MarinerAlex

Agree… I left the boat 2 weeks ago and it was pretty green, soft and lush. Maybe its been too cold?

Hey Jim and Lain, I was on the Nov 12 sailing and first time on the boat, and loved it. “Regular” cruise, no suite, not perks and it was great. Will be interested to hear your perspectives as you experience it over the next 2 weeks. For me, the cruise director is top notch, and the people in the main dining / buffet were as well. Was so glad to call this home for all of 7 days.

For anyone interested, there seems to be a stackable promotion using the credit card of the platinum variety through Nov 30. Seems to get an additional $200 OBC for bookings up to 8 nights, $300 for 9 nights or more. This is stackable with the current Celebrity promotion, as well as if you book through the cruise privileges program you would get that OBC as well. For cruises through 2024 I believe.

OP here, lots of good warnings on this thread. I’m going to wait this out this the last minute, if I can go I’ll go, if not then I’ll cancel and not get on the ship. That seems to be the 2 best options based on the observations provided but this thread.

Great guidance Jim, thank you

I have a cruise coming up in November which I may need to cut short (e.g. leave the cruise midway) due to work, and have a few questions: 1. Do I need to tell Celebrity beforehand, or is this something that I would just handle once I’m on the cruise? 2. Would I still get all the CC points for the entire 7 night sailing, or just for the 3 to 4 nights I would actually be on the cruise? What other things should I be considering? I would prefer to still go on the cruise for a few nights, rather than cancelling this outright.

Are we sure this applies to Solstice class as well? It’s not advertised at all. Also, I’m kind of skeptical I would get all that alcohol included for my reservation during a port day of < $100. Maybe it’s just on sea days when you get free alcohol, where the alcove is around $250?

Hopefully that worked and you can see the email

Just received an email for my upcoming Nov 2022 cruise that tips increasing $17.50 / day regular rooms $18/day AC / Concierge $21 / day suites You can prepay now at today’s rate. New rates effective 10/17.

I recently came off my 1st Celebrity cruise, staying in the Retreat. The service was great, though I found it to be too much at times… passenger to crew ratio was about 1.2 to 1. I also ran into some of the same folks all the time, and not particularly the ones I wanted to see all too often. This is my fear with the smaller ships, meeting the same people over and over, and being “pestered” by crew all the time. Admittedly, I’m a low needs traveler and quite independent.

Seems systems cant be accessed right now, I’m worry more IT glitches can occur. I do have my invoice from the original booking, so hopefully when website is back up and running my OBC is still the same.

Thanks, mine only posted as 1x, so looks like I need to call them

All port side deck 4, 10 and 11 by the mast bar. No smoking in the casino.

Did any solo cruisers get double points off a recent sailing from the solo cruise sale? I just checked my balance from a cruise last week, and its only showing up as 1x point, and it was a cruise with no solo supplement. Just curious what everyone’s experience has been.