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Premium drink and wi-fi packages come with all suites if that is what you book originally. If you move from a lower suite to a royal suite, you will still have this.

Well, the person you spoke to was emphatically misinformed. If you move up to a suite, you get to dine in Luminae. Friends of mine have done it.

Beware! My TA almost fired me the first time she had to book YC for me. Many TAs refuse to do bookings with them.

Hi, Bo! There are food cutbacks. I haven't starved yet. I do miss the Mexican station at lunch in the buffet. I'm getting a bit tired of hearing all the doom and gloom about the food. The cruise is just fine. The crew have been outstanding. The ship is in excellent shape. No complaints about that. Considering she is the oldest ship in the fleet, that is pretty outstanding. And, of course, I love it that Ms. Hoppen has not taken away all the comfortable chairs, etc. Blessings and peace be upon her.

I am currently on board the Connie and have booked a future cruise. I was definitely not offered the chance to use some of my large amount of OBC to pay the deposit. My guess is whoever posted that was a tad confused.

I'm going to jump in here with my impressions as I am also on this cruise. I was leary of booking a concierge room because last spring the Summit MDR was a complete cluster. This MDR is a well-oiled machine. From the boarding day lunch to dinner every night, service has been very good. The offerings in the buffet for breakfast and lunch don't seem to have changed much, although I miss the Mexican offerings at lunch. I agree, the dinner offerings at the buffet are very limited, but I hardly ever have dinner in the buffet, so I'm not affected by this. I've found the dinner menu in the MDR to be more than adequate. The pork chop tonight was amazing. The crew has been wonderful (with the exception of my cabin attendant, but I'm working on training him how to do his job). I asked my cabin attendant at 9:00 p.m. the first night if he could arrange to charge my scooter since it won't fit in my cabin (that was the first time I'd seen him all day). He suggested I call guest relations. The guest relations person was astounded at his response and said she would send someone to attend to it. The next day I decided to look for a more permanent solution. Went down to GR and asked for an adapter--figured I could plug it in somewhere in the hallway. She sent an electrician to my cabin to help with the issue. What a sweetheart! He tried all sorts of things and finally came up with the perfect solution--plug it in behind the TV and run the cord under the door to the cabin--there's enough space so that works. So now I'm completely self sufficient with my scooter and it's always charged. All the crew members I've interacted with have been helpful and cheerful. Everything in my cabin looks fine; the bed is comfortable and the carpeting appears to be brand new. I'm loving that Ms. Hoppen hasn't got her mits on this ship, so it still has comfortable chairs and functional furniture. Love the deck furniture--mesh high-back chairs whose backs recline and which have footstools tucked under them waiting to be pulled out for use. Actual nightstands with drawers. Functional lamps. Plenty of storage.

If you're in a royal or the PH, they have your picture. It can get unnerving at times. Once upon a time when I was in the PH, I wanted some stationery and envelopes and didn't feel like calling the butler and asking for them. Went down to Guest Relations and there were like two people in front of me in line. No big deal. A woman came rushing out from behind the counter to find out what I needed. Crazy!

That's why we specified that it is not possible on Beyond. Believe it or not, people who sail on ships other than Beyond will be reading this thread. I think the distinction is important to make.

That's because she hasn't got her hands on that ship yet. Give her time.

It is a fact on the ship she's sailing on. It is possible on other ships. P.S. You may wish to look for another TA. One who swears that something which is completely false is true could be a problem.

So sorry to hear of your loss. May your cherished memories sustain you.

My sentiments exactly. Not paying a fee for anything on that menu.

Did you discuss the issue with the suite manager? Retreat concierge staff are on the same level as the butlers. The suite manager is in charge of both. Delivery of dinner items is supposed to be course by course. These sorts of issues are best resolved on the ship at the time.

Looking forward to your comparison. I haven't sailed YC since the cruise shutdown. Their pricing has risen quite a bit since last I sailed in YC. So I hope you will include pricing in your comparison. I agree, Celebrity's suite pricing is getting crazy. I think you will love the RS experience. My last two cruises were in a RS on Summit.

I have requested this in Tampa for next week. Will let you know how it goes. I rent a scooter on the ship.

Glad to hear that as I send many of my things to be dry cleaned. And I'm not liking the price of suites lately.

The number of items/bag varies depending on the location of the cruise. It will be either 20 or 30, but they will specify. I'm interested to know if free laundry at the Zenith level includes dry cleaning and pressing. And I certainly hope that the laundry comes back on hangers like suite laundry does. Can one of the Zs answer this question?

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My YC cruises were both before cruising shut down. I have no idea what it's like now. I was so put off by the quality of the food and service and the increase in prices, I haven't even looked at one lately.

Yup. MSC Yacht Club gets a lot of things right. No lines, no hassle anywhere. And their cabins are far superior to a sky suite on Celebrity. No climbing over some ridiculous tub wall to take a shower. However, their food is not as good as Celebrity's and the service in the dining room was pretty bad. Actually, that's being charitable. It's possible we had the worst waiter on the planet, but on both MSC cruises? Haven't been back since. That was more than I could handle. Our waiter on the second cruise was so bad, we quit going to the dining room and just ordered pizza. I prefer having more options than pizza for dinner.

Or on the TV in your stateroom.

Whatever. I can't get too fussed about the room service charge, since I rarely order it. Tote bags? I have tons of them. Lobster? No biggie, it's not cold-water lobster. I just booked a tremendous bargain on a partial Panama Canal transit over Christmas 2024. With a refundable deposit. If things get as horrible as some of the doomsayers predict, I can always cancel. I still love cruising and the four cruises I did on Summit last year were fantastic.

I believe the original question is whether or not it's worth giving up a night in Luminae for dinner in Le Petit Chef. Based on my experience, I would say no. I've been once because specialty dining was free with my suite. We had the lobster menu. It was fine, but I wouldn't have paid the upcharge or considered it worth the upcharge.

Interesting comment about Retreat being full not being a good thing. In my experience, the Retreat is always full. We had 350 pax on our spring cruise on the Summit. Retreat was completely sold out. I have no idea if that was a result of move ups or not since I was in the PH and did not receive a move up offer. But the suites seem to book up right away and many cruises I look at have no availability in suites.