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Has anybody cruised to St. Lucia, curious whether the ship passes the Pitons and your able to see the Pitons from the ship?

Is valet available on american airlines using miami from a cruise in/out of ft. lauderdale?

3 hours ago, Biker19 said:

This and many other questions have answers in the app set to the current sailing.

Nothing shows up in the app yet because the cruise is in December.

11 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

The following is a like to my LIVE post from the Freedom a few months back. You can skim through for menus and compasses. 

 

Thank you for this!

19 minutes ago, AspiringCindy said:

I can only respond to #1...We were on Freedom 3 weeks ago. Giovanni's is now Giovanni's Kitchen with the new menu! So much better!!

Thank you for that he be very happy to hear it.

Hello all, our last RC cruise was back in 2018, we been going on 2-3 Celebrity cruises a year since so we are rusty at RC and would appreciate your help as we are booked on the FOS for December.  The kids/grandkids will be with us so RC is the right choice for them and not Celebrity.

1-  I noticed a recent post from the LOS in Giovanni's that was the old menu, does anybody have the menu for Giovanni's on the FOS?  Is it the old menu or the new menu?  My son loves chicken cutlet parmesan and the menu on the LOS did not have it in fact it was very limited on non pasta main course dishes.  Would anybody happen to have this menu?

2-  I stopped drinking hard alcohol and drink wine, does anybody have the wine menu's?

3-  We will have our "down time" at night, what time is the Crown and Anchor lounge close at night?  Do they have live band/music?

4-  What time does the Diamond club close?

5- In disembarking Celebrity ships we do nothing but walk off the ship into the terminal keep walking to get out and don't even go into any security or customs lines, we simply walk off and get our luggage and leave.  Does RC make us go through custom lines?  How is the disembarkation on this ship, does it take long?  Do we have to show passports coming off the ship inside the terminal before existing the terminal?

6-  Does RC still have the luggage valet, we are using American Airlines via Miami?  If so, what is the cost?

Thank you!

1 minute ago, kwokpot said:

That's actually not true. Blu is actually right above the two decks where all four MDRs are located. You may be thinking of Luminae on the Edge and Apex that's no where near any of the other MDRs. 

I been on her the Beyond for three cruises, two which I was in Aqua Class and both cruises I was unable to order from the MDR menus, but these cruises were over a year ago.  We were on the Equinox and able to order from all menus.  I do hope your right as the menu in Blu is not as good selection for us as the MDR is.

2 minutes ago, kwokpot said:

While Blu is your assigned dining room you should be able to go to any of the other MDRs. Just go the MDR when you want to dine and don't worry about advanced reservations. 

Even though we have assigned dining at 6 we can show up at the MDR at 7:30 for dinner?

Take note on the E class you will not be allowed to choose items on the MDR menu since the kitchen is distant from Blu.

Hello,

I am very confused.  We have the 10 night Beyond booked for next year, and was only able to get the main seating 6pm dining.  We have aqua class stateroom which means we also dine in blu so we have two questions and appreciate your help!

1-  Main dining 6pm would be in which MDR?

2-  Since we have Blu does that mean we still have to dine at 6pm there?  I thought Blu was walk in anytime?

3-  We do not care much for Blu on the Beyond and like to choose some nights in the MDR would this be allowed?  We always had anytime dining and showed up where we wanted to eat dinner but now that we have scheduled 6pm I like to know the rules.

Hello,

I booked the Freedom and chose cabin 7238, does anybody know on this class of ships what that white space is opposite this cabin?  I am assuming its storage but then I not sure where the service elevator and crew doors are.  Thanks.

We were debating that cruise in March or the Equinox using bluechip offers.  Since the Beyond has too many cabins that creak and are noisy, we can't risk the chance of not sleeping for 10 nights.  Bluechip offer was aqua class on the Beyond.  I been on the beyond twice, the deluxe oceanview rooms do not have those sounds (from my research).  Bluechip offered us a Sky Suite on the Equinox so we chose the Equinox, no chance of creaking sounds at night and a suite.

Honestly, there is no list that I know of to tell which cabins are good and which are noisy. 

We can dine at the specialty restaurants for free?  Did I understand correctly?

Hello,

Sorry all, my first post I miswrote about the E class I meant about the Solstice class ship and don't know how to change the title so rewrote a new post here correctly, sorry about that error.

We are booked on sky suite 2129 and worried I will be up all night hearing rolling carts as the oceanview cafe is right above us, I am a light sleeper.  Has anybody experienced this stateroom (2125-2137) on the Equinox or any other Solstice class ship?  I like to hear if these cabins are very noisy with the oceanview cafe above or whether it was quiet.  I can downgrade to an aqua class stateroom, it is a blue chip offer.

If there was noise, what time did the noise start, I like to stay up late in the evenings and sleep until 9 lol.  Thank you.

28 minutes ago, jelayne said:

Just a FYI, the Equinox and Solstice are S Class ships not E class.  Possibly you can correct you title.

I knew I shouldn't post without having coffee first thank you, I can't correct it guess I have to make a new post ugh lol.

Hello,

We are booked on sky suite 2129 and worried I will be up all night hearing rolling carts as the oceanview cafe is right above us, I am a light sleeper.  Has anybody experienced this stateroom (2125-2137) on the Equinox or any other Solstice class ship?  I like to hear if these cabins are very noisy with the oceanview cafe above or whether it was quiet.  I can downgrade to an aqua class stateroom, it is a blue chip offer.

If there was noise, what time did the noise start, I like to stay up late in the evenings and sleep until 9 lol.  Thank you.

10 hours ago, Syd58 said:

You can eat in the MDR and Blu (if space is available). The menus are available in advance on the app so this helps in deciding. Our butler was very good in making our reservations.

Thank you!

The only two advantages for us (we don't do the spa stuff) is the shower heads in the shower on the E class are great and Blu ONLY in the Solstice class.  We do not care for Blu on the E class and on the E class you are unable to also order from the MDR menu's but it is allowed on the solstice class, so consider this.

3 hours ago, markeb said:

The butler/retreat host will largely do as much or as little as you'd like. If you would normally order room service breakfast, it's the butler who'll deliver it. If you don't have a drink package, you can still get drinks in the Retreat Lounge, and you can generally raid the refrigerator for soda and bottled water. There are snacks out much of the day, and the Retreat concierge (I think that's the title) can handle most guest services issues. That's all part of being in the Retreat. The cabins are generally bigger. Aqua gets you access to Persian Gardens if you want to use that part of the spa. Aqua also gets you Blu. Luminae is open for lunch on embarkation day, which is wonderful. A nice, sit down lunch instead of trying to find a place with 3000 of your new, closest friends in the OVC...

 

You're on vacation. Slow down and let them "serve" you! 😃

Humm, I may have to think what you said here, to slow down, sounds like great advice to me.  Thank you.

On 5/20/2024 at 8:00 PM, Syd58 said:

Observations from recent Reflection cruise (Aft -Sunset Sky Suite):

 

Entertainment - Great, the best I've seen on any ship: 5 out of 5

Food - Mixed Bag: Luminae not as good as expected: 3.5 out of 5

Service: Mixed bag - butler excellent, although he had 21 suites on different levels; cabin steward, poor, always asking us if we wanted him to clean our room; Luminae, some excellent service, some poor:  3 out of 5

Room: very roomy, loved the huge wrap around deck, but room decor is dated:  3.5 out of 5

Ship: very nice decor, better than expected: 4 out of 5

 

Overall: 3.8 out of 5

 

 

I just booked a suite for the Equinox was debating.  Can't you eat in the MDR also or at Blu?

5 hours ago, markeb said:

We've stayed in a Sky Suite three  times on Equinox. Really enjoyed it all three times. "Worth it" is a hard call with current pricing. But we're probably taking a pause on cruises to do other things when we return from Alaska.

 

There's some terminology here to understand. The S-class has no "Retreat" in the manner of the E-class. There are suites around the ship. There is Luminae on Deck 3. There's a Retreat Sundeck on Deck 16 forward. And there's a Retreat Lounge on Deck 5.

 

There is a full bar in the Retreat Lounge, staffed most of the day. There is no bar on the Retreat Sundeck on the Equinox. There are servers who will get drinks and also food during food hours. Food probably varies but it's about 3 hours overlapping noon.

 

The butler is your interface with the Retreat. They have done different things for different people in the past and there were a number of months where they were removed from the Sky Suites. If you want snacks in the afternoon, they're usually the ones to arrange them. They were and may again be the ones to bring your coffee and breakfast to the room. If there's something you need, ask them. But they're not personal servants.

 

Can't answer on 10:00 breakfast. Never did that. I don't have a breakfast menu, but it was a pretty standard room service menu. 

 

Luminae is either wonderful, too adventuresome, or not adventurous enough. It's a smaller menu. For me it's too heavy on beef dishes; for others there's not enough beef. A lot of dishes are French inspired, so expect sauces. Luminae on Equinox may be the perfect size. There are fewer suites on Equinox than Reflection, for instance. The flow is reasonably good and the seating is pretty good (IMHO). Yes, you can generally order off the MDR menu on Equinox. Caesar salad is a good example.

 

Is this a cash booking? Not casino (you mentioned Blue Chip status)? The standard Retreat Package is premium drink package and premium one device Wi-Fi each for two guests. Not sure where the Classic Package is coming from. You may have misunderstood. All bets are off on casino bookings... 

Thank you for explaining all of that.  It is a blue chip offer, I am able to get sky suite or aqua class.  I do not want to be "served", I need to move around and its just not my style having people do things for me, even getting my breakfast.  lol. 

I am trying to decide so I won't waste a suite that somebody else could enjoy but you mention Luminae is good, so it may be worth it for that.  It's possible this casino deal does not include the perks as if booking a regular suite stateroom and he is getting classic due to being sapphire, which makes sense.

20 minutes ago, Mum2Mercury said:

That blank space is almost certainly a crew area.  It's probably where they store linens, toilet paper, their push carts.  I don't think it's going to bother you in the least.  

 

Having said that, I don't think you've chosen a prime room: 

- Will the grandchildren be sharing a sofa bed?  It's a small one.  Or will one pullman bed come out of the ceiling?  What age are the grandchildren? 
- It's very far forward, which means a lot of walking to get anywhere.  We pretty strongly prefer aft rooms so we're below the pools and the Windjammer.  

- On the other hand, this room is sandwiched between residential rooms, so it's likely to be quiet.  

 

Off-topic, but we like the first week of December, as it's almost always inexpensive!  It can be a bit nippy in the mornings -- consider packing something like light yoga pants and long-sleeved tees for around the ship; shorts'll be fine later in the day.  Long-sleeved rash guards are nice for beach days.  

The kids have their own room aft cabin, what they wanted.  Thank you.

29 minutes ago, wdwkings said:

 

Assuming you are referring to this area.  That is a staff or crew area of ship infrastructure.  Since it is near the stairwell it could be a crew staircase that might be used for guest in emergencies.  It could be open during boarding since staff might be using that area for turn over day activities, including guest bag movement.  

Thank you I will change my room it could be noisy.  Thank you.

Hello,

We are taking the kids/grandkids on a cruise, we chose the Freedom of the Seas 8 night cruise for early December.  I am an avid cruiser on Celebrity but figured Royal is best for children.  I chose cabin 7534, my question, does anybody know what is in that empty "boxed" space opposite this stateroom?

Thank you.

I would like your advice for those who had a sky suite on the Equinox/Solstice class whether it is worth getting a suite on this ship?

I heard there is no bar in the retreat, but am I correct to say there are servers that will get us drinks?

What exactly does a butler do for you?  I really don't want or need anybody to unpack for me.

Are we able to get breakfast at 10am or later in our stateroom?  Does anybody have the menu?

How is Luminae, like to hear your thoughts about anything you can talk about regarding Luminae on this class of ship.

Are we able to order off the MDR (we like Caesar salad) in Luminae?

I was told that if I booked a sky suite it would include the classic drink package and premium one device wi-fi, why would they not just give us the premium drink package, did I not hear the representative correctly?  (My other half is sapphire and we are both elite)

Thank you.