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On our next cruise( Oct 28th, Eclipse) I'm actually going to bring some seasonings( for the turkey burger at the mast grill) and my organic half and half and a quart of skim milk. We're driving to the port so I can bring the cream in a small cooler. I can't stand that boxed milk and cream they use.

My parents grew up in Queens and I was born in Long Island, we moved to FL when I was 3. We recently returned from NYC( took an Oceania Bermuda cruise) and had bagels from 3 different places. I also had a Knish from Yonah Schimmel. It was very disappointing. The clerk MICROWAVED it.

How about Kosar's?

Compared to 18k, you got a great price. Are you flying Quantas?

Shellac is basically Gel. You could bring your own color and ask them to use regular polish. That way you have your own color if it chips.

I loudly gasped when I booked our premium economy airfare on Quantas from LA to Sydney for our GBR cruise in Feb 2024. 7400.00 for both. Business was 18k.

Confirming because we're on this ship on Oct 28th, did you leave from San Pedro or Long Beach? We leave from San Pedro( which is adjacent to LB)

I agree. The cruise before our recent bermuda cruise on oceania skipped bermuda altogether and went to nassau for an overnight. I know a lot of the passengers were very upset. Having paid more money for bermuda cruise and receiving a nassau bahama cruise instead.

I know. A cc member was asking me to prove the jarring difference.

It won't be calm for some time. 100 percent guarantee that Celebrity will cancel all future cruises.

That you for providing my first laugh of the day : )

Specialties are ridiculously priced. Ocean view has also been downgraded. They used to serve Albacore tuna salad, no more of that. I never see fresh berries( even when in season). They serve your everyday granny smith or red delicious apples too. I was shocked to see fresh berries in the buffet on Oceania.

What is temporary? The dumbing down of the menus? Nope, its here to stay. X is trying to make the most profit.

Good for them, I hope I'm still traveling at 80yrs old!!

You are NOT seeing the difference from the Preisman's menus posted from 2014? Huge difference.

That is exactly how I feel. However, I know a lot of people don't eat like I do. A lot of people are happy with Walmart factory farmed meat. This is exactly why I don't cruise for the food. If the service and other things are lacking, it makes me question why we are still cruising.

That is a jarring difference.

I think by now we all know tastes/food choice is very subjective. My town is full of chain restaurants and people flock to them. I avoid them as much as possible. I prefer farm to table, pasture raised eggs, pasture raised chicken. Thus, I'm usually always disappointed on a cruise. I even moved up to Oceania because of the " Finest food at sea" or something like that. My first O cruise in Feb 2022 impressed me. This recent one, not so much. Powdered scrambled eggs on the buffet, veggies cooked to oblivion and then shoved between lasagna noodles on the last day( no ricotta either). Loose polenta was turned into polenta triangles with a piece of sausage on top. Lots of repurposing of leftovers. Every time I live blog and complain about the food, people tell me that maybe I shouldn't cruise. I say there are other reasons besides food to cruise. However, with rising prices, I'm beginning to think I should not take as many cruises. In fact, I've cancelled a cruise on O and a cruise on X next year. I did book a 4 day Virgin just to see what the food is like.

I can guarantee that your salmon is much higher quality than the farmed salmon that X is serving. Yours is wild which is full of Omega 3's. The Farmed salmon has coloring added to make it pink. Nope!! Don't even get me started on the Tilapia ( Farmed in Asia, low quality control)

We're on Eclipse on Oct 28th for an 8 day Mexican Riviera. Overnighting in Cabo( we'll be here on Halloween), then PV and Mazatlán. I paid 2417 for an OV and then another 185PP with move up for a balcony. We have everything included, tips, classic beverage package and wifi. I upgraded the wifi on a sale. My TA gave us 50OBC, the lowest amount we've ever received. We'll get another 50 in Loyalty credit from the TA onboard.

We will be on Eclipse on Oct 28th for Mexican Riviera. It was going to be our first time in an OV, but I won a move-up offer of 185PP for a Veranda. I will be live blogging as I upgraded my internet.

We're taking our first Edge class cruise in February. I will also report back. I will also live blog as the cruise is a GBR cruise from Sydney.

5 vaccines, knock wood. Never had covid. My wife got it the day after we returned from a cruise last year. I took care of her, still didn't get it.

Hmmm, we were in a Concierge class veranda, but had no lounge. I don't think there was one available on Insignia. On our first O cruise( Feb 2022), we had a suite. We dined in specialty every night. Of course there were only 338 ppl on the ship( Marina)

I can't thank you enough for agreeing with me. I posted about the eggs in the Insignia FB group and the members there acted as if I stole their first born child. The owner( Travel Agent) of the group even called me out as a liar. I did a live blog in the Oceania forum from our cruise in case anyone wants to read and see my photos. We're have 3 more Celebrity cruises booked. Eclipse at the end of the month( I will live blog), Edge Great Barrier Reef in Feb 2024 and Beyond in September 2024( going to cancel that one). I actually booked a 4 day Virgin cruise yesterday to take the place of the Beyond cruise. Going to combine that with a week in Marco Island, FL.