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What about speciality coffees?

Are cakes included at Al Bacio?

And is gelato free at the ice-creamery?

What happens if there is a huge amount of rooms still available on a cruise? Do they upgrade people or leave them be?

I notice on the cruise I'll be leaving in 1.5 months it's only 2/3, if that, full.

5 hours ago, Missyfoti said:

• Ship:  Equinox
• Length of Cruise: 7
• Cruise Sail Date: Jan 18 2020
• Date email offer received: 60 days
• Captain’s Club Tier:  Classic
• Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA:  Celebrity
• Current Cabin: inside cabin 10
• Bid?  Yes/No: Yes

If YES -  Bidding Details:

• Cabin Category: veranda & CC
• Bid Offer: Veranda bid $200 , CC $260
• Notification Date: 3 days before
• Accepted / Rejected: Accepted Veranda 2A 😬 ( my pricing is in Canadian dollars)

Nice! is that one of the Aft cabins?

Don't CC cabins have more desirable locations?

Also, they're larger on M class.

I think 1 Day pass to the garden and free upgrade to premium drinks package would be a good incentive.

8 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

We dined on Summit a couple times in the last year.   One was a regular dinner and the other was Chef Daniel Boulud and the second was a regular Tuscan Dinner.

 

 

Hi Jim, Can you please tell me more about the Daniel Boulud dinner? I'm very interested in this one

4 hours ago, jelayne said:

 On the S & M class there is no difference in the actual cabin size, or décor.

 

 

M class are bigger by 20 sq ft aren't they?

1 minute ago, MamaFej said:

Hubby just clarified for me that regular verandas do have an egg sandwich on the menu (think Egg McMuffin) and you can get cooked to order breakfast for $7 extra per person. So at $14 for hot breakfast, the extra $6 for the points could be worth it.

 

Enjoy!

It's a move up, so no extra points, but bigger room and better location for the $6, now that's worth it!

5 minutes ago, MamaFej said:

One thing we appreciated when we were able to get CC cabins for very minimal increases was the cooked to order room service breakfast. In a regular balcony, you can get coffee, tea, pastries and fruit, but in CC and Aqua (and, I assume, suites) you can also get cooked to order hot items like eggs, meats, and more. We appreciated having a hot breakfast on our balcony before showering and heading out for the day. We always got our meal at the beginning of the requested delivery window. 

 

The extra points helped, as well. Our next cruises will be B2B2B2B for 50 days, and we will be most grateful for four bags of laundry each. Now that we have that benefit, we are unlikely to seek points unless it's a terrific deal, as the distance to the next level is significant.

Wow that's a huge bonus! I thought veranda cabins were able hot breakfast. 

Really... for $20 more a day pp, I'd get guaranteed better cabin location, bigger room AND hot breakfast delivered... Think I've made the decision!

10 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

The CC cabins in M class are bigger. I liked that.

The C2 locations are very good, if you’re not into “afts”.

I thought the embarkation day lunch would be a nice perk, until I’ve discovered 1) that the menu is very limited and 2) the hours are even more limited — 11.30-13.00.

The extra points also will not “help” me, since I don’t cruise much and I’m already elite 😁

 

Yes, embarkation for me is 8 pm, so we'll miss out on that, although it's always nice having a bigger cabin and location.

By the way...Not the famous poker player are you?

1 hour ago, upwarduk said:

You cannot change an assigned cabin via ‘Move up.’

 

Yes, hence why I would like to know whether to pay for CC over trusting veranda. I could easily get a veranda lumped in front of a lifeboat or window washing equipment

1 hour ago, Denny01 said:

We’ve gone with C SR’s on M-Class a number of times. More room, larger veranda and more than a few C SRs have extended verandas. from my knowledge, there are no ‘bad’ location C Class SRs (obstructed views and so on). 

 

My very biased/subjective opinion is I’d go with it. 

 

Den

1 minute ago, Perky1 said:

No obstructed , but from looking at the ships a lot of the aqua cabins have a pole going thru the Sid of the balcony.  We book concierge because of extra points and we usually get it cheaper than a regular balcony, embarkation lunch is nice,

Fantastic, this is what I'm most enquiring about. If I've got the best chance to have a good cabin location then I think it's worth it.

2 minutes ago, omeinv said:

On the M class, the C1 Concierge, which are Aft facing are great because they have huge balconies.  Otherwise, I don't think any have particularly bad locations. Before I put a Move-Up bid in, I'd look at the current price to do a paid upgrade.  If you do that you get to select your cabin, and you get the additional Captain's Club points.

 

You can use the "sticky" at the top of the Celebrity forum here, and and the site www.cruisedeckplans.com to help in cabin selection. 

 

Feel free to use the link in my signature if I can help with specifics.

 

Harris

Denver, CO

Fantastic info, thank you!

20 minutes ago, omeinv said:

No.  Any Move-Up can be any cabin within the category.  If you're happy with your current cabin, you could easily get something less desirable, especially if you go to Aqua Class, which has a lot of cabins under the pool deck. 

 

Harris

Denver, CO

 

 

Are CC cabins all good cabin locations though? Any obstructed cabins in CC?

11 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

To me it would not be worth $130 pp for a 7 night cruise.   About all you get is embarkation lunch in MDR and extra points per night.   Also remember the $130 may just be the minimum bid.

Could I be guaranteed a better cabin location? To me that would be worth the money.

5 minutes ago, 39august said:

All veranda cabins are the same size on S class ships. I would not pay anything to "up grade" to a concierge cabin. You get a bottle of cheap bubbly, MDR lunch on embarkation day and 2 points more per night. That's it.

It's M class, I would be more interested in room location with CC, if there is any benefit to that?

Would Aqua be worth $400 pp? We're not too fussed about Blu or the Garden but I would rather have a decent room and location.

Is it worth the $130 pp for 7 nights to upgrade to CC with celebrity move up, as opposed to veranda? (M class)

I'm sure there are "bad" rooms they can assign with veranda but are there any "bad" rooms for concierge class?

21 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

Thanks for your review.   Have to agree with you.   We also sailed right after Revolution and for the most part loved the upgrades.   There were of course some misses.

Hi Jim, what are some of those misses?

Once successful, can you call to ask for a particular room number?

Wow thank you so much for the detailed and quick replies!

I think for the cost of upgrade that Family Verandah and Verandah would be best value as I want to upgrade our drinks package. Our first cruise we did Concierge Class but I didn't think much of it, didn't really notice any bonus in it.

Hi there,

I have an inside room with classic drinks and gratuities included, I am wondering with a successful move up to Aqua, do you get premium drink package included, or any other perks?

Thanks in advance 🙂