Jeremiah1212

This is where the issue is. When there is a monetary difference in flights it complicates things. Celebrity can't just put you on a new flight that costs more without getting the airline to agree to adjust the price. If your travel is more than 60 days away they still quote 45 days for these things to be resolved. The other thing to watch out for is if you have a request in to change a flight and in the mean time yet another schedule change occurs, your initial request may disappear. I just dealt with a 10am departure that was changed to 10:10am. It wiped out the request to change to a 12:50pm.

If the wait time or queue gets too long, it disables it so you don't sit there and wait and wait.

It just popped up for me. It makes pretty solid sense. If there isn't a rep available it temporarily disables it. Otherwise the gripe would be that no one is there to answer the chat.

There are nearly 290 itineraries through 3/30/23 that are at 100%....they shouldn't be too hard to find. Maybe if you are looking at a unique sailing or something? Definitely not many that would not qualify though.

They are fine aside from getting warm pretty quickly. No different than beer that is served in aluminum bottles at sports events.

Definitely no pullman beds. You will have essentially no space to walk with the second bed pulled out. Definitely price two IV's or an IV + inside. With today's rates there can't be much savings by putting four in a cabin.

Right now there are about 128 sailings through end of Sept that have some sort of resident rate available.

On Holiday sailings its not uncommon at all to see no packages or discounts.

Its renaming Always Included to All Included. Really simple.

What are you talking about?

Otherwise known as resident rates

Cruise Only rates are not changing (for now?). There are three main rate types - Retreat is unchanged, All Included and Cruise Only. The LocalLux rates will be treated as All Included.

Straight from Celebrity. You will see it on 7/14.

After months of duress, frustration, panic, rage emails, confusion, semantics, philosophical debate and dissecting the Old English dictionary to define the word "Always", the official name is being changed to ALL Included in a few weeks. Indulge and Elevate rates also go away with no apparent replacement. Enjoy. And please don't dare to call it Always Included any more!

Elevate and Indulge are being discontinued in a few weeks. I have a feeling this was related to the retooling of fares in preparation to eliminate those two rates.

I can take a stab… You can pick your location as long as their are open cabana. Service was very attentive. Comfortable is subjective. We had no complaints. The cushions seems setup in a way they were less susceptible to wind blowing them around like on Edge and Apex. Drinks were plentiful. Lunch and snacks were quick. For Caribbean cruises I don’t think the price changes on port vs sea day. You can sometimes get a multi day discount is you ask Guest Services. However the discount is not that substantial. I enjoy them but I would never consider paying $3,500 for the week.

Celebrity doesn't issue passports and they certainly aren't going to try to help you go to bat with your government to get it expedited. When did you book? Do you fall within the CWC cancelation policy? Do you have insurance?

A good rule of thumb is the big agencies with big discounts and strong OBC offers are not going to provide much, if any, personalized service. The few remaining agencies out there who will provide personalized service typically won't have the discounts or their services won't be free.

Not in my experience at all. In fact I’ve seen people here complain (shocking…I know) that over the course of an evening in the same venue, the type of music changes too frequently.

I don't think you will at all. My first Celebrity cruise was in my early 30's. We are definitely towards the younger end of the crowd but the average age also isn't 80 either. I think Beyond will still tend to appeal to some younger guests which may bring down the average age a bit more too.

What perks are you talking about? I think you are incorrectly interpreting the FAQ. If you accept a FCC you are receiving a credit to cover your cruise fare and that’s it. Lift and Shift kept your booking intact with OBC, etc but it’s far too late to take that offer now.

A nice copy/paste of generic Retreat inclusions but not quite. You can get items 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, and 14 depending how you book AQ. Reflection has no Retreat Sundeck. Swap Luminae for Blu. If Reflection is anywhere but Terminal 25 in FLL, the 'VIP check in' area is a roped off area with chairs that you are in maybe 3 minutes. We also saw our PRH 3 times in 7 days on Reflection but that issue obviously isn't ship-specific. You're really getting slightly more space, Michael's Club that kind of looks like a funeral home and Luminae. I know I'm in the minority but I much prefer the design and look of E class over S class at this point.

AQ on Apex would be an easy choice for me. A Sky Suite on RF is a bare bones suite experience. We had the same situation come up this spring and rebooked Reflection over Edge and ended up having a little regret after making the switch.

E Class, specifically Beyond…even with the Infinite Veranda. We have a cruise on Reflection before our next Beyond cruise. I do kind of regret booking RF again but too late to turn back now.

Similarly, they do not pass on the charge to you when port fees increase, so the blanket policy is no adjustments. From my understanding, dependent on the port the fee is not necessarily a flat rate either. If you really want to nerd out on the topic, here is Port Miami's policy http://www.miamidade.gov/aopdfdoc/aopdf/pdffiles/IO4-4.pdf