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We're sailing on the Apex in July out of Rotterdam, and were fortunate to have snagged an SV. After sailing in an IV on the Beyond last month DH and I agreed never again. If suite prices don't come down to a more reasonable level, that leaves just the few SV's to choose from on an E class ship for us.

So true! As a Navy Nurse I was stationed in Spain for 3 years, Sicily for 4 years, and Crete for 2 years. LOVED my time there!

This exactly! We've done 5 med cruises and land vacations in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands. We have another med cruise out of Rotterdam in conjunction with a land vacation in Germany this July. I love the ease of cruising, and find the multiple ports help us determine where we want to spend more time in depth with a land vacation.

This was exactly our experience when we sailed on the Nieuw Statendam last year. This year we're sailing on the Apex in July and the Rotterdam in September. We've definitely added HAL's newer ships to our cruise lineup.

Our two early-30's children were blown away by their 2 E-class cruises this past January. They have many S and M-Class cruises under their belt, but are now sworn E-class converts. It was the first cruise for thier travel companions (also early 30's), and they came back addicted to cruising and the E-class. They all had a fabulous time and are still talking about it.

I think you've hit the nail on the head with this. Our son and daughter (31 and 33) are both Elite Plus and have been huge fans of Celebrity's S class ships--that is until they and their friends sailed on the Edge and the Apex. They're now all E-class converts. I think they're the demographic Celebrity's trying to attract to gain loyalty into the future.

This made me laugh out loud! I've been an RN for over 30 years, and I completely understand. 🙂

I booked with my Celebrity Vacation Planner, so you may want to call. I added that info as an edit.

Europe is now open for booking...Just booked the Beyond for May 2024! I booked with a Celebrity Vacation Planner. They're still not popping up on the website, so you may want to call.

Thank you for the heads-up. We were able to book the same SV for the Mar 25th Great Barrier Reef and the following NZ cruise. So excited!

We'll be joining you on this cruise! We were able to grab a center SV on deck 9. We sailed on the Solstice from Hawaii to Vancouver in 2018 and loved it. It will be fun to go the other direction on the Edge.

Just announced that they'll open Nov 15th.

We booked our Jan 2024 Australia and New Zealand B2B cruises on Oct 12th 2021, so hopefully the new releases will be out soon.

I'm flying post-cruise from FCO - RDU via BOS and in May and the layover time in BOS has just been shortened to 3 hours. I've never flown through Boston before, and given the chaos in the airports right now (although I hope it's better by May), is this an adequate amount of time? I still have the lingering nightmare of my 4-hour Atlanta layover on my flight from FCO to DEN last month (which I thought would be adequate but was just awful and I barely got to my seat in time). Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.

I agree with many of the previous posts. We did it on the Reflection with our two adult children in 2019 and we all enjoyed both the show and the food, but agreed that it was one and done.

Just now logged in -- after trying multiple times throughout the day. Unfortunately under "manage reservations" is says I have zero upcoming reservations. I should have 5. 😞

This was our experience with our IV on the Edge. We loved the ship, but were not fans of the IV cabin and won't book one again. Our second Edge cruise was in a SV...now that cabin we really enjoyed and would definitely book an SV again.

I'd love it if they did, but not holding my breath. We're booked on the Koningsdam RT Hawaii out of San Diego for this January, and the RT to Hawaii and Tahiti in 2024. We're huge X fans, and would book one immediately if they offered these or similiar RT itineraries. We've done Honolulu-Vancouver twice on the Solstice, but we love the ease of a RT.

Wow! Thank you. This is excellent information. I'll play with those options.

Thank you both, Gardyloo and Zach1213. Boston it is. Tthis is exactly the information I was looking for. I really appreciate it.

DH and I will be flying RT to Rome for a cruise next June. In doing mock bookings, it appears prices for business class are very similiar for Non-stop flights from BOS, JFK, and EWR...with flights from ATL quite a bit more. We will be flying in from COS the day before and spending the night in a hotel near the airport. Do you frequent flyers have a preference among these departure airports? With all the airport horror stories right now, I'd really appreciate your input.

This! We have done Alaska several times and in several different months. August will be fine for an Alaska cruise. We've cruised the Italy, Turkey and the Greek Isles itinerary in May, August, and October. I would never have chosen August, but it was the only time my son and DIL could take vacation. Never again, though. It was SO hot, and the crowds were awful. October is by far my favorit time of year for this itinerary.

Our October pre-cruise stay will be our first since thier renovation. However, my brother and SIL stayed there last month for 3 days prior to thier HAL cruise and raved about it. They had stayed there twice before with us on previous cruises, so they had that to compare to. They said it's still thier go-to Rome hotel.

We've stayed many times at 9Hotel Cesari and have it booked again for our upcoming cruise in October. It's in a great location and the rooftop bar (also used for the buffet breakfast) is fantastic.

I just got the e-mail as well. DH and I were to be on the Sept 25th sailing. What a disappointment. I was concerned that things didn't seem to be falling into place, but I didn't think a cancellation was in the picture.