Gracie115

All true.... but as a "Florida" resident I no longer have a desire to do the same Caribbean cruise over and over...especially at today's prices....or even at "bargain" rates that might be offered last minute. After 30+ cruises, vast majority with Celebrity we fully expect our booking on the Apex April TA to be the last for the forseeable future. We are looking around for better ways to spend our $$$'s. Things have changed A LOT with cruising since the pandemic and much not for the better...or maybe we just came to realize we can get more "bang for our buck" in other ways. I think there are others that feel the same.

Would be nice....but doubt that will happen....they stopped responding sometime before Covid and nothing since. As long as people keep paying the fare....no matter how high....they will just keep on doing what they're doing.

As did we on the Apex last November.....better than most other choices

I quoted the east bound TA in 2024. A comparison to this years at $8977 pp…. A year later at $18106 pp….and 2 days shorter…. Hey if X can get it more power to them…. But I’m not biting at that price…

Sure do...... and so is the JW Marriot ....

It's not rude. Our butler was appreciative of having our list (which was really only a few little things) rather than depend on him/her to remember everything said.

We love the Celebrity Suites on the "S" class!!! Enjoy it and Luminae!!! Worry about nothing, you will love it.

A lot better that the 10K they are asking for it.... though for a Sky 7 nights in Carib even $3500 isn't a bargain at all.

THAT's an absolutely ridiculous price for a Sky Suite on a one week cruise and in the Caribbean no less. THAT is not sustainable because I don't believe there are that many really foolish people who pay that price. At least I would certainly hope not.

Our Apex TA last fall was nearly 100% full and we had contact with the shoreside concierge. That's the only post Covid Celebrity sailing we've had.

We have been in a Celebrity Suite several times and have always been contacted by the onshore concierge.

Sorry but I disagree. Princess has not had the huge increases in suites that Celebrity has in the last year and going into 2024 and 2025. We're booked on a Princess in 2024 and the price is not markedly more than a similar sailing in 2019. Can't say the same for Celebrity. But as I have said, numerous times now, if X & yeah, Royal, can get it then more power to them......

It's everywhere, yes, but I've not seen the increases in Princess or Holland America that Celebrity is pushing. Increases, yes, but not to the tune of 100-300% increases. But, hey, if they can find people to pay it then more power to them.... until that's no longer true....

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I see, I was comparing the 2019 Silhouette TA that we were on (Apex was not yet in service) to the Apex sailings now. I hadn't looked at Silhouette's prices in 2024, nice to hear they are less but still crazy expensive.

Just checked the Celebrity site, I normally look elsewhere first, and the east bound Apex TA in 2024 has a Royal Suite at $17,127 per person, so, yes, about $1000 less than what I first stated...but still, crazy expensive.

I quoted the east bound TA in 2024. A comparison to this years at $8977 pp…. A year later at $18106 pp….and 2 days shorter…. Hey if X can get it more power to them…. But I’m not biting at that price…

Insane!!!!😨

Not looking for 2019 prices, that's unreasonable. But considering the price for a CS on Apex's TA in April 2024 is now well more than 150% more than it was in 2019 on Silhouette's April TA..... that's ALSO unreasonable. Or the 2019 price for a Royal Suite on a 13 night Silhouette TA at $5899 per person and now priced at $18106 per person for the 2024 13 night April TA...... not reasonable either. We love cruising, we also have been lucky enough to enjoy a CS and on a rare occasion an RS but these prices are crazy...... we'll see what the future brings.

Hope you enjoy both cruises. Sounds like you did get a great rate for Hawaii. We love to cruise too...... just have trouble justifying the rates as they are set today.

We are on the Apex TA in April and expect it will be our last Celebrity cruise unless something drastic happens with pricing. We have loved the product in the past but it is just becoming prohibitive price wise. The same is true for most other lines, so we, like others are looking at different vacation options. I hope things will improve in time but really don't expect a reversal of this trend in the foreseeable future.

Would love to see some new menus for Luminae. We will be on her for 15 nights on the April TA, so hoping there are some new items since our last sailing in November.

We never asked for anything more than water which they were happy to supply. Never thought to ask for anything else while in a CS as it's, officially anyway, "not" included.

This was one of my complaints on the November 22 Apex TA. Lots of trivia, but little else to do during the day.

Was that on the Apex TA last fall? I saw the exact same thing..........😆