mayleeman

We did a B2B on Allure in 2019 and watched Mama Mia on both legs. I had always avoided it, but we thoroughly enjoyed it. By comparison, the production on Reflection earlier that year looked like an opium den come to life in a crappy dinner theater. I thought somebody was running a psychology experiment or something.

Maybe they ran numbers and decided the cost of Captains Club benefits is too much unreimbursed expense. Let other lines who match status foot the bill of rewarding you and fellow Zeniths for your X loyalty. We moved to a golf course community and joined 3 years ago (annual fee only). A new owner has decided to drive members out because he thinks the members are getting too good a deal. Our mens' and womens' groups make up about 70 to 80% of the play and he thinks we will pay daily rates and keep playing as much (WRONG!). Just like Celebrity, he has decided to reduce expenses to try to max profit, and after raising rates this year has now cut out amenities and reduced access to what could be a great restaurant and 19th hole. Most of his staff has quit, but his newly appointed course director is destroying it full speed ahead. When this started happening here last year, we thought cruising would be a nice escape. Now, not so much. "Look, honey, less for a higher price. Just like home!"

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Thank you for that. Mayleeman, Esq. (Ret'd)

We live across the street from one of the Margaritavilles. It is a major party community. I expect they will have a wake with one type of drink VERY heavily consumed.

Reading the reasoning why the guarantee is not a guarantee reminds me of John Candy explaIning the "rules" of poker in Stripes.

Clarification: It is after the final payment deadline that you don't get price adjustments. If you were entitled to a price guarantee adjustment, you would still get a refund, not just credit, if you had paid the whole amount prior to the deadline.

I am eager to see some experiences here that are contemporary!

Some people say we make more complaints here on this board compared to the other lines. I'd say it is likely 20% because we admire and subconsciously wish to emulate Celebrity.

Fun while it lasted...like cookies.

Sure, we told her we wanted to get back for the fun. But we all knew it was really because the food was far better. Now, if anyone likes fishsticks twice a week...my childhood would be ideal!

News release from Celebrity: "We have noted the overwhelming response by our veteran passengers to a varriety of small fees and changes to certain amenities. This level of enthusiasm demonstrates our passengers' unqualified support for our revenue raising efforts designed to enhance our reknowned quality. "To thank our passengers, we will soon (at an undisclosed time with no notice) begin adding a percentage-based surcharge to all payments made when passengers complete Final Payment. We believe the anticipation of this surcharge, to be called "Special - Charge - Randomly - Enhancing- Wonderfulness," will eliminate the boredom in waiting 90 more days with nothing to get excited about until embarking. To make it even more fun, the amounts to be charged, and the passengers paying it, will be completely random. (We do suggest pax using credit cards ensure a safe cushion in their credit lines.)" "We are so excited about S-C-R-E-W!"

Not speaking ill of my mother' cooking...but she told her friends that us boys seemed way too eager to get back to the dorm dining rooms.

So a bartender handing you a bottle of beer isn't doing his job but gets a tip, but someone loading and wheeling a few hundred bottles to the exit for departing pax is only doing a job because you grab one. People spend thousands on a cruise and then nit pick on gratuities.

At least in your example somebody had to lug the bottles to the departure alcove.

Or by not booking at all. Unfortunately our plan after our 3.5 years delayed Feb cruise.

I am confused...Why did you write 'At the risk of prolonging this lengthy thread..."? Seems @zitsky was only responding to your comment about prolonging it.

It has been 4 years since we cruised, and never ate in Murano. Are there extra charges for extra appetizers or entrees? Just made a rez for our Feb 3 Reflection.

You are responding to a joke.... 😏

Or just cancel if you don't like stress.

@markeb Bringing up Circuit City is interesting because they managed to commit business suicide by trying to make cuts to increase profitability. The issue for dissatisfied cruisers isn't the effort to get profitable again. It is the constant changing of what is provided to customers who had been offered something else when they booked. As well as the changes made with little or no acknowledgment that they were cutting back. Only a business whose model involves prepaid (by months) nonrefundable revenue could try to get away with that.

You obviously don't have the feature turned on that might show you how wrong you are about cruises taken and planned by @mahasamatman. He knows whereof he speaks.

Sooooooo tempting to adopt the port name as my attitude bumper sticker....

Ever had the Ranger cookies on Royal? I thought they were perfect! I don't remember Celebrity's, though.

Wish there was an outside to tell some bickerers to take their fight to. Bars are better than forums!