Rick&Jeannie

In other words...it's only for the people who do not *need* a $0.99 deposit!

Another vote for International Friends. We did the exact same as the OP is asking about, though we had a hotel pickup. We had come in a couple of days early but used this as our ship transfer.

Have you sailed since Princess converted to Starlink? Most everyone who has sailed since that point have raved about how good it is...certainly better than what it used to be!

You *have* seen Castaway, right? 😀

We've done The Catch I think 4 times now over the past 9 months or so...crab cakes have always been on the menu.

I don't understand why you would think that they would *not* assign any available cabin in the requested bid category.

I wouldn't touch it!

Same here!

You'll probably have better luck by posting on a current roll call for the Crown....

See post #21 for actual numbers

No, the bid page that I am seeing shows both of the categories I referenced above; AquaClass Sky Suite and a "plain" Sky Suite with the unusual bid pricing I gave.

It sounds like you are saying that the AquaClass Sky Suite is "more desirable" as I suspected. Why then is the "plain" SkySuite showing as more for the bid?

And...also note that you are (seemingly) not limited to what is printed on the paper breakfast door hanger. I always write in "English Muffins, toasted" and have always received them, regardless of ship or type of cabin we're in. I have to assume that there might be *some* things that they might not honor as a write in...just pointing out what has worked for us. YMMV!

Logged in with my normal username/password. (Chrome) All good.

OK...consider me officially confused! I got into the upgrade page. I *assume* that the cabins are listed from the most spacious/desirable/expensive top to bottom down the left-hand side of the page. It shows an Aqua Class Sky Suite above a "plain" Sky Suite at the very bottom of the list. Is the only difference between these two cabins the addition of "AquaClass"...meaning access to Blu, etc.? My confusion comes from the fact that the range of bidding is $0-$1650 for the AquaClass Sky Suite and the regular Sky Suite is $0-$2060...making it appear more expensive than the AquaClass Sky Suite. What am I missing here?

Just send an email to captain.stubing@celebrity.com and let him know you're interested in dining with him. He answers in a very timely manner....

OP here...I got a response from the email sent above which successfully gets me in to the bidding section. Thanks to all who replied. Now I've got some number crunching to do!

@Dos Enchie, I'm sorry you had such an issue with your cruise. I'm not so much a regular here on the Celebrity board but I have an upcoming cruise booked on the Millie. Regardless, welcome to Cruise Critic.

OP here; Well, I've sent an email...we'll see if anything happens. I'm not going to get bent out of shape if nothing comes of it. It's just that we recently sailed in our very first suite (Princess) and I think we're spoiled to the core now!!! 😄

Not a single email to date. That's what I found so surprising.

On our first cruise right after the restart they did this. It was nice...everyone was smiling.

Isn't that a bit harsh? 😀

On our last cruise (2 months back) I was getting similar messages regarding our medallions...need to order...AND I HAD THEM IN HAND! 😄

Glad it worked out for you!