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Both the M Class and E Class ships were built in a French shipyard. I find this conversation interesting because back when the M Class ships came out, and for a number of years after, there were many issues of sewer smells in different areas of the hallways and in some rooms. We remedied the room smell by dumping water down the drain. The smells seemed to be most pronounced when the ship was in port and not moving. Now apparently, the E Class has the same issues, plus mold. By contrast, the S Class ships were built in a German shipyard, and although not perfect they have had very few complaints of smells. I don't know if there's any correlation between where they were built but it's just curious.

We just got off the Constellation after a b2b lasting 23 days in a Sky Suite. From what was explained to us there is a head butler, and his "team" consists of the room steward and room service attendant. It's the head butler's responsibility to coordinate everything with the other two. It's the job of the room service attendant to remove any food trays/wines glasses and if it hasn't been taken care of by the time the room steward cleans the room, he/she will leave the dirty dishes on the hallway floor. Fortunately, for us the room service attendant came back to the room about an hour later to pick up the tray. But I did see trays of dishes sitting in the hallway from other rooms. I've never seen this process before either.

Just got back from the Celebrity Constellation after a 7 day Adriatic followed by 16 day Transatlantic. There have been no changes to the men's sauna and it's still free. The sauna seats about 8 comfortably and 10 shoulder to shoulder. It still has the big round window overlooking the gorgeous sea. The rest of the men's changing room includes about 25 lockers, 3 showers plus 2 cold showers just past the sauna door. On the first cruise it was not used too often but by the 3rd day of the TA it got quite busy at certain times of the day which led to a lot of great conversations. The Connie will be going into drydock in April 2024 so I'm hoping they do not build cabins in that area as they did on the Millie and Summit. If so, it'll be moved to the port side, with no window, and is much smaller....but still free.

We are currently on a B2B on the Constellation and for both cruises we requested and were provided with a mattress topper.

We won a Move-Up bid to an Ultra Deluxe Concierge cabin. When we placed the bid that cabin was described as facing the wake of the ship (on the aft). When we won the bid we were placed in an Ultra Deluxe Concierge cabin on the side of the ship sandwiched between a Sky Suite and Royal Suite. The balcony is bigger but no aft view. This is on the Constellation.

Oops...I meant Beyond

Hi winoclock, we were in Sky Suite #11180 on the Reflection. It was one of the two suites in the center of the MC.

Will be on B2B Celebrity Constellation next month sailing the Adriatic from Ravenna then the Transatlantic from Civitavecchia. I will let you know the current setup in the men's sauna. I don't believe there has been any refurbishment of this ship as stated in the Steam/Sauna database. From what I recall of the four M class ships only the Summit and Millenium have been changed. Constellation still has the big windows overlooking the ocean. Fingers crossed.

We were in a Magic Carpet Sky Suite in February and had a lot of noise. I agree that ships make creaking sounds and when the seas are rough the creaking is increased but in our 60+ cruises we have never encountered so much creaking, snapping and banging throughout the walls and windows. When we notified the ship they came in within a couple days, took down all the trim at the top of the walls, inserted rubber or foam and reinstalled the trim. They also added additional screws along the top of the windows. These changes improved the issue. We were told they are aware of these issues throughout some of the cabins and were attempting to fix them as they are being pointed out so hopefully guests that are staying in previously noisy cabins are now not having issues. That could be why many are now not experiencing any noise.

Most likely Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale

Years ago, maybe 15 years now, I had a male therapist on a Celebrity cruise but I have only seen female therapists since.

Yes they have a free sauna. I know only the Millenium and Summit have been "revolutionized" where they moved the sauna and locker room from starboard to port. They added additional cabins on the starboard side and the new saunas now have a glass wall overlooking the locker room area. The Infinity and Constellation still have the sauna with the great views out the windows. None of the Celebrity ships have a free steamroom.

To folks who have taken the Celebrity transfer from Venice to Ravenna we may be taking the Celebrity transfer before our cruise in October. We will be travelling with someone who has mobility issues. Once the bus reaches the port in Ravenna how far away does the bus let us off from where the porters can take our luggage. She is concerned about the distance from the bus to the porter. Thanks for your help.

Here's hoping they don't make any CC enhancements before year-end 😬

I am at 2817 points and, fingers crossed, should make it to Zenith after completing our December cruise. That is, if Celebrity doesn't move the goal post before the end of the year. My wife has 2801 points. Don't know why hers are different. Checked with Captains Club and was told when I make Zenith my DW will also be classified as Zenith. I don't hold much faith in this. She won't have 3,000 points after the December cruise. We did sign up for the Go Green program for those cruises so if the GG program is still in effect by then she will just squeak by. We'll most likely check with the Captains Club hostess on board.

We received this email last year after we booked a SS on the Beyond for this past February. The embarkation dates for us only went through, I think, October or November of last year. Several months later we got a new email which included our embarkation date. We also just got the email for our SS booking in November, 2023. Same thing is happening...the embarkation dates only go through June 2023. So we'll wait again several months and see what happens.

We also had no issues on the three sailings we took on the Edge. Just on the Beyond that I posted about previously.

We did that too during the night so as not to wake up each other when using the bathroom.

We sailed on Beyond with a friend who had an accessible cabin. Those cabins are just about the same size as an SS. The cabin had an IV with the standard size window that opens along with a narrower pane of glass. It looked fine and I think would have worked well in an SS but not for larger suites.

Now that I'd like to see!!!

I fully agree with you as there was a discussion about this on another thread. I cannot understand how some guys can go into a sauna almost fully dressed and think they are deriving any benefit from it.

We used Rome Cabs for probably 7 of the 8 times we've been to Rome and have never had any issues with them. They were always on time, pleasant and had clean vehicles. Most of those transfers were to Civitavecchia.

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Sounds like you were on the same sailing as us. We were in SS #11180 within the MC. The first night was unbearable with the cracking, popping and banging. Not to mention that the wall by our headboard sounded like a bowling ball rolling back and forth. I mentioned this to our butler and by the third day a crew spent almost 4 hours and basically tore apart and put back together the ceiling, trim and put in extra screws all along the top window and door frame. The Retreat host explained afterwards that a shoreside engineering crew was onboard our sailing to handle these issues as they were being notified by guests. They were trying to resolve as much as they could before Beyond sails to Europe. As for our room it was much quieter after the repairs. However, the bowling ball in the wall was still there but nothing could be done about that since the wall itself would have to be disassembled. Maybe during the next drydock. We did sleep much better!!

We were on the pool deck of Reflection last month but under cover since the sun was too strong for us. This was around 10:30. So many of the loungers surrounding the pool were occupied with books, shoes, towels, you name it....but no people. About 11am the ship ran into a squall and the wind was blowing so hard it took all the "stuff" from the chairs (including the cushions on the double loungers) and blew them into a big pile by the bandstand, or into the pool. Seating in the undercover area was not affected. That was one quick way of clearing the loungers!! 😄