TeeRick

Yes it was there.

Sailing now in a CS on Equinox and our card is two tone gray/silver and printed on the vertical. It says The Retreat on bottom right. It lists our CC level, and BC Club level and the other usual information. It has not peeled apart yet but this is only day 2! It did come in a gray leather card holder. And as an aside we did get chocolates on the pillows last night.

On Equinox for the 9 night now. It all seems mostly normal and what I expected. I can guarantee that there is plenty of food and drink on board. We are in a suite, boarding was a snap, and Luminae is still the same as far as I remember. The OVC had most stations open breakfast and lunch. Lots of choices, and good table service. We have not checked out the OVC dinner but I’m sure it is cut back in offerings. I will walk by there this evening to see for myself. We will not be using the MDR so no comment there. We have reservations at Murano and Tuscan G this cruise so will report on them too. The ship does not seem full and an officer told me that we had 2500 on board. One thing on a positive note - the Starlink internet has been very good and a big improvement in general.

We boarded Equinox yesterday. We had lunch at Luminae and it was pretty standard menu as before including the lobster roll. We also had dinner and again a pretty typical menu and portions, and also my dw was able to order the escargot from the MDR menu. So far so good.

We will be in GC on Equinox this week. I will provide an update to the bars on the ship while anchored.

Are you on Equinox? Things on this buffet issue might change by March if the feedback to Celebrity continues to be very negative. We are boarding today.

Not a shrimp. More like a crawfish- and the Spiny warm water lobster actually is a crawfish.

The Celebrity App is notoriously not accurate.

Until the number of new reservations are significantly impacted, Celebrity will continue on this path of reducing food, services and quality and of course charging more. Reduction in reservations will be noticed by their shareholders and current debt holders.

Agree- it has been near impossible to find specialty dining reservations for our Equinox cruise leaving on Saturday. I was hoping that on board we could do this but we shall see.

This is the truth. They put changes in effect on Jan 1, 2023. No warning or communication. We found out by reading these boards. At least for those of us cruising Jan-Feb-Mar (after final payments) this seems pretty unfair. I definitely will make this known in my guest survey at the very least.

WCB is my favorite. I will be sure to say hello to Hendri.

No casino. A deal breaker for my dw.

I'm on Equinox starting this weekend for 9 nights and I will report back here about Luminae.

I wonder if that will be an upcharge too? Hopefully not in Luminae but who knows these days.

I guess the days of gaining weight on cruises are over!

I always enjoy the halibut in Luminae. I will order it next week on our cruise. But 3 bites??

In the evening with the reduced buffet dinner offerings?

Is ice cream still available in the Oceanview Cafe in the evening after all of the cutbacks? Serious question.

We were trying to get a reservation at Murano for our upcoming Equinox cruise. The only availability on any night (9 nights) was 9:30 PM. We will try once we board.

Yeah but probably limited to one scoop of one flavor (vanilla).

They were never real Kobe beef. Just a marketing ploy.

I second this statement!

Thursday night games are now on Amazon Prime. If you have premium Wifi you can probably stream them. But not really relevant at this point until next football season.

I believe they should not cut back any more than they have already. The prices have already gone way up. So how about they just stop building new ships for a period of time? Save hundreds of $millions$ instead of nickel and diming existing passengers and ship experiences. Also, when Ascent and the following E-Class ship both launch, there will be an additional strain getting staff to run them and provide services on board. They will draw from the existing ships. This is really a big problem right now.