NMTraveller

With the reports of kids going wild on Celebrity ships I would pay extra for an adults only cruise.

Where they will be selling Titanic vape by Ship Wreck.

Try S class it has an older demographic on board. Also book cruises longer than 7 days. I find the S class ships to be quiet and relaxing and not crowded.

So this is a union protection political thing? 10 Ferry services in Michigan seems rather insignificant in the grand scheme of things. I understand protecting USA jobs, but perhaps there is a better way to go forward and at the same time boosting the USA economy!

And from many reports they do not enforce the no vaping in the other areas of the ship... They lost their market niche of no smoking/vaping... Yet another area where Celebrity was one step ahead but gave it up...

I have not seen this. Did you cancel and then rebook your excursions?

My recollection is that Celebrity has a tendency to overcook it therefore the rubbery texture... A well cooked lobster is very good...

Have you actually sailed on E class?

We have a place in Las Vegas that you young uns would likely enjoy. The STK Steakhouse. IHMO it is a steakhouse masquerading as a night club.

Just curious on your opinion of revolutionized ships? Like them better or prefer pre revolution?

Perhaps the cheerleaders could send Celebrity a monthly check to keep them in business... 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

It will not change for the upteenth time since January?

I would not cancel the Daniel Boulud dinner. The Christmas Eve dinner was ahem rather basic. Not many choices IMHO. A nice menu but few choices. My opinion is that the Christmas Eve dinner menu and New Years Eve dinner menus are not nearly as good as Boulud.

The stockholders paying for it would be fine with me. But perhaps that is why this will not happen. Stockholder profits vs cruising experience I will take cruising experience. And PLEASE leave out the fallacy that RCL is going broke and filing for bankruptcy... ( a popular excuse for many cheerleaders...)

In the evenings or the morning? For us it was packed in the mornings even though they added extra space. OMG the whole ship felt packed due to the reduced number of public spaces. I guess that loud and shouty and packed is a positive with the younger generation.

You forgot the stockholders who saw the stock price go from $60 to over $100. All hail the stockholders... No doubt that they are doing things right to increase profits and to increase their bonuses.

Yep. That is our plan for Millie... Go to Tuscan and eat outside when in port...

Well I can tell you that the cost of my cruise spiked up about $200 or so with the additional charges ... Then you add the cost of specialty dining for the cruise to get a decent menu.

Refer to post #974. While I think that he missed about half of the cuts that were ahem supposed to increase "customer satisfaction" @mayleeman nailed it! I would neither classify myself as a pessimist or an optimist, but rather a realist. You can call me Captain Obvious if you want. I don't find realism draining but refreshing. It is best to go in with realistic expectations. Now in the remote chance that they implement this so-called "upgrade" to the upper suites and the upper suites are happy I will gladly agree with your assessment.

When they decrease the number of butlers and you lose the connection with your personal butler why drink the koolaid. When this has never worked in the past why believe it will work now?

No. Improvement for who? The cruiser or the cruise line. All changes they have done recently have been an improvement for the cruise line.

Apparently they do not even enforce where you can and can't vape on the ship. See a post above yours...

It was the Free at Sea package. Free drinks, free excursions, free specialty dining, and free Wi-Fi.

For the cruise itinerary I was looking at NCL had a junior suite for quite a bit less than a balcony on Celebrity. Plus NCL had all of the extras...

Booz cruise.