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So to follow up, I finally called again today and got no push back. The additional points for the suite were added to my account before I got off the phone. Thanks again for your help on this!

Closer to 300% than 250% for what I've looked at today.

I priced a European cruise today in the Retreat and the solo quote is approx. $18k. For two people the total for both is $13k. So this one is $5k more if you book solo vs. booking two people. Its ridiculous.

I had a similar experience on my VV cruise about a week ago. It became a joke to most people on the ship about how many swingers were on that cruise.

This is exactly my cruise. ONE reservation is allowed. Not sure why you insist on saying it's definitely not the case when your post agrees with what I've been saying.

That hasn’t been the case for this cruise. You were allowed one reservation pre-departure. This was communicated via emails pre-departure and via message in the VV system if you tried to book more than one reservation. By 3 PM on departure day, that’s the time I tried to make reservations, literally everything was booked with the exception of Gumbae. I got a reservation at the Wake due to a cancellation on day three.

Only the omelet is available. I went two different nights and asked three different VV order takers. I wanted the French toast burger. Instead, the first night I got a gross omelet that was more American cheese than anything (even though the description called for cheddar). It was made with 1-2 eggs and after three attempts of asking for the sweet potato tots and being delivered regular tots, I gave up. The steak sandwich isn’t on the menu, isn’t on display at the counter, none of the order takers offered that there was anything other than what is on the menu, and I haven’t seen a single person with such a sandwich. What’s the point of having a reservation if anyone can just show up without one? The reservations on this ship have been filled up for every restaurant and for every night with the exception of Gumbae. I’m glad that a lot of people on here have had a great experience with dining on VV. It’s just not been my experience at all. You’re allowed to make one dining reservation pre-departure. So I was able to eat at the Well. My opinion of that is that it’s a glorified main dining room. The food isn’t on the level of specialty dining restaurants on other cruise lines. Adjust expectations accordingly.

This is true at lunch. At dinner, it’s a very different story. I’m on the Scarlet Lady right now and these are your choices: • sushi • salad • burger • omelet That’s it. There is no all day breakfast as many have stated on here except for the omelet. Outside of the restaurants that require reservations, it’s slim pickings at dinner. Other non-reservation restaurants have pizza, hot dogs, and pretzels. It’s really disappointing since reservations at the restaurants that require reservations are nearly impossible to get.

I’m sure others have experienced this, too. However, it’s gotten to the point of being ridiculous. For every cruise I’ve booked direct with Celebrity in the past year, weeks after final payment, I get an urgent email that a balance is all of a sudden due. Usually the balance is a multiple of the cruise price. For example, the one i got this week showed a balance due of $18k. This is after I paid the cruise in full of $11.5k. Somehow, after making the final payment, Celebrity’s systems nearly tripled the price. Multiple requests to my PCC at Celebrity have gone unanswered (as usual) and I finally just spent 45 minutes on the phone getting someone else to fix this or else my cruise would’ve been cancelled. it’s frustrating enough to get these notices of amounts due but equally frustrating that I can’t get my PCC to respond. My prior PCC rarely responded too. Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent this going forward?

I've actually held said role and we did this exact thing on several occasions. We also didn't keep people around that we no longer wanted. Why would any one think that's a good idea?

Disagree. Totally appears to me that she wanted to retire and they moved her to a “fluff” role to make the transition more smooth.

Actually, what a company (or a person) pays for its debt is a pretty good indicator of creditworthiness. Carnival is paying more on its debt than Royal Caribbean.

Actually, both have 15 and Celebrity has another one coming into service this year.

Well Carnival is paying higher rates on its debt than RC and RC's stock has a more favorable outlook from stock analysts than Carnival. Virgin's info isn't public but what we do know is that starting up doing the pandemic really hurt them and that they were running many cruises late last year and early this year at losses. They just announced another capital raise this week. Richard Branson only has a token investment in Virgin Voyages.

I’m what way? Celebrity has newer ships, more ships, better food, and better service. Plus, it’s in a much more strong financial position than Carnival or Virgin.