Beth KS

When you cruise enough to earn 300 points you attain elite status. That is one of the benefits under Elite status which is why you should sign up for the captains club on your first cruise so you can start earning points. It has taken us about 11 cruises, all either balcony or concierge and 7-14 days in length. To get do many points per day based on what room your are in. The higher class of room, the more points you earn. This cruise in December will be our first time cruising as Elite. Not as many perks as there used to be but still a few. That’s why we’ve always stayed with Celebrity.

Drinks in the main dining room are covered in whatever package you have. We usually walk in with one and then get another one while dining. Of you have a drink package it’s covered everywhere on the ship. The menu has changed—some for the better and some not, but food is great. They used to just have a vegetarian menu but now they also have a vegan menu which was very nice for me.

Yes, that’s how I it works.

Good idea doing it on a short cruise. Living in the Midwest we don’t tend to do short cruises because of airfare—make it worth our while.

Hi. We've been cruising Celebrity for over 10 years and have always gotten the classic drink package. Up until our last cruise just a month ago, we were perfectly happy with it. Since the new CEO has taken over, drink prices have gone way up. We've had the Premium drink package twice, and there was nothing that wasn't covered on that the first time we had it. In Feb, there were a lot of items that weren't even covered by the Premium package, and the classic package covers a lot less than it used to. Yes, everything at Cafe Bacio was still covered, teas, coffees, espressos and lattes and the non-alcoholic drink package covers this as well. My husband used to be able to get Boddington's beer on the classic package, but we can't find that anywhere any more. The new CEO has for sure taken away some of the benefits and reduced what you get with these packages. We are taking a cruise in December and are thinking about just getting the non-alcohol package because now that we are Elite we can drink for free between 5-7pm, which is just fine. Get a wine with dinner and we are good. I'm even thinking about not getting a drink package at all and seeing how much our tab is at the end. With the drink package, when something is covered that includes the tip, so it's nice...their tip package is something we always try to get otherwise a certain amount is added everyday. We will see how we do money wise with this cruise if we don't by a drink package. We are getting older and don't feel the need to drink all day long. I only drink water anyway for the most part. We do love Celebrity though, it's just hard to like some of the new changes, but it's still a great cruise line.