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Exactly - just show up at the time that works for you. Know you may have to wait a bit a peak times but that could also just mean another glass of wine before dinner 😉 Go to specialty dining as soon as you board. They will be near the specialty restaurants. They may be able to get you some times. I’ve not seen pagers at those restaurants.

Let me try to help. Acronyms can be so confusing but I think I have this one. TD - traditional dining so early or late SD - select dining; also known as select dining anytime. CP - cruise planner SD podium - dining check in podium for MDR. Confusing because although celebrity calls each Select Dining - Early, Late or Anytime, a lot will refer to Select Dining for anytime dining. As you will have seen in the comments, even with early dining you would have been able to go to the other MDRs with just a word to the maître’d. But now that you have changed with multiple travel agents, I would just stick with anytime. Chances are you are too late to get reservations now at the high peak times (7:00 - 7:30). We booked ours in March for our January cruise. Rumour on these boards is that they hold 40% of the tables for reservations. But all you have to do is show up to the podium and ask to be seated. If they are busy you will get a pager to come back. They will also help out if another MDR is less busy. Hope this helps!

I don’t know if it’s the nurse in me but heinous I can read. Just don’t hurt the dog!

Just saw one posted on FB. On the Apex it was held on the bridge.

This is how the conversation goes at our place: Do you have everything? Yes I do Do you have the passports? Yep In the car: Do you have the passports? Yep Are you sure? Yes Andrew pulls over to the side of the road so I can pull them out to show him that yes we have them. Every.Single.Trip. But also better than getting to the airport without them lol

I should have pulled out some wine like Charla! All caught up. And this reminds me I need to get caught up on the Sanford series! Margaret

I also read it was dropped on the Beyond as well. Takes a lot of time and they can turn over tables faster without it.

Here are the 4 menus from E-series. Like other menus they are the same across all 3 ships. I will miss the moussaka from Cyprus on the original menu! https://cruiselowdown.com/blog/Main-Dining-Celebrity-Beyond

Interesting. I’ll have to check out their forum to see the reactions to the new concepts

Well I can say that the conversation on the Carnival FB page echoes this in some ways. They cut back their 24 hour ice cream to 13 hours and charging $5 for a third entree. Stated food wastage as the reason. Complete uproar. Who knew so many people ate ice cream for breakfast?!? I’m wondering how the new NCL Prima approach of one larger constant menu will play out.

Thanks!

A quick question. I see that the 2024/2025 itineraries are out. What time does booking open on the designated day? Midnight, 9 am EST? I am looking for a particular sailing and cabin type so don’t want to be too far behind the 8 ball on this one. thanks in advance

Lol - this is my routine as well! My daughter and I go for a pedicure before any trip I take. She loves this routine as much as I do 💕

Celebrity Cruises just posted this on their FB page: All hands on deck! We have an announcement that will definitely make waves… Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen will be broadcasted from Celebrity Beyond on November 1st, featuring Captain Sandy, Captain Lee, Captain Jason, Captain Glenn and Captain Kerry from all Below Deck franchises, and our very own Captain Kate! Tune into Bravo this Tuesday at 10 PM EST, and let us know which Captain you think runs the tightest ship below.

Here are the 2022 menus. Truly not much of a change. https://profcruise.com/celebrity-main-dining-room-menus-2022/

Thanks for the update. May take a bit for the staff to get used to that crush!

Interesting. You can still choose early, late or select when booking. When on the Edge last, you were assigned a restaurant and could change it to try the other restaurants through the maître d but it was still at the seating time you chose when booking. I could see totally open being a fiasco. Hence, also why I always make reservations. 😊

Normally they stop seating for the concierge lunch at 1 PM. We normally swap out our sparkling wine for a bottle of red and have asked for fruit and cheese as opposed to canapés. Last cruise we just asked them not to bring them and brought nibbles down from the buffet if we wanted them.

Getting caught up and looking forward to following along! I am like you - I have a spreadsheet with all of my trip details and confirmation numbers. I also keep a copy of my passport/license at home in our safe just in case so my daughter can get it to us if needed. I also have a few travel drawers in a spare bedroom. I can just open them up and pick what I need for the trip. Made it so much easier to grab the travel only supplies! Margaret

There are so many factors that this line covers. For example - significant delay. This implies something more than a half hour or so. If the ship has to leave due to weather, or port requirements then they would leave. This then means that Celebrity will ensure you are returned to the ship at the next port, or ‘earliest opportunity’. They pay for your accommodations and travel arrangements to meet up with the ship again.

So glad you have had a great start to your trip!

Canadian Border Services actually gets the ship’s manifest that they cross-reference to the ArriveCAN app. They would know that you didn’t fill it in and let the ship know.

The good thing is that all of your data should be stored in ArriveCAN so you just have to enter the trip data in and your vaccines etc. are there.

Definitely a faithful servant. So gracious always. And while the world mourns my heart goes out to her family who must mourn on the public stage.

It is totally confusing. I’m Canadian and believe me, we wish this would go away as well!