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  1. It is usually tables for 2 unless you are traveling with others then you can share a table with them. If you meet some others on board in the retreat areas and become ‘friends” you may also request to dine together. Next time going to a land based restaurant tell the host that you wish to share a table with strangers to see their reaction. 🫠 Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  2. Received on Jan 15. I looked on my CC account where it shows my point history and the 5 points were listed. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  3. Did you have to clean your plate because the dishwasher was down? 🤷‍♂️🙄 Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  4. According to the upper management changes have been made to improve your cruising experience and many were because the passengers requested them. There are many threads addressing the improvements. 🤷‍♂️ Yes I request to be charged for room service, eliminate the butler, be charged for an extra entree, eliminate a lot of drinks and brands that use to be included in the classic and premium package, eliminate the gratuities and OBC as perks that was included in the price of the suite, reduce the amount of staff, and etc. If those things weren’t done I wouldn’t be able to afford the price of a cruise. if you haven’t sailed for a year or so am sure that you will find that your experience will be a lot better than you remember. 🙄🤗 Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  5. People start lining up very very early in the morning. We would go to breakfast at 6:30 and there is already a long line. I can only advise about Ft Lauderdale and Miami ports. You will have to go down an escalator and there is a guard standing there. They will only allow one piece of luggage on the escalator per person. If you have more you will have use and wait for the very small elevator. I have seen people take their luggage down the steps. When you get to the bottom you are not allowed back up. So you cannot take down one piece and then go back up to get another. The line to disembark can go very slow as some of the passengers that are in such a hurry to get off don’t have enough sense to have their sea pass card ready. So they stand there holding up the line while searching for their card. Plus you have those that are struggling with a lot of luggage as they maneuver thru the checkout and down the narrow ramp. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  6. Medical emergency. 🤗😱 Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  7. Will the butler serve you drinks in your cabin? Thanks Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  8. Fantastic. I pay the outrageous price for a suite and now have to put up with unruly children and crying babies that have access for free in Luminae and in the retreat areas. So much for a retreat area to get away from them and also their splashing in the pool. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  9. When it use to be held only in the lounge the non elite person sharing a cabin could attend and get the drinks as it was an event, the same as the elite breakfast. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  10. Not only the seating on the balcony but most of the seating areas. I don’t think Kelly or anyone else sat in any of them to see if they are comfortable. It is design, style over function as almost everything she has done on the ships. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  11. From what I read If it is a partial transit of the canal all tours are thru the ship. When in the lake you leave directly from the ship to go on the tours. If you don’t have a tour you can’t `get off. The ship then stops at a city for a short time after leaving the canal to pick up the passengers. There are delays because of tours that go thru the rest of the locks to the pacific. Those can be delayed because of traffic coming back and also having to wait for access to get into the locks. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  12. On the national news today it was reported that some cruise line are thinking of canceling the port. It is too bad as they recently put a lot of money into the area. It wouldn’t bother me if they change the stop to somewhere else as we normally stay on board when there. The same when in Grand Caymen. Don’t like doing the tender, plus the restriction on bars being open. I know, Celebrity found a way to get around it but with all of the cuts they may decide not to be so liberal and restrict it to the one bar period. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  13. Look on Celebrity’s website. There is a chart showing and comparing the differences for the levels. Happy cruising cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  14. I have purchased many straps for my Panerai from here https://panatime.com/watch-straps/by-material/alligator/ i wouldn’t touch those pre owned Rolex watches sold on board. They are over priced for basically a counterfeit. There is a disclaimer that they are reconditioned by a third party not certified by Rolex with non Rolex parts. If you ever sent it back to Rolex for service or repair they would destroy it. It would be hard to resell without taking a big loss. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  15. There is a store where I have became “friends” with because of the high end watches I buy. I asked why his shop wasn’t listed. He said that he was paying $500 per cruise ship and sometimes there were 7 ships in the port plus a kickback. That is why they want you to fill out that ‘“warranty paper” that is worthless. They just want to know what you buying to make sure that they get their share. He said that the watches he sold didn’t need to be promoted as the serious buyers knew where he was. He didn’t want the people coming in looking for something free or the flippers. He kept the in demand watches for his best customers. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  16. I like the S class the best. On the E class the loungers weren’t comfortable and difficult to get into and out of. I am very flexible an have a BMI of 22.1, and 5 ft 10 for reference. The rooms were also useless. Sitting in a room with a salt block, or crystal? Tried the shower tunnel and not a fan. Went there 2 times during 28 days. Found it like a lot of seating on the E class, made for design and not for comfort. if the E class was was too busy I guess many really liked it. We all have different bodies and likes. Never know unless you try. As Yogi said. “Nobody goes there anymore because it is too crowded”. 🤗 Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  17. Does anyone miss them? I haven’t seen any listed on our last few cruises. As a rookie cruiser that didn’t know any better we would attend the seminars to learn where the best deals were, as we all were lead to believe you could buy stuff almost free on the islands because it was duty free and they didn’t know what it was worth. After a few cruises I learned that the joke was on us. ( I was a slow learner). We didn’t know what the stuff we were buying was really worth and most times it wasn’t the great bargain that we thought we were getting and many times over paid. It had to be a bargain because the expect shopper told us and we were on a cruise where everything was cheaper. I asked on the Beyond and was told that Celebrity didn’t think it was right to have them on board telling people where to shop on the islands and competing with the shops on board Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  18. The Persian Gardens on the M class isn’t the same as what is on the S or E class. There aren’t any heated loungers. It is a bench along a wall like a church pew. Can fit 4 socially. 6 gets a little uncomfortable. Went twice out of many cruises in AQ, never went back. Like sitting in a cave. Blu is the main amenity of AQ on the M class. Blu is open for breakfast, and dinner every day. Those cabins. and concierge are larger than a regular veranda on the M class. You also get 2 more CC points/day. Priorities were always a joke. Everyone had one, either by status or cabin category. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  19. We started sailing on Carnival back in 2000. It was our first cruise. We had a great time and sailed over 30 times with them. It was as they advertise, a fun ship. Out of curiosity I wanted to book a Celebrtiy cruise. My wife (not the wife 😱) wanted to know why as we liked Carnival and had the top tier in their loyalty club. In 2011 booked an Aqua Cabin because we wanted to have the healthier dining options. As soon as we walked on board they gave us a free glass of sparkling wine (they no longer do that) and as we walked into the atrium we went WOW! When we got to our cabin and seen the bottle of bubbly and other amenities that came with Aqua my wife said I think we found a new cruise line. After we dined in Blu that night my wife said I think we should start sailing on Celebrity. Never looked back. If we would have started on Celebrity we would be Zenith. Celebrity treats you like an adult. There is usually only one announcement per day. No belly flops, or hairy chest contests. No Low Rider playing during Breakfast. We always had great service on Carnival and Celebrity is the same. Great, and friendly service. Food? We always found something to eat. Haven’t been on Carnival since 2010 so I don’t know how it is now but I know that the specialty restaurants were cheaper on Carnival and their food, and service great in them. I would recommend booking an Aqua Class cabin. You have a very nice dedicated restaurant called Blu for breakfast and dinner that has it’s own exclusive menu. It is only for those in Aqua, and suite guests based on availability. The Aqua cabins are only for 2 people. Chances are there won’t be many children dining there. You also get the unlimited use of the Thermal Spa. There are also other little amenities that make it special. Celebrating your 30th book Aqua and add the classic drink pack and internet (all included option). With the drink package you get many alcohol drinks, bottled water, the special coffee drinks, and wine all day long and at breakfast and dinner. You wife will also love you extra special for doing that.🥰😘😍. You can always upgrade to the premium. I recently upgraded to the premium when they had a sale for $7/day pp, keep checking for sales on the Celebrity site after you book. Register on the Celebrity site and list your booking. Then look at manage your booking and it will show excursions, drinks packs and etc with any discounts if available. It constantly changes I always boo when the comics or other entertainers make fun of or bad mouth Carnival. We had great times with them, but I think you will find Celebrity will suit you more as you want to move on. Happy anniversary and wishing you many more. Time goes by fast after that. Me and my wife will be close to 60. Seemed like a long time to get to 25, now they just fly away. Can’t keep up. Truth is I can’t remember ever being single, old age taking its toll. 🙄 Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  20. If you look at the sites mentioned it will show what the payoffs are for the machines. JOB ( jacks or better) 9/6 means that that you get paid 9 for 1 on the full house and 6 for 1 on the flush. That is how the payoffs are referred to. Look at the payoff tables for each game and look at the tables. On the sites I referred to you can enter the payoffs for the games and it will calculate the odds for the correct play. Naturally someone can play totally against what is considered the correct play and win a bigger payoff. I seen a player with a pat full house. Aces and kings. They kept an ace of hearts and king of hearts and hit a royal flush. if you want to have a chance of winning you need to study the games and practice playing on the free sites. Regular slots are basically pure luck but there is a little strategy involved. VP is luck and strategy. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  21. There are sites such as WizardofOdds. https://wizardofodds.com/games/ If you go to that site he has the odds and strategies for just about every game. I have been following him for years. There is one section where you can plug in the payoff for the various VP games and get the odds. Another site is video poker.com https://www.videopoker.com/apps/ you can play, enter contests and etc. it is free but if you become a member for a small fee you get some premium benefits. happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  22. The casinos base their reward earning points and comps on the potential rate of return per dollar played. Craps is less than BJ. All table games gives the least points and comps per dollar played. In slots VP earns less than the regular slots as the potential pay back is more. Slots may have a return of 85%. VP is around 95%. I know that people will say that they get a return higher but the machines are set up for the long term. Over hundred of thousand plays those machines will end up with that rate of return. Just like flipping a coin. Over the long term it will be 50 50 heads and tails. Even if an edge turns up. 😱🤗 I was told if you use OBC you won’t earn any points. I think you will earn points after it is ran thru once. They want new money. Don’t know if that is true with all OBC. I purchased the promo dollars using OBC to get $55 for $50. I didn’t earn any points when playing that and that was all that I played. I put the $55 thru the machine once. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  23. Google how to find the owner of a locked phone. It will have a lot of different methods to try. One is to get into the emergency contacts. If you have a charger keep it charged and someone may call. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  24. I would tell you but then everyone would go there.🤗🤫🤐 Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
  25. I my fav is Old Fashions. Luxardo Cherries , orange wedge, sweetener, it can be agave syrup, muddle brown sugar cube, or maple syrup all muddled and some of the Luxardo cherry juice. use 4 to 5 different bitters, 2 0z bourbon and a large ice cube. Sometimes a 1/4 to 1/2 oz of Grand Marnier for that extra kick and orange flavor. Twist of orange peel for garnish. I found on board that the BTs don’t make the drinks the same I will tell them how I like it and then frequent that BT that makes it the best rating to me. At home if it is too sweet or not sweet enough I adjust, some BTs will do that. For a great experience have one with a small bite from a piece of chocolate before taking a sip. Use the one that is on your pillow. Very small bites and that piece will last the whole drink. At home we will have the chocolate covered cherries that we purchase from Nut.com. Learned that trick when visiting the distilleries in KY on the Bourbon Trail https://nuts.com/driedfruit/cherries/dark-chocolate/1lb.html Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅
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