NMTraveller

3 hours ago, teachmetolive said:

I'm a bit baffled by those who don't like Luminae, but of course to each their own. I have NEVER had such delicious food and attentive service in a main dining room. The food was absolutely delicious in Luminae and well worth the upgrade for me, along with the real veranda and Retreat lounge.

How does it compare to specialty dining?

1 hour ago, Iamcruzin said:

I paid $18 for a Manhattan at our community Clubhouse bar which part of our HOA fee goes to supporting them.  They also add a 20% gratuity on top of that.  I have paid less for a Manhattan in midtown Manhattan and on a cruise ship. I haven't purchased a cocktail from them since. A glass of 4 buck Chuck is $10 plus the gratuity. I think our HOA should offer a drink package.

You are in the wrong HOA 🤣

Anyways ours charges 4 to 6 during Happy Hour.  And the House Wines are better than Celebrity's.  Go figure...

Last week we were at the Westin on the San Antonio River Walk.  They were serving $6 Margaritas that were better than Celebrity's.

Now if you want to compare them to the Las Vegas strip, that is the biggest money-making venture in the world, then compare on 🤣 The drink prices are comparable, but the entertainment does not compare ...

I make a better drink than any of the bars anyone has mentioned so far...  Carry on ...

5 hours ago, canderson said:

Then be sure your insurance, should you choose to purchase, will manage a timely direct payment to a hospital, not just "reimbursement".

Any idea which travel insurances will do this?

6 minutes ago, PTC DAWG said:

I don’t care to be cut off after 15 eat mimosas. 

No worries,  you can have 10 of mine 🤣

On 3/13/2024 at 5:43 PM, Oxo said:

X drinks are much more expensive than other cruise lines. X drink pkg also higher than other cruise lines. JMHO! 

You forgot that other cruise lines packages have higher drink limits.  For example Princess has their packages that cover $15 and $20 while Celebrity is at $10 and $17.  You can go to DoTheMath.com but the Celebrity package is grossly overpriced.

11 minutes ago, miched said:

There are 1646 cabins on the Beyond.  198 are suites.   Therefore 88% of the passengers don’t think so 🤷‍♂️🤗

 

Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Yep.  It depends upon what the OP has become accustomed to.

I had a miss last weekend.  Somehow I managed to book a hotel room that was smaller than anything that I had previously booked ...  🤣  I knew to look at the size of cruise cabins,  but not hotel rooms.

7 hours ago, PTC DAWG said:

I have a Chevy Truck for that..

 

what were we talking about again? 🙂

I used to have a RAM truck for that,  but my state gets it's gas from California.  My gas savings pays for a cruise or two every year.

We were talking about upgraded cabins vs. regular cabins. 🙂 

Or upgraded cars vs.  regular cars 🙂 

12 minutes ago, canderson said:

Perhaps more to the point, or at least equally important -- Be sure you have a way to pay silly sums of money prior to the reimbursement if you ever want to check out of the hospital!

 

All of the insurance you had wouldn't have done you much good if you hadn't had a large open amount of credit available to you, or a quick way to move liquid assets around via wire transfer, etc. 

So how much credit is enough?  100k on cards?  200k on cards?

30 minutes ago, C4HCG said:

They’re a new cruise line to me!  Are they a real luxury / premium line?

If you want a cruise line I would say AMA Waterways.  The cruise that you purchase is the cruise that you get.  No closing venues down for cheesy art auctions.  No trying to nickel and dime during the cruise.  Always a consistently good product.

21 minutes ago, C4HCG said:

Of course it’s for more profit, name me a company not the same? And if the experience downgrades that much stop using the product and move on. 

I would say that Apple is different.  Every version of their product is better.  They have a loyal fan base.

Can you get them at the Sunset Bar where they do have a bunch of champagne?  Can you request the champagne you want in the drink?

24 minutes ago, TeeRick said:

My wife has a BMW.  I like my Toyota.  😁

I like my wife's Lexus.  But I take my Toyota to Home Depot.  😁

8 minutes ago, zitsky said:

No!

If it were we would learn what a good thing it is to lose access to a lounge for an entire cruise.

I think that these Q&A questions should be quarterly where we vote on the top 3 questions.  

If only we could understand why Celebrity keeps on trying to downgrade the experience 😁

I think that I know the answer.  More and more profits.

For the suites won't that upgrade you to a real balcony from the IV?

1 hour ago, zitsky said:

You forgot,

 

3.  We get more Park West auctions.  Yippee!

Was that on the Q&A?

2 minutes ago, PTC DAWG said:

Good work…

Ha ha.  They put the wrong Cheap Sunglasses on there.  Everyone knows that it should be ZZ Top.😊

7 hours ago, cruisestitch said:

More on my Tuscan Grille morning hate list

 

fuori pelicolo

l’isola Che non c’e

un Bacio prima di morire

guido piano

pieholden suite

 

horrible choices!!!!🤮🤮🤮

Translation please ...

Well we did get some information from the questions, but not much.

1.  The IVs on the next class of ship will be market-based ratios.

2.  They are going to rework the by the glass wine package.

That is all that I gleaned from the numerous questions.

22 minutes ago, markeb said:

I don’t think it would tick off the majority of cruisers if they did the same thing. Or is “Thank you for your service.” just an empty statement?

I seriously doubt that they would spend days and hours taking over a venue.  They would allow every one in.  When I contributed they did not say,  we are not taking your donation because you did not contribute enough ...  We are not allowing you in because you did not contribute enough...

Again you are comparing a highly questionable organization to a prized organization.  You think that they behave the same?  There is no comparison in my mind.  I would be embarrassed if I compared the two.

Noble cause vs highly questionable company.

One shows the good work that they are doing and asks for donations to further the good work.  The other tries to wear you down to purchase overpriced prints.

One values all contributors.  The other kicks the art fans to the curb who are not in the 100k purchase club.

2 hours ago, markeb said:

If it were the Wounded Warrior Project, or TAP, or various other causes, it would be pages of I really wish we could use the Sky Lounge, but it's for a good cause...

I don't think that Wounded Warrior would be inclined to tick off the majority of the cruisers on the ship.

16 minutes ago, markeb said:

 

Popular as a quiet place for some. Doesn’t generate revenue most days. The bar doesn’t even open until late afternoon. 

Which leads to the question.  Why are people paying luxury cruise prices for the suites, when they are neither luxury nor priced appropriately?  For a luxury destination they realize that the non-revenue producing venues are part of the luxury experience and that everyone does not need to be nickeled and dimed at every venue...

Will Celebrity every get a Michelin starred restaurant onboard their ships?  Probably not...  The value has been diminished on a Celebrity cruise.  They used to be a step ahead of the competition,  but I don't hear complaints on the Princess boards about these trivial Miami induced fiascos ...

Since they have sunk below Princess, is Carnival and Royal their competition?

8 hours ago, NutsAboutGolf said:

 

The alarm is going to run nearly 24/7...lol

6 hours ago, Froggy178 said:

Hi I’ve received an email to bid for a MOVEUP on my stateroom and to enter my bid for classes of Veranda, Concierge and Aquaclass. However when I look at this cruise as though I was a new customer all these classes are shown as sold out so how can Celebrity offerbyou to bid for an upgrade when it is all shown as full ? 

We WON a MoveUp bid for the Millenium when the ship was sold out.  Why?  People cancel after final payment...

Only when there are very few kids in the pool 🤣🤣🤣

Also ask the bartenders for suggestions.  They will probably give them anyways.  If you like this drink,  then you should also try this one.