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Cosmetic and maybe other issues need to be addressed as it is an old ship. But time to Scrap? It is still a very valuable ship in Celebrity's fleet. Eventually it will likely be sold, but scrap? not likely.

mmmm pastries for lunch. Never thought of that!

I thought steerage passengers were locked below on a lower deck. Probably not allowed to eat. So bring some stale breadcrumbs. And enough to share.🤓

Not sure how old your kids are, but yes it is kid-friendly. But it is long. We found it dragged in spots. Small kids might get fidgety.

Agree- we particularly enjoyed 1977 earlier this year on Symphony.

No way. It will only be a few days to another one.

Anybody who wants to remove auto-gratuities and tip cash. Your decision of course. But maybe let your waitstaff and room attendants know that is what you are doing. Just a suggestion.

Patti first and foremost, I am happy to hear your situation was resolved. But I'm a bit confused about what you are referring to as a change? A change to a call center (or a change from US to ex-US)? I pretty much always get call centers from cruise lines or pretty much any customer service number for most anything these days. Yes quite often I have a very hard time getting through the heavy accents - but I try to be polite and ask them to repeat. It is a process sometimes. If I really cannot understand I hang up and call back and many times I get somebody that I can understand. As for Captain's Club, there are probably millions (?) of members so they definitely need a call center to screen calls.

Certain places that I have been do not have tipping (like Australia). But many of the restaurants there that I dined in had a line on the bill that said service charge. It was mandatory. So does it matter what you call it?

I can't answer since we never did that. But I think the sliding door had a sliding curtain to block the light. My dw is very sensitive to light when sleeping. BTW there is a TV in the bedroom too. As for your balcony comment, the Edge CS had a real balcony. But it was pretty narrow.

We were on Edge in a CS. It had an enclosed bedroom. One solid door to the bathroom. And one sliding panel (translucent) door to the rest of the cabin.

There are 2 BR Grand Suites on Freedom Class too. We have reserved on on Indy next year.

Oh no. You are going to bring the negative posters out of the woodwork now! Hold on.🙃

Yeah in my chemistry days we used to call that stopping the chain reaction.🙂

Yes all 4 of the Radiance Class ships are still sailing and are quite popular. About 2500 passengers. The new Discovery class if designed of the same size will likely hold more passengers and have more suites (my speculations entirely). So probably more crowded. It will take at least another 3 years to see one I think.

I view Reclining seats as setting off a chain reaction. The person reclines in front of you. You need to recline for more space. The person behind you then needs to recline. etc. etc. It goes all the way to the poor person in the last row against the wall truly squished! Ha Ha.😁

The scuttlebutt from the RCCL side is that Royal is going to build a new line of smaller ships (Discovery class). Early discussion is that they will be Radiance-Class and M-Class size. We shall see.

I believe that the CK staff pretty much recognizes you and knows you should be there after a couple of days. Same as Luminae. In CK they try to always give you the same waiter and he/she definitely knows you. The people coming from the lounge and sitting down - I think that is not common without checking in and getting a table. I guess it could happen.

Agree with you here. But it is the followers that make them think that they are the center of the universe. I never follow anybody. I don't need more uneducated biased opinions from self-made celebrities!

Do you have any specific questions or concerns? It would be easier to answer your query. You will be Diamond on RCCL.

Bloggers are generally one-sided and it is their opinion. It maybe is not helpful to you but it might be for others. By the way, as for cruise experience, she has been on 20 cruises and is D+ on RCCL with now equivalent status on Celebrity.

Well you wrap that over the zip ties of course to make them even more secure!🤪

Totally agree!

@phoenix_dream your posts are usually accurate and I am usually in agreement. This one- I would wait a bit until others here on CC have confirmed this with maybe pictures. And if it is more than Reflection. Don't cancel yet.....😀

Sometimes re-pricing comes at a cost other than lower price so be careful and weigh everything. For example, if you have OBC that might be a factor in re-pricing.