Reflection 4/13/24 and 4/21/24 B2B Live Review

[hcat]

16 hours ago, Kteacher said:

It was Long Bay Beach on Beef Island. 

Thanks   We'll keep it in mind.. seems much  less crowded that the last stop you made,  where the umbrellas were tip to tip...

[Kteacher]

Another reminder as we are almost at the end of the first leg- check your onboard account. We’ve asked twice to have an overcharge (turns out we were charged twice for the wine pairing for Le Petit Chef). The charge hasn’t been resolved and some strange charges showed up for Luminae today from breakfast (pancakes and yogurt with berries 🤷🏻‍♀️).

[Kteacher]

  My husband went down this time to try to get our account cleared up- apparently we were charged for bottled water and a cappuccino at breakfast in Luminae 🤷🏻‍♀️,  and the double charge for a wine pairing is “under review” 🤷🏻‍♀️😐.

[Kteacher]

  Okay another mystery solved, and chalk up to glitch with Celebrity IT. We got signed up for a wine event for tomorrow that is not listed in the calendar, so weren’t even aware we were signed up 😂😄- The Luminae charges are still 😑🤷🏻‍♀️.

[Kteacher]

   Dinner in Luminae was much calmer last night, so calm that we ended up taking photos of my husband and the Maitre D’s shoes instead of the main course of cold poached lobster. Everything we had was very good. The restaurant was less than half full when we arrived just before 8. 
   Dinner and shoe photos-

[Kteacher]

Here’s the information we received for consecutive cruisers and the Cellar Master schedule of events for this sailing-

[Kteacher]

    Consecutive cruise meeting had helpful information for us as this is our first B2B, plus we won a bottle of wine 👍. We meet in Tuscan Grill tomorrow at 9:15 with all our documents. We were told consecutive cruise passengers will have access to the Concierge embarkation lunch listed 12:30-2:00.

[Happy Cruiser 6143]

I'll be joining you tomorrow for my own B2B.  Doing that cruise and the following one.

[twins_to_alaska]

I'm not B2Bing but I'll get on the 26th. Excited for my first time on Reflection.

[Arzeena]

1 hour ago, Happy Cruiser 6143 said:

I'll be joining you tomorrow for my own B2B.  Doing that cruise and the following one.

Have a wonderful cruise !

Hope to sail with you soon. We are on the Reflection November 23.....hint hint.😉

[Kteacher]

Just finishing up the World Wine Tour in Cellar Masters. It wasn’t what we expected. I would compare it to drinking around the world in Epcot 🙃. 

[George C]

Great review and pictures have been wanting to cruise a S class ship ,my only S was before there was a Luminae and retreat very familiar with suites on M and E class . Will need to look at your hotel also.

[Happy Cruiser 6143]

3 hours ago, Arzeena said:

Have a wonderful cruise !

Hope to sail with you soon. We are on the Reflection November 23.....hint hint.😉

 

Not doing that one, I have a holiday cruise booked.  Catch us on the November 10, 2025 Summit.

[Arzeena]

2 hours ago, Happy Cruiser 6143 said:

 

Not doing that one, I have a holiday cruise booked.  Catch us on the November 10, 2025 Summit.

Already booked. Looking forward to seeing you.

[Kteacher]

Beautiful night sailing back to Ft. Lauderdale-

[George C]

2 hours ago, Happy Cruiser 6143 said:

 

Not doing that one, I have a holiday cruise booked.  Catch us on the November 10, 2025 Summit.

Not sure of your suite but I had a issue with no hot water in RS6140.

[Happy Cruiser 6143]

40 minutes ago, George C said:

Not sure of your suite but I had a issue with no hot water in RS6140.

 

I've been in that suite before with no problems, but not doing suites any more.  The prices are insane!  3X what I was paying previously.  Not happening.

[Kteacher]

2 hours ago, George C said:

Not sure of your suite but I had an issue with no hot water in RS6140.

We’ve been in that suite and also had some issues. Everything has been wonderful on the Reflection (other than smoking on a neighboring balcony 😑).

[George C]

2 hours ago, Happy Cruiser 6143 said:

 

I've been in that suite before with no problems, but not doing suites any more.  The prices are insane!  3X what I was paying previously.  Not happening.

We are on a music charter had same issue in same suite , price was a little under 6k which I thought was a great price per person for a royal suite. Music charter gives us a veteran and a repeater discount which celebrity doesn’t.

Edited April 21 by George C

[Kteacher]

As we get ready to switch over to the next leg I’m reflecting (see what I did there 😉) on the first part of the B2B. I would give embarkation an A+, our cabin, butler, and attendant an A+++, Luminae a high B+, specialty dining an A, entertainment and activities B+. One of the very few low points was the World Wine Tour which was like speed dating with wine. Looking forward to the next five days onboard.

[Arzeena]

I am looking forward to reading your posts about the second part of the cruise.

[Beachlover1989]

2 hours ago, Kteacher said:

One of the very few low points was the World Wine Tour which was like speed dating with wine. Looking forward to the next five days onboard.

We’ve done the World Wine Tour before and I was very disappointed too. There were four stations with a wine steward at each who was in charge of describing five different wines to however many people were standing there at the time. A huge hassle, lots of work just to find out anything, and none of the wine was really good. IMHO they use this activity to get rid of wine that isn’t selling. 

[hcat]

23 hours ago, Kteacher said:

Here’s the information we received for consecutive cruisers and the Cellar Master schedule of events for this sailing-

so other than the Martini Bar show, it looks all tastings now are extra charge?

Liquor store used to have a few free tastings.   Extra charge ones must be more in depth..but we would not pay!

[hcat]

13 hours ago, Kteacher said:

Beautiful night sailing back to Ft. Lauderdale-

great  1st half of your journey..enjoyed your poss!  thank you

 

looking forward to more

[Kteacher]

Super easy procedure for B2B. We were escorted out of Michael’s Club and waited about 5 minutes until customs was ready for us. After facial recognition we were given new sea pass cards, new photos when we dinged back onboard. We are in the same cabin again , CS on deck 11. We met our butler for a tour of the Reflection suite and Signature Suites. I’ll upload photos later. We’re currently enjoying a quiet pool, although a large group of TAs just passed through.