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If you book in Germany or Switzerland, no price drops considered either.  Different payment terms, sales laws make for other T&C , which can also be to the advantage of clients, eg when ports are dropped.

Can’t have it all 🥹

No wonder they start limiting the lobster tails etc

We were on the brand new,  stunning Beyond on the first Mediterranean cruise following the maiden voyage.  
We liked the 4 dining rooms and some of the new features; theatre, Eden lunch room etc.  Hoever ship was loud and had annoying, pulsating music everywhere, even on top deck outside.  Also we found seating furniture extremely uncomfortable everywhere.

Unless we read or hear that these issues improved on E-class, we stick with S ships and some other cruise lines.

No, as points are no use to me, being Elite + as they will not bring me to the very high Zenith level much sooner.

Well we definitely had some soot on our sunset veranda on Beyond. Not that much, not every day, but always needed to check before sitting down.

6 hours ago, Plato123 said:

It seems that Elite Plus gets two bags each sailing not just one.

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Elite Plus used also to get free pressing (think was 2 items) and 1 dry cleaning item.  Did these benefits disappear ?

1 hour ago, Jeremiah1212 said:

Are you sure the deposit is refunded after 6 months? I've never seen that. 6 months is the timeframe where the OBC expires, however the certificate deposit isn't refunded until it goes unused for 12 months. 

 

 

Yes you are right, we received refund after expiry which was 1 year.

But you can buy online a package of 12 bottles - 1/2 lt Pelegrino or 1 l flat water for approx 45 USD.

We were automatically refunded within 2-3 weeks after expiry without having to contact them.

Tuscan has good ambience and the wake view can not be beaten.  Unfortunately were not very impressed with quality of food on both times we had dinner there. Now we only go there for Captain‘s Club breakfast. 

When on Beyond in 2022, I found the mattress very hard as well.  And for first time since cruising Celebrity ( many times on S Class, only once on M class) I had to request and received a topper which made it more comfortable.

I have no issue with it, especially since it is a small part of the day and adults have plenty of time to swim outside kids hours.  Moreover, the kids prices are not cheap on Celebrity and it is unfair if they could not enjoy a swim inside.

If you take that flight, make sure you order a car/shuttle beforehand, taxi line can be very long sometimes.

We preferred Aqua for many years.

However for new booking 9 days on Eclipse, we concluded now ca USD 600 pp more for Aqua was not really worth it for us anymore and decided to go with C1 for location.  Maybe getting jaded after many cruises and too often same Blu menus  ?

We will be on Eclipse this Fall.  Can anyone confirm whether there are still

books in library ?

Still prefer hard copies over my Kindl, but don t want to bring too many.

35 minutes ago, doghog said:

@miched is correct. Not sure if it was at the discretion of the CC host for that particular cruise or fleetwide. I believe there was a code on the non Elite Seapass card indicating limited CC perks. The CC HH in the Sky Lounge was one of the perks. 

When I shared a cabin with my daughter (no status) in 2015, she could accompany me to all Elite Plus events and this was automatic, no special permission necessary.

Just wondering if coffees, teas are still complementary for Elite Plus in  coffee shop Al Bacio ?

The last couple of years we have not found any binoculars anymore in Aqua or Concierge cabins, not on Reflection, Beyond nor Silhouette.  We did not ask for them either knowing that the quality is somewhat lacking.

Hi Jim 

following your adventures.

when we did the New Zealand cruise in Nov 2018 one of the highlights was Postman‘s tour, a real insider tip at the time :
https://akaroamailrun.com/

you can also check it out on Trip Advisor.

nice travels

For first time since 2009 we have booked with another cruiseline.  Celebrity, even with Elite+ status does not tick the (our) boxes anymore.

We were turned off last year on Beyond as well :

- extremely loud music and speakers in Theatre, music and entertainment places with decibels way too high 

- annoying pulsating music EVERYWHERE, even where one just likes to sit quietly gazing at sea or with a book

On 7/8/2023 at 5:39 PM, Jubileelady said:

Yes we found the vibrations really bad on our recent cruise(19-29 June) we had to move rooms because of it. We were told it is because they are changing to eco fuel? Not sure this is the reason, however it is definitely a known issue on Reflection 

There were already bad vibrations in certain rooms in 2014 (like 9th floor port, before last banks of elevators).  As my daughter was in early pregnancy, it made her even more nauseous.  But since ship was full, no change possible.  They just brought some  choc strawberries, wine and flowers, which did not really help my daughter.

When we had inter European flights included on Swiss in Eco we could not choose seats, not even for a fee.  We tried calling and they said changes could only be made thru FBC.  At 24 hrs check in we then discovered FBC had reserved the preferred seats with more legroom.    And this was the case on the return flight and the next booked cruise as well. Very happy.

Had good and bad haircuts on ships.  It really depends who is serving you and how good he/she is, like in hairsalons on land.  

I could do it about 3-4 weeks before sailing.  But that was in the good old days before covid and so much has changed since then.