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I have an identical (well, cheerers are different, perhaps) picture I made from the infinity-edge plunge pool on Splendor during our cruise 54 weeks and 2 days ago.

Why to offer a food choice that no one (according to claims) can eat?

20% of $2 or on a full price of an item that is over $17?

You are correct besides times when a call back is related to something urgent that I need to know right away (if possible). My whole statement was not related to a butler service (when we had a butler, we didn't use anything from him/her - it was always awkward feeling: a person is breathing in your neck waiting for a "command", but there is no the command).

Silly or not, my cruise mantra is "On the cruise every minute counts"; so, typically on cruises I sleep between 1 am and 6:30 am and don't spend any other time in the cabin besides changing my clothes (I take shower in the spa area after going to sauna every day). So, I don't want to seat in my cabin waiting for anything (a few times I had such "painful" experience, when I was told to wait for calling me back in a few minutes, but in reality, it was close to half an hour).

However, certain individuals will still "fight" with you about it.

The same sarcasm might be used in the opposite direction (toward a cruise line) - "Imagine charging $2k per night for a suite then applying an additional upcharged $3 for a glass of pedestrian wine in the Retreat Lounge".

My question was complex in a way. You are correct, it was not actually serious: I know in this case, it sounds like provoking, but it's my writing style so to speak (English is not my native language) - slightly ironical all the time similar to Charles Dickens (my favorite writer; I read all his 30 and a half books before I was 16). Normalized? - Hardly. Acceptable? - No. Spreadable like a virus? - Precisely!

While reading your statement, my face was so serious until the last paragraph. I will try to remember it (so comical !!!).

Again, I agree. My point (not my point of view but my observation of others' point) was any change is related in a sense of (as I previously wrote) accumulative annoyance, especially when people feel "offended" by thinking "I'm loyal to a cruise line for 20-25 years. So, why is it so unfair to me with ALL these changes?".

I agree. It's difficult, however, for an individual to focus on a particular item if it's related (like "cruise line's changes" entity) in a way to others.

It's not just a complaint about an individual change. It's accumulative disturbance. This is how a person's mind work: if this change happened to be the first one within last 2 years, most likely, the majority of those who complain now would accept and validate it, and also be more patient in general.

And why is that? Seriously, did virus affect peoples' brain in such a manner to reflect behavioral aspects?

In this case why did Celebrity make this change to begin with (since it's so minor)? If it's negligible for both cruisers and the cruise line, why to bother with this change, just to annoy people for no reason whatsoever?

That's the major issue right here: most cruisers are annoyed so much by this statement, because a difference between cruising and shore travel was a major factor for those who enjoy the former.

In most mind it's not just this particular policy change but rather accumulative on-going negative (again, in most minds) changes by multiple cruise lines like removing gratuities from "All included" (Tips charged separately) package, one daily cabin cleaning, restaurant menu reduction/extra fees, removing butlers from certain cabin categories, increasing paid beverage package prices, increasing gratuities (NCL raised their gratuity fees effective January 2023. Sail on the cruise line, and you'll now pay $20.00 per person, per day if you are sailing in an interior, oceanview, balcony cabin or Club Balcony Suite. Other suites and The Haven see a charge of $25.00 per person, per day.), and so on.

I forgot to finish my story. Now, I modified it, so, here is my answer.

Is it for December 1, 2024 on Voyager? We'll be on it.

Our friend recommended me to go to a fancy-shmency restaurant. We pre-ordered and pre-paid (it was a very special restaurant!) Beluga caviar, filet mignon with truffles, and lamb chops with a cognac Dijon cream sauce. Unfortunately, the restaurant couldn't proceed with our order and graciously substituted it with 2 hot dogs and a free glass of house wine per our table (their fine print stated that due to pre-ordering procedure they are not able to accommodate a refund). I'm so mad at our friend!

The question that I've been asking and didn't get a proper answer yet: what's the difference in service between $20 versus $80 dishes or between $40 versus $300 wine bottle? There is none. However, there is a huge difference in an absolute value of 20% gratuities (or whatever one might call it). Why?

In that case - even though the majority doesn't care, we love to pay extra for sauna/steam-room (like, for example, the Thermal Suite on Norwegian, the Persian Garden thermal suite and SEA Thermal Suite on Celebrity Edge class or ) - the best part of cruising for us!

At a point after the diss, clearly...

Yes, clear but not related

Even though it has a valid point, this topic is not related to a measure of mine. Nevertheless, I enjoy pluralism.

My comment was rhetorical.