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I believe the retreat sundeck (on those ships that have one) is accessible only to retreat guests ...

Thank you for this information.... I can't really handle smoke, and I like visiting the roulette table on a cruise. Celebrity has been my go-to for cruising, but I would consider trying elsewhere knowing the casino table area is no smoking.

This is great!

Hi, I don't think there is a problem having multiple cards linked to the same Aeroplan account.... So yes, people can gain Aeroplan points by spending on multiple affiliated credit cards. I thought you were originally referring to the "welcome bonuses" given (eg, 10,000 or 20,000 Aeroplan points) for new credit card sign ups. That is where people might need to be careful.

There was a travel blog summary article I saw (prince of travel) - am I allowed to post that link here ? You can also read details on Aeroplan website. Section 10 deals with new card bonuses: Aeroplan Terms and Conditions

I believe Aeroplan has changed their policy and now limits the number of times people can receive bonus points for new Aeroplan cards....

Really enjoying your review (content and style). I found out about this from one of your posts on the Celebrity board. I sail mostly Celebrity but have been considering trying elsewhere due to the skyrocketing costs of staterooms in Celebrity retreat. So your details about MSC YC are every much appreciated. Like you, I don't like smoke in the casino so this is a concern for me - I wish MSC had non smoking tables (ie roulette since I prefer the table game rather than electronic). Just curious if you've left the YC to "explore the ship" and if so, is exploring easily done? I don't really have a gauge as to the size of the MSC ships. I'm used to being able to explore almost everywhere on Celebrity S class ships in a short period of time. Again, really enjoying this - thanks for all the time and details!

Amazing. Congratulations 🎉. Even if you've stopped counting, so to speak, I'm impressed. 💖. Happy Next Anniversary 🙂

On Silhouette, in the retreat lounge, I thought there was bar seating (sort of a 'U' shaped bar)....

@RichYak very much enjoying and appreciating your comparison. Thank you very much!

Happy Anniversary! Imho, 14 years is still impressive in today's world 😁. All the best ...

Love this. Happy Early Birthday 🎈

Thank you 🙂

Why do they do so? If 40mbps is possible, why limit?

Agreed.

Oh wow, I didn't know about being escorted off at ports. That's interesting, and good to know, as you say, for tender ports. Thank you. I'm definitely intrigued by all the positive comments I'm seeing about MSC YC.

I was aware of this but I was confused about the "cutting lines" comment. I was confused, which is why I asked. 🙂

It's a catch 22 isn't it. On embarkation day, I want to get on the ship as early as possible. On disembarkation day, I want to get off as late as possible. 😁

What would happen in this scenario when you change the sail date, change to NRD, and change your stateroom to the Retreat on the new sailing ? Are you required now to pay the deposit difference since retreat deposits are now higher?

Could you elaborate on this with respect to Celebrity? Do you mean when you are boarding the ship, you are escorted onboard? Or are there other ocassions?

The table games where in the middle but mostly toward the non-smoking side. I have never sailed on Princess so I cannot comment to the difference. I will say that I played mostly the 'bubble' roulette game and it was on the same side as the smoking section but it was not that bad in my opinion That's great to hear thank you. I love Celebrity, but if I could find an alternative that has a non-smoking casino, I would consider trying it, just due to the exceptionally high prices now on Celebrity. Although there is quite a bit of negativity on the boards about X, I still do think the onboard experience is phenomenal - just very pricy.

I feel for the OP and think Celebrity should have handled this better. This is a wonderful idea from @wrk2cruise.

Thank you 🙂

Do you know of any of the tables are in the non-smoking section? I was on a Princess cruise once where there was a 'no smoking' section of slot machines in the casino, but it was still very noticeable to me ... I couldn't stay very long and sadly I couldn't play Roulette 😧. I'd be curious to know if people thought MSC no smoking section of Casino was less noticeable than Princess.

One of the key selling points for me is the no smoking in the casinoon Celebrity . Can anybody comment on how MSC is with respect to smoking?