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I have a smallish wine Cellar in my basement that houses approximately 50 bottles of various wines all have been purchased at 20 to 30% off. Two of my favorites are a Freemark Abbey and Austin Hope cab which will accompany me on my next cruise.

@jagoffeeI know for a fact that the Decoy cab as well as Villa Maria SB are on the Premium package. They tried to offer me Morphe red and white but said no so bartender at Casiao bar asked someone to find the villa Maria. They ran out on a daily basis but seemed to find them on the ship. One evening I went to Tuscan gtill to bum wine from them and bring back to MDR. 😆

I have heard that in the Med they allow you to bring wines purchased in the various ports onboard. Many people purchase to take home. I love Tuscan wines. I'm going to Amsterdam to visit son and family in August and have seen some fabulous wines in grocery stores many priced under 10€.

I was on a 10 night cruise on the Silhouette last November and did not have any issues getting premium wines. They were not the same brand as pre covid but still very good. Can't speak for the Edge sailing I was on in February as did not get the AI but during HH from 5 to 9 one of the bartenders was pouring me Decoy and I just topped up before dinner. They seemed to have plenty available. My recent 11 night Hawaii cruise was quite different in that they kept running out of premium wines and offered basic substitutions which I turned down. I'm done with AI and will be bringing on my own 2 bottle allotment.

They are usually out of many of the premium wines but will offer a downgraded substitute. Not their problem if guests, myself included, are dumb enough to purchase the PBP.

That it is!

I like Grey Goose and if I've paid for it I expect to get it. I watch them when making the drinks. Once I ordered a martini and bartender made it out of my sight. Took a sip and didn't care for it so left and went to World Class Bar, my favorite on S Class ships.

I few home in May via United first time ever from Honolulu to San Francisco to Toronto Canada. Was actually quite impressed with their service. Looking at the Enchanted Princess for November similar itinerary to Celebrity 10 nights with an additional port day but $550 CAD cheaper for the same category cabin. No package included which is fine by me.

Never had any interest in Le Petit Chef. Anyone I've spoken to who've done it never had much to say. One couple from our table in MDR said they would have rather had dinner with the rest of our table that night.

I have no complaints about Celebrity in itself just the fact that when they keep running out of wines or drinks that people have paid for they need to offer a similar substitution or upgrade your drink at no added cost. In the past they have done that but seems not to be the case any longer.

Just returned from an 11 night Hawaii cruise on the Ecliise. Included in cruise price was the basic drinks package covering all beverages up to $9 per drink. Since I'm mostly a cabernet wine drinker and enjoy better quality wines I decided to upgrade to the premium package which covers drinks up to $15. The first few nights I found some decent but not great and certainly not much of a variety of cabernets up to the limit included. By the fifth night I found the MDR had run out of the Decoy and was trying to substitute the cheaper wines such as Reservado from Chile. While its not a bad wine I didn't understand why the sommelier would not offer one of their better wines since they had such a limited selection to choose from. Wait tines in the MDR were long one evening we waited 2 hours and 15 minutes for our entree to appear. When we questioned the waiter he said they were short staffed and kitchen could not keep up. Maitre D was nowhere to be seen. I gave this cruise a rating of 3 out of 10, the best service I received was from my cabin steward. This was the first sailing for the Eclipse since March of 2020 and clearly they were nowhere near ready to sail. Food quality was mediocre and was served warm most evenings. Have done more than a dozen Celebrity cruises and this was the worst of them all.