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35 minutes ago, helen haywood said:
This is a timely suggestion! Even though my leg isn’t giving me any pain…my shoulders and arms are today…and I have large purple bruises on each inner arm…So sorry to hear about your accident. I wish you safe travels home. Can you somehow wrap a towel around the top of crutches to cushion the area so it does not make you any more sore?
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Thank you for a wonderful review!
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Seems like the cruise just started! As usual, i had a wonderful time following along with your great commentary and awesome pictures!
safe travels home to you and Iian!
Bonnie
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I was so excited to see a post from you starting a new cruise! Love following along hearing about your adventures. So happy the Queen will be joining you. You have a wonderful gift to be close to your mom and to be able to travel with her. Cherish every moment..❤️❤️
Bonnie
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Just caught up on your adventures thus far! Have a great cruise!
Bonnie
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Thank you for your review! We will be on Reflection in 2025 and your review was helpful!
Safe travels home!
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2 hours ago, PinkSandGirl said:
Rooftop Garden Grill - 2nd time.
Another wonderful meal and outstanding service!
I promise pictures. =).
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In March we ate there and did not care for the main course. We had brisket and the ribs and both were so hard to chew we finally gave up. Dried and hard.
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I have the credit card and stopped using it as the rewards were not worth it
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We were on Beyond last month and my husband had an issue with his eye. All they could do was look in it with a light and charge him $220 and no receipt. They did arrange for him to see a retina specialist the next day in port. They had transportation ready for him and had an interpreter go with him. It was well planned by Celebrity and luckily he was able to reboard ship after a procedure. …
Happy you are feeling better!
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Following along! Have a great cruise! We did a partial Panama Canal transit on Beyond last month and it was great! Enjoy!
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Following along! Safe travels to Florida! ✈️
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We pick up foaming hand soap at Publix before we board
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Just caught up! We were on Beyond last month and it will be interesting to hear your views!
Enjoy St. Marteen, it’s one of our favorite places and we go every January for 3 weeks! If you are looking for jewelry, go see Jack at Majesty on Front St. And tell him Bonnie sent you! A few blocks down from him on a side street is a little restaurant called The French Touch. It is fabulous! Have fun!
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Just caught up! Following along, we will be on reflection next year!
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1 hour ago, Jim_Iain said:
Reflections has 2X the number of Sky Suites 44 vs 84 plus Extra Reflection Suite and Signature Suites... Puts a strain on both Retreat and Luminae. When first introduced we had a major problem with the restaurant and chose to never sail her again.
Again... many do not share our opinion and love her.
Thanks, I did not research that. Don’t know if will make any difference that we will be in RS. Can’t be any worse than Beyond, in which we got a pager and had to wait 40 minutes for a table in a half full Luminae. We were in SS on Beyond.
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15 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:
Today was day 4 and I thought I would reflect on the cruise - especially with our recent disappointment with the Edge Class ships.
Michael's Club - vs - Retreat Lounge
While the Suites lounge hasn't been updated and still the old dark clubby paneling - we are enjoying it much better than Retreat.
The Concierges are engaging, attentive and very responsive to any request. Even though they don't have a hot/cold table they have everything you wish with table side service. It is our go to place for a light continental breakfast. We went to the CC Breakfast one morning and it was mobbed -- we had to grab a table when someone got up and it was cleared of the dirty dishes quickly. I think this cruise has a large CC member count -- they had 2 Captains Toasts --- Elite + and above and all others the next day.
They have a actual bar on Solstice which we love. Originally there were 4 chairs and Lucy pulled up 2 more --- then last night she had 8 high top seats for the group that we have been drinking with. Really fun - as opposed to to the Airport Lounge feel of Edge.
Sorry --- these are of course only my opinions and we each have different tastes and preferences. I think Edge convinced us we will never sail E-Class again. If E-Class is Celebrity's future we are Celebrity's Past... ok... ok.... I'm an GRUMPY OLD GIT! Stay tuned.
Luminae -
So far would give it a 10+ on Solstice vs a 7 on Edge. Food always perfectly cooked to order. The Maitre'd an Assistant are ever present and checking in. The Sommelier greets us when we arrive and is watching glasses constantly. Edge shall we say was like pulling teeth or asking the assistant waiter to find him. Iain was please that they had his Louis Jardot - Macon-Village 2020 on the Premium Package.... He is happy. I have my Fre Red - January 2024 so am also pleased.
When we first boarded we saw they had implemented the "New" Luminae Menu - Of course the Raspberry Pistachio Vancherin had been replaced with the Chocolate Pill on the Daniel Boulud menu. Last night I noticed it was on day 3 menu. I asked Mori (our waiter) if it was a mistake. He said no- they were going to alternate and it was indeed available --- 2 points for the Solstice.
Next up Murano -
Excellent as usual. It was quiet with light music in the background - unlike ALL OF THE SPECIALTIES on Edge Class with no walls and blaring noise an music. I would give our experience a 10+ vs. all the specialties on Edge Class - 7-
More later --- Iain just left for a smoke and I meet him in Michael's Club in 15 minutes.
We have been on Equinox 8 times! We went on Beyond last month and did not care for it. To us it was cold and uninviting. Not once did anyone greet us in Retreat Lounge, call us, etc. it took 9 days for the assistant waiter to comprehend I was gluten free. On Equinox we were always greeted walking in Retreat door, waiters/assistants knew I was gf on day one and remembered and gave me options for dinner instead of me asking “can I eat this?”. We also always received calls from Retreat on Equinox.
We booked a cruise on Reflection while on Beyond.
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Safe travels home! Thank you for sharing your cruise with us! I love your style of writing, it keeps everyone engaged and wanting more!
Looking forward to your cruise with the Queen!
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We were on Beyond in mid March and it was a sold out cruise to Panama Canal and ABC islands. We were in Retreat and one night we had to wait 40 minutes to dine.
We went to the buffet several times for lunch and a few times had to walk around to find empty seats. Food was very good! I usually found a free seat at Cafe Al Bacio. We tried to go to a few shows in the smaller venues and could never find any seats. Also, in the main theatre we only saw a few shows as there were no available seats at either show. We usually showed up about 15 minutes ahead of show. I was not spending my vacation sitting an hour waiting for a show to begin. We walked the pool area several times, very crowded on sea days but many open chairs on port days.
We have been on Equinox 8 times and this was our first time on an Edge Class. We found it very cold and uninviting. The cabin was very nice. We booked a future cruise on board on Reflection.
We still had a great cruise as I am sure you will!
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In the Celebrity app, look under Welcome aboard! It lists pertinent topics for that day and will state if casual or evening chic that night. Not sure how far out from the cruise it will be listed, ours was about a month out from cruise.
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I believe you will have to pay a $100 per person change fee.
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25 minutes ago, RK-NC said:
Shows were packed at both times. We either tried early or late show depending on when we ate dinner.
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4 minutes ago, CruisinShips said:
True, but we never had a problem in that (second level) section on any night....
That’s great! On Beyond a few weeks ago we arrived 30 minutes ahead of shows and could not find seats anywhere for a few of them.
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1 minute ago, CruisinShips said:
We never had a problem getting a seat when sitting in the reserved Retreat seating area.
The reserved Retreat section is only on Chic nights
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Impact of death of spouse before upcoming cruise
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I don’t know the answer, just want to say I’m sorry for the loss of your spouse. Kudos to you for still wanting to go on cruise.