in the evenings and on chic night was black dress shoes.

I agree here. I also am a dresser, why? I can always dress at my table anyway I want, but if I get invited to someones home, I ask what to wear. Anything is the usual answer and that is still fine but, I would dress casual but chic. That is the question. What is chic? Would I dress like others with Ripped jeans, or a holy shirt? Sure if you know that hosts are. You want to blend in not be a rock start. look at me. I find most people dress fine, buit there will always be those who do not care. I like to dress with my wife for we don't drees up that much anymore. The Prom is for many nights not just one night. Brings back memories. I see the prom shots of the younger genration (grand kids) and they are all dolled up but wear Red Tennis shoes instead of dress shoes. Okay, with me, that's chic to them. I just don'r see the big deal of someone else dressing down, I just won't look at them. Celebrity is respondable to enforce there own rules, not us passengers. Think of smoking, there are some who still do on the Veranda. Turn them in and go on with your life. If i sat next to a guy who is whereing shorts and they are nice to me and enjoyed a good meal and conversation, They are good ion my eyes. I will still dress, and enjoy there company. 

I was not going to get into this debate going on, but I believe the new CEO is one that will do anything the CEO of RCCL tells them. It is always about the bottom line. What will make the ship sail full. I would at least give them a chance to see what neww ideas they have. I believe new ideas will be looked at. Instead of complaining select new solutions to help get the X back to where all of you want. Just remeber it is the bottom line that makes them contimue. What would make the younger 40-50's couples come to Celebrity. The Edge ships are a start. 

I beleive that the Cruise line will never offer it again, for they use to have there own Bubbly. Now that Celebrity wines are gone, they seem to stop offering it. But, never feel bad, go to the nearest Bar and ask for your Champage! Even the coffee area will have glasses of the bubbly out for you to have that first drink. Cruise well, drink well. 

sounds like no insurance????

You can fold um, you can cut them they all fir very well. Price is good and you will recieve they very fast. https://www.amazon.com/Royal-Caribbean-Cruise-Luggage-Holders/dp/B074TRRXCS?pd_rd_w=8ElUB&content-id=amzn1.sym.af1b24cb-24c8-4c14-a68c-cd47995f55d6&pf_rd_p=af1b24cb-24c8-4c14-a68c-cd47995f55d6&pf_rd_r=EN7DP3D7T9SH6CYM65W3&pd_rd_wg=WJRGy&pd_rd_r=7dd8e0d5-f814-42fd-b85c-dd44c5290c09&psc=1&ref_=pd_bap_d_csi_prsubs_0_t

and Yes the RCCL is the same tag as Celebrity

On 4/19/2023 at 5:00 PM, jules815 said:

Are the Celebrity tags the same size as RC?  I bought plastic holders for our last RC cruise in 2016, but haven't sailed with them since then. Just found the holders in the side pocket of a suitcase the other day.

YES they are and fir very well! 

16 hours ago, Doubt It said:

I have been saying this for years. It was the CEO Avison of Carnival way back in the early 1980's who called Cunard, the French line etc evil because of their class system. I have scrap books with articles on this and pictures of when the SS France was converted to a "cruise" ship. The cruise lines were disgusting in their hatred for Cunard etc.  The early cruise lines tooted that everyone was equal which was the case until the mid 2010's when class Apartheid commenced, mostly with Celebrity. 

And now the cruise lines are just as class Apartheid as the French line was.

Hence why I have Cancelled the mass cruise lines and only cruise premium and above so that I can access the entire ship with only a few small exceptions. Further, the premium and up lines ensure all passengers can have forward views etc, unlike Celebrities new ships. 

I cancelled Celebrity in 2016 and will not return. The dear Connie remains my favorite ship of all time.

You made a great post and thank you for the photograph - I have a water color of the Titanic signed by 3 survivors which I got at a Titanic Historical Society event near Boston just after Titanic was found. 

 

On the Celebrity M and S classes you can have a "Sky Lounge" Forward sitting area. The inside view is great, and I spend a lot of time there. Great view but aas no outside view. Must be for the 2nd class folks, but the Bar serves my Priemum drink....LOL. Unsure of the E class for I have not sailed on them. We finally get the Edge on the West Coast, finally. Happy Cruising, and yes I still dress for any dinner. 

Remember the Titanic...and the Class System ....IT's BACK! 

1 hour ago, basenji56 said:

I can't justify paying three times the price for a Sky Suite over a veranda.  I don't hang out at the pool so the Retreat has no interest to me.  I don't drink alcohol so an included drink package is not interesting.  I'm sure additional space and Luminae are great.  But not worth three times the price.  More power to anyone who can afford the suite prices.

 

Yo9u sound like you Cruise alot. That is great. When we travel it is really a treat and a Holiday. We like what you get in the Retreat. Our favorite cruises are the ones that have Lots of Sea days...Lots of Sea days! Relaxing is our adventure. Great food, New people to meet, reading a good Book and not a very big Crowd. Just enjoying each other company. Don't need roller coasters, racing cars, standing in line for a slide. Nope, Counting waves on a larger Veranda, having a butler Pour my scotch if there not too busy. Is it worth it, well yest evey 3 years the payment is to me worth it. Just enjoy the cruise...remember when gas was just 1.99 per gallon?

Thanks All for the input.....

This is what was sent to me from another Passenger????

3 hours ago, prmssk said:

I've seen others comment on this on the Celebrity Eclipse FB group with most of the posts mentioning Australia specifically.  I did not get the same e-mail even though I am on the Eclipse in less than 30 days (I believe the same cruise as you) and can't find the same reference in any of my documents/e-mails.  My eDocs still say 2 bottles per person (page 8 of the eDocs).  Celebrity's website (at least the US version) still says 2 bottles per person.

Same as me.

I was sent a new announcement that Celebrity as of April 21 has changed the 2 bottles of wine back to "per Stateroom" NOT "per pesron". But, I know that there is so much fake news out there. Please if you are a TA let us know which is true, I went to the web site this morning for FAV Questions and on the web site (Celebrity) is say still per person. I hate buying wine to just see it go. We travel in about 20 days on the eclipse and my Guest Summary with ALL the legal stuff says 2 per Guest. Web site says 2 per guest, what the heck is the real story? Need help for you pros! 

I must be getting older? Would someone explain to us shy, never ask folks why does Celebrity allow you to bring on 4 bottles of wine in your carry on, BUT will not let you have drinks served in a Cabin that has passengers over 21? Do they think we are smuggling under age kids with us? We leave them home!  LOL

OKAY, now for the test of the day" Power surge? What is okay to come on board that the security will not confiscate. I see so many on Amazon and they say they are okay but, when you go out to the reviews the secuity are taking them. 

The you tubers seem to have some but I looked them upo and they are also being pulled? What really is a good one? anyone really know? 

On 5/25/2022 at 9:57 PM, noveltek said:

    We returned from the Eclipse on the 22 . Alaska was amazing, Hubbard awesome , ship not so good . Tested postive after arriving back in Ontario that evening .   There was no transparency regarding the number of cases. By Sunday there just seemed to be less people , The passengers next to us disappeared and their state room was stripped into white bags ( bottles towels blankets all into the same white bags) . Dinner in Murano's took 3 hours one waiter for 12 tables . MDR was 2-3 hours lack of staff. The lack of staff was noticable in the cleaning ( first time I've seen washrooms that needed servicing badly on a cruise ship ) It was odd our assistant waiter would change his name tag between buffet and dining room . Social distancing was impossible given the lines at the terminal and the dining areas and bars .

     Sitka we waited in line for 45 minutes to get on a jammed bus , shop for 45 minutes and 45 minutes in line to get on a bus to get back to the ship. The evening of day 7 it was a super spreader event in a packed sky lounge  ( avoided ) We are both boosted and this is our 3rd time getting covid . I think if the captain had disclosed the severity we would have made different choices.

    As a regular on Celebrity this a poor showing ,, ran out of some wines , food choices limited and poor quality ( except the specialty ) We ate in specialty on 3 nights to avoid the MDR . For Captain Leo not disclosing a significant safety hazard to his passengers I give him a fail ( he was asked and side stepped questions ). His response to the embarkation delay "it was a luggage issue" !! I believe it was 39 foreign nationals with covid Canada would not except . We have travelled on other Celebrity ships since return to service and felt far safer , full disclosure from the captain daily and the ships were spotless.

So you are saying Ca[taon Leo, is not the best Captain?

Just now, D C said:

If they actually have what you want, yes. 

Just now, D C said:

If they actually have what you want, yes. 

OMG thank you...hope they have a lot of Chevas! LOL

3 hours ago, Mark Mary said:

FYI  - There was no masking on the May 15 sailing.    We departed several hours late due to last minute changes required for "carry over" passengers.   We lost our Sunset Veranda cabin due to it being occupied by quarantine passengers.     They did not inform the passengers about the COVID positivity counts during the cruise.   It's been reported that the May15 sailing had 42 cabins in quarantine.   Very little transparency over the situation.   Staff told us that they were short staffed because of visa requirements . . .  But it did slip out that a lot were in quarantine.  

 

Oddly - the passengers who purchased the COVID test kits from the cruise line did not receive them until AFTER they scanned out for the final time in disembarkation.   Literally 3 steps after scanning and 3 steps before the gangway.   It was clear that they did not want passengers to receive a positive result while they were still on the ship.  

Our cruise mates tested positive at the airport and are now stuck in Canada and can't return to USA for 10 days.   If they had tested positive on the ship - I assume that they could have stayed on board (during dry dock?  Ewww).  

 

May i ask...were these mates vacinated, and how many boosters/

15 hours ago, JeanieC,Aston said:

Hi

Either of these glasses are whiskey or whisky glasses not to dissimilar to your Chivas glass.

So will they serve a double neat?

On 5/21/2022 at 2:09 PM, critterchick said:

Cruise WIth Confidence still applies to cruises booked by March 31 and sailing by September 30, 2022. If you cancel up to 48 hours prior to the cruise, then you will get an FCC. I’m not quite sure what will happen if you cancel when you’re in, say, the 50% penalty phase - it “should” be an FCC for the penalty amount and a refund of what’s still refundable, but I don’t know if Celebrity see it that way.

If I sail from Los Angeles and test positive I can drive home and recover there. I’m not safer as far as whether or not I’ll become seriously ill, but I am a whole lot less inconvenienced and out of pocket for any quarantine expenses than I would be overseas.

 

 

The cruise lines are only requiring the 2 shots, not the booster. Some countries require a booster if your final dose of the vaccine (or the only one if you got a single-shot one) is more than 270 days prior to your arrival. I don’t know if they require a second booster if you’re more than 270 days past the first one.

Gee, we got 3 booster beside the orginal shot....do they count my shots of Chevas...if so I am well vacinated. 

On 5/20/2022 at 12:31 PM, Rustyman said:

Out of a brandy glass😉🥃

Being a good Irish boy...drinking Chevas out of any glass is good for me. As long as it is neat...give me a Keer Jar, 

On 5/21/2022 at 4:48 AM, Janebott said:

Just got home from an Alaska cruise in the Solstice. We are not regular cruises but both my husband and myself noted how much the staff were totally masked and constantly cleaning. I am not totally sure but believe there was around 1600 or 1700 passengers. Not sure about crew numbers but service was wonderful, at least what we experienced. Again, not season cruisers but looking forwarding to booking celebrity again based on our experience on the solstice. 

Thanks love to hear this....than ks again!