phoenix_dream

Come on people, are you actually believing this post? Only thing this person has ever posted. Dried "blood" on the ceiling that magically never turned brown like dried blood does? Feces on the bathroom wall? Put another passenger in there after they moved out? Why? And how would they know? Were they personally doing a room check? And if so, why? Call me a cheerleader if you will, but in 88 cruises on Celebrity never experienced anything even close to this. Minor problems on occasion? Of course, nothing is perfect. If this really happened as told it's shameful. I just sincerely doubt it.

Trust me, loud music and yelling into a microphone for hours don't need to be looked for

And that one day may be the only sea day. And on our cruise it was like that every sea day.

It was the same on our 9N Caribbean cruise.

This was one of my few complaints on our last cruise. Couldn't enjoy relaxing on our balcony because of the stupid "Poolest Day" at sea. Loud, loud music, yelling and screaming. It was insane and very frustrating. Went on for hours!

I loved Qsine. Why did they eliminate it? In the last year or two before they did we were always able to get 50% discounts. That explains it all I think.

Exactly! And don't forget unlimited laundry. And a Zenith lunch. And priority embarkation, tendering, and disembarkation. But it's ok- if I sail Royal I get six whole drinks per day, which includes water and soda Woo hoo.

I did a move-up to a Royal Suite twice in the past year. Specialty dining was definitely included, as were the liquor, mini-bar, etc..

For context, I'm a loyal Celebrity cruiser - close to 90 cruises over 30+ years. The longest time onboard a single ship has been 21 days on a B2B. As a Zenith, I often meet people onboard for literally months at a time. I am honestly curious - what do you do to occupy yourself and keep enjoying it, especially in Caribbean cruises where most of the ports are similar same old/same old? I enjoy meeting and talking to new people and making friends with the staff but after a couple weeks I'm ready to head home until the next time. I'm hoping I can get some hints here as DH would love to convince me to take even longer cruises but I don't know how I would handle it. Are you disciplined enough to work out regularly? Don't you miss being with your family and friends? Don't you miss watching your favorite TV shows at home? Don't you get tired of the repetitive menus? Repetitive shows and activities, and often same for live entertainment? Any other suggestion or examples?

I feel your pain about points. Several of our cruises were missing from our account. We had to send in documentation to prove we were on them. It's been almost 6 weeks and still not fixed. Very frustrating, especially as we had solid proof, including copies of our actual seapass cards!

Just as fyi, we had a Celebrity Suite on Ascent and no noise issues at all. Also did not have them on Apex in a Sky Suite

I do it off and on, particularly the shuffle game. I don't know why I keep falling for it, but part of me is determined that one day I won't get the "sorry" wording at the end! If I do win something it will probably be worth a dollar or two and something I don't need but I am stubborn I guess LOL

I would pick the Ascent but both are nice. Reason being, as newer ships are released they tend to tweak them to make improvements based on passenger feedback. For example, they moved the Martini Bar on Ascent to the middle of the room rather than off to one side. More seating and better location. If you are in the Retreat, they made some changes there as well. For example, Luminae on Ascent extends around the front of the ship so the seating is more spread out and therefore it is not nearly as noisy as the Apex Luminae can be.

What Zenith gets is a small percentage upgrade (I think it's 5% if memory serves) to whatever their bid is. In other words, they increase the bid by 5%. Other than that I don't know of any priority we are given

Being "top tier" aka Zenith I take exception to your definition of our benefits. We get premium beverage which is definitely not watered down well drinks. We get premium wifi, which is very costly. We get unlimited laundry of all types which is very important as we take long b2b cruises. And there are of course a few other perks as well. So yes, while some changes like the Pinnacle status match are not to my liking it is definitely hard to jump ship so to speak and have to pay for those benefits on other lines.