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I was at the Rooftop Garden Grill tonight too! I also had the burger and totally agree about the bacon - and the size of the burger. Took it off the bun and had about half - without the bacon. I really like the venue, though. Beautiful sail away out of Aruba!

RRFPresident - I truly don’t want to hijack your excellent review but we are on the cruise with you in a Penthouse Suite, so I guess just down the corridor from you. First time for us on Edge Class. The ship is beautiful. We have an amazing Retreat Host, Lobo, except we honestly don’t ask for anything in particular. We have dined in Fine Cut, Le Voyage, Eden, Raw on Five and Rooftop Garden Grill. They have all be outstanding - truly exceptional - and we have not been charged at all. The only restaurant we haven’t tried for dinner is Luminae! Although the weather was challenging for the first few days, as RRFPresident mentioned, it has not taken away from this lovely cruise. We did the Local Experience Jeep Tour today and it was a hoot. We’ve been to Aruba several times before but had not done this excursion.

We cruised many times on both Princess and Celebrity. My DH was on PD for quite a few years. When we cruised, he always did manual exchanges as we felt more secure in case of any power outages or machine glitches. At home, he drained into the commode; not sure you'd be able to do this on the ship - depending on the size of the cabin - without an extension line. You'd definitely want to drain into the commode. Safe travels!

Thank you very much!

Would very much appreciate if anyone has contact/email for Executive office - Laura Hodges Bethge. Thank you for your help.

Please say hi to Lyle from Carole and Aubrey. He had mentioned that he was supposed to return to South Africa this past Jan or Feb. Real nail- biter til you got to FLL. I kept checking on my phone!

Thank you, Charla! Another fabulous virtual cruise for me 😆

Totally agree about Grand Hyatt DFW It has always been my go-to for overnights at DFW. Clean, decent bar and food - and runway views are fun!

Thank you, as always, so much, for taking us all along with you and Iain! Very much looking forward to following this new adventure. You have given so many terrific cruise hints and helpful Celebrity info, particularly for those of us who are Celebrity newbies. We leave on Equinox B2B in June - so, meantime, really love sailing the high seas virtually with you (and Charla, too). Safe travels. Carole

Always love following along with you, Charla. Toes look marvelous! We're on Beyond in December. Do you have any other spa appointments booked for this cruise? I've found that some of the spa services on other ships range from outstanding to meh. Please be sure to post reviews of the spa whenever you've been. Thank you! Much appreciated.

Hi Charla - another wonderful read. Thank you, as always! If you stay at the Plaza, please be sure to take GenZ to Afternoon Tea at the Palm Court. It’s a lovely experience

Charla - as always, loving your review/diary. I had a good chuckle about the kids club and its charms. It brought back memories of our wonderful cruises on Princess when every free moment, our daughter would ditch us and spend as much time as possible with her new cruise friends. Enjoy every moment with GenZ. She is beautiful and a wonderful reflection of your loving parenting. Our amazing daughter, who so enjoyed all those kids club cruises, is getting married end May - and DH and I are celebrating on the Equinox in June!

Interesting! Hoping to avoid doing this but, of course, will do so if dining slots are unavailable. We are pretty flexible and don’t mind eating late. In fact, if I have a busy “activity” day, I much prefer going at 8:30 or 9, when the restaurants are usually a bit less busy. Will absolutely keep this as a Plan B - thank you very much!

Thank you for letting us know. That would definitely not be pleasant. I will be sure to ask. That’s why I love Cruise Critic. Great input from members!

We have not been on the Equinox in many years and the last time was in Aqua - which we loved. We were in Retreat on the Summit last summer and we thought the food in Luminae was just ok. However, we were able to order from the other dining rooms, which was very nice. Believe me, we did not starve! We had unlimited Specialty dining and ate in Tuscan Grill a couple of evenings. We really enjoyed the meals we had there.