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1 hour ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

The cruise after the TA is a lot more interesting 😁

 

Tell me about it and only one seaday

13 minutes ago, DennysDad said:

Oh I have. Royal, NCL, Carnival. Ok, some are nuggets, some fingers. Same difference. But all the big ones do.

There isn't much for kids to do on board like the other lines you mention so often there are very few kids on Celebrity.  Also, I don't think you'll find too many on here who go to the buffet every night; we were on the Beyond about a year ago but never went to the buffet for dinner.  On other ships, they generally have nuggets/fingers in the kid's sections

1 minute ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

It is 16 nights 

 

Appears they're selling a booking option as a B2B with the 16 nighter above and the previous Caribbean sailing

9 minutes ago, C 2 C said:

Celebrity's Choice would be a "Perfect Day" destination. How could anyone want anything other than perfection?

My own choice would be the most expensive suite on the longest possible cruise.  But that of course is only in my imagination.

I was curious what X's longest is so I looked it up, it's on the Connie, Apr 2025 TA from Tampa to Rome, 22 nights

5 hours ago, Tom and Ingrid said:

I've yet to do the Edge-class ships, but I got the impression that with four DISTINCT style MDRs, it would be most fun (for me, at least) to try each first - ie four different restaurants, but therefore four different servers and tables but whatever time I liked).

 

So, for the experienced E-class cruisers, how does the MDRs song and dance play out?  Is it the same set time vs anytime decision? And do they divvy folks up randomly to one of the four MDR? Or is there some process where you pick all that stuff out ahead of time?  

 

Clearly, to me, the "simplicity" of one MDR on the M & S ships is that you can easily get in the rhythm you like - same servers, same times, same table even - but with four distinct MDRs, wouldn't it mean you "miss out" on options from the other three MDRs when choosing a default or "regular" one just to get the same servers?  I sort of get - from @barneyboy - that you could go to the same MDR every day, but order across the four different menus, but are the MDRs so similar that folks do that? Or is there real additional "value" to eating at a new MDR each night or rotating through them?

 

I do think folks here discuss the specialty spots a lot, but the E-class "basic" MDRs seem equally as interesting having never dealt with them yet.

The other thing about visiting multiple MDRs, you may go to one and discover a 30-minute wait while another, a 30-second trip down the stairs, has no wait

Celebrity Jeff Bezos's ship, the Koru, and anywhere he's willing to sail

BCC keeps changing for the worse, wouldn't be surprised if they did give you the perks originally but now decided to omit them

2 minutes ago, keesar said:

On the Ascent and Beyond in the Caribbean, the shows were at 7:30 and 9:30.  

I stand corrected, thank you.  First I've heard of this

1 minute ago, awhfy said:

 

The OP didn't ask what the dress code was, they asked if it's strictly enforced which is not answered in the FAQ above

On 5/26/2024 at 2:28 PM, sjde said:

Is this strictly enforced? 

Edit to add a disclaimer, I wrote my answer fully aware that the majority won't like it.  I'm simply pointing out "expectations vs reality".  I challenge anyone on their next sailing to look at every male guest in the dining venue to see if they can find someone not wearing a collar

The waitstaff doesn't care, the M'D team will usually let minor violations in but not major ones.  Probably not getting in wearing a rashgaurd, neon shorts, and flip flops.  Yet wear a nice dress shirt and all-black shorts?  Odds increase of getting in.  I have sailed 148 nights on X since the restart, most nights at the MDR or Blu.  Pretty much there's a dress code violated every dinner with it being easiest to see tops like T-shirts or rashguards as table clothes can hide those in shorts if they're already sitting.  Yet I have seen others in shorts, I've seen men get seated and then put on a baseball cap which remains on their head all dinner long.  I sent off all my pants for laundry service and didn't get them back for lobster/chic night.  I openly admit I intentionally broke the rules by wearing shorts so I could get lobster.  I will mention I did wear a nice button-down shirt and did my hair.  The asst M'D was manning the host stand and let us in with me wearing shorts.  Upon exiting, the regular M'D who just so happened to be in my path just said "Wear pants next time".  If he wasn't in my path, I probably wouldn't have heard a peep from the crew 

Typically it's 730 and 930 on Euro sailings and 7 and 9 everywhere else

7 minutes ago, dleahy4444 said:

She may not have the option to wait until we are on land. I think the IV hydration that she would require would n not be a spa treatment, but rather an iv drip administered by the ship’s medical personnel. I agree that if she needs to get medical services like IV hydration by the medical team, her credit card will immediately be charged and she will need to work out any possible reimbursement later. She is just trying to figure out how hard her card will be hit. 

Use the special needs form on post #5.  Before you call your travel insurance provider, you may want to research the port areas for medical clinics a little to see if they offer options.  Just my WAG (Wild A$$ Guess), insurance may be more likely to approve an IV at a public land-based clinic than on cruise ships which inherently have inflated pricing

14 hours ago, Lolou127 said:

We’re on an Apex cruise in April 2025, looking at the X website it appears dozens and dozens of cabins in all categories are still unsold!
 

Will they start to reduce the prices soon? might we get a bargain upgrade price? We’re in the U.K. so we can’t reprice our current booking, is there any method to what X might do to get more bookings on this cruise?

We have some Travel Agents on here and there isn't a magic schedule where they drop the fare and I would imagine if they reduce the fare, most wouldn't consider it a "bargain".  There is an exception, however.  Bargain pricing or "fire sales" do happen with most cruise lines including X if you're within around 90 days of the sailing.  Fire sale fares typically are more of a progressive series of fare drops vs one single drastic drop.  Last year, when X was sailing out of L.A. (they no longer are) they routinely had to offer "fire sales".  Many sailings from PR typically have fire sales

They phased out aluminum bottles last August and all ships had stock they had to exhaust.  On some ships, like the Summit, they reserved the aluminum bottles for in-room AQ quests while all venues gave out plastic

2 hours ago, bEwAbG said:

Waxed cardboard cannot be recycled so that's just a bit of green-washing.  I think cruise ships should do glass bottles and clean/sterilize for reuse, personally.  Or just stop providing the single use plastic bottles altogether.

 

I mainly drink canned sparkling water and it's in a standard soda can that is hard to cut yourself on.  Why they chose the cans they chose is a mystery because they were dangerous.

If they got rid of single-use water bottles, regardless of material, there would be a big backlash from those who claim it's not a luxury experience.  It should be noted, from time to time, there are reports water comes out other than crystal clear, here's one example

3 minutes ago, C4HCG said:

Hang on - you telling me the earth isn’t flat????

Ha ha.  I want to copyright the "Pluto is a real planet and is triangular" society...ha ha

Back on topic, I wonder if any other X-ships have ever violated resisted areas

18 minutes ago, pete_coach said:

OH no, it is not a Canadian thing LOL

If you think you are not subject to mis and dis information on social media, speak with your politicians that are trying to regulate it LOL

We are subject to your Truth Social too 🙂

In the US, we have 15K+ congressional bills currently, we try to regulate many things; it's just politics

13 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

What radar would the ship show up on?  While most radar within the islands will pick up an aerial target where the Edge was, the Na Pali coast, with its high bluffs creates quite a "land shadow" for at least a mile from shore there.  How does the state have access to the ship's navigational data, unless the ship gives it up, and again, unlikely without a warrant.

If not radar or ship nav data, what evidence IS typically required to confirm a ship sails too close?

Just now, pete_coach said:

Please, give your head a shake LOL

Flat earth....LOL

Maybe this is all a Canadian thing?  We're not "in a mess" due to social media misinformation here in the US

5 minutes ago, prmssk said:

Almost everything posted to social media has been edited, clipped, etc. to fit the goals/agenda/bias of the person posting (regardless if they intend to actually deceive anyone).  With AI now at everyone's finger tips, videos and photos can be completely fabricated with almost no effort.

 

I disagree that social media is any reliable or accurate source of evidence.  At best, it points to who might have some video/photo evidence.  Someone would have to dig into the raw photo/video files and metadata to look for any reliable evidence.

So is the news coming from news outlets.  Back to my original point, news outlets need to receive permission from social media posters to use their videos so sometimes new outlets are putting out biased info without any videos

3 minutes ago, pete_coach said:

OMG.... edited and/or clipped to make the point of the user.

We are in such a mess because of social media misinformation and disinformation and people believe it to be the truth LOL

What do you mean by "we're in a mess"?  Some people believe the earth is flat which does not come from flat earth social media videos since they don't exist

Another way to ask this question is, what evidence is needed for a ship to SUCCESSFULLY VIOLATE this restricted space rule?  Hawaii has radar and you'd imagine access to the ship's navigational data, this doesn't seem to count as evidence.  Does Hawaii need to send a person with range-finding equipment and why didn't this seem to happen when the Edge was present?

3 hours ago, pete_coach said:

Yup, the perfect correct source of all news.....social media. LOL

Therein lies the problem with our society today...hearsay is the truth, not official investigations.

Social Media is one of the best sources of video evidence and often it's obtained far quicker (sometimes live-streamed) than the major news outlets.  However, you are correct that someone posted "I heard from my friend's sister..." it should be taken with a huge grain of salt

While I personally never thought there were too many in the first place, it's somewhat a moot point since X is adding CocoCay, has opened a lot more short sailings and will sail out PC later this year; these probably will change the whole dynamic

I'm GenY, all but 7 of my 155 nights on X were after the restart.  Overall, the average age has been fairly predictable as the longer the sailing the higher the average age, and the Euro sailings which often have only one or two sea days per sailing tend to be younger

The current X offering isn't what the generation is looking for, very few want "relaxed luxury".  Most want: Experiences, free fast wifi, to visit a different restaurant every night, a restaurant first come first serve waitlist vs making reservations weeks in advance and great food

36 minutes ago, jwlane said:

Two weeks old story.  Try to keep up.

I'm bringing attention to another ship possibly breaking the rules on the same day which has not yet been mentioned in this thread