Stupot74

Thankyou all, I just called Celebrity and the agent confirmed that the children get the Zero Proof Drink Package as part of the all-included fare.

We have booked all-included, and adults have upgraded to the Premium Drink Package. Do the children get the Zero Proof Drink Package automatically, or does this package have to be purchased? If the package isn't automatic or purchased, does every kid's drink get charged to the account?

So I received a reply from Celebrity to my enquiry: We hope this email finds you well! Since one adult is on each reservation, kindly note that we will require the information below for the reservation in which the Non-Legal Guardian will travel with the minor. However, if one parent or legal guardian is next to the cabin they are staying there will be no need for the information below. Passport or the child's birth certificate (original, a notarised copy or a certified copy). Visa for child if applicable. Original notarised Letter of Permission signed by at least one of the child's parents/legal guardians to be kept with the child. Copy of signed & notarised Letter of Permission to be handed in when boarding. Notarised copy of Proof of legal guardianship or parents (consists of official, court-issued legal documents that show the minor's name and identify that the adult signing the Letter of Permission is their legal guardian. E.g. child's birth certificate. So I guess, I won't need the Letter of Permission, because my partner who is the parent, will be staying in an adjoining cabin.

I've had so much contradictory advice (both here and on another forum) that I'm just going to get the formed signed by both the travelling parent and the non-traveling parent. I have had no advice from Celebrity directly. I have made up kind of a cover story so hopefully it will all stay as a surprise until embarkation. If all this paperwork is required, I do wonder what happens when the non-traveling parent is dead - does one have to bring a death certificate as well to prove that they can't sign the form?

This is correct. In one stateroom is booked a custodial parent and one child, and in an adjoining stateroom is booked a non-custodial adult (me) and the other child. We plan for one adult and one child to actually swap once we are on board, so that the adults and children will sleep in separate staterooms. I'm not so worried about the permissibility of that. My main concern is about getting on the ship in the first place. In the Celebrity booking system we have two separate bookings. An agent at the embarkation port may look at the booking for my stateroom, see that the child and I have different surnames, and ask for a 'Letter of Permission'.

The Celebrity website does not allow me to book a stateroom with no adults in it, whether or not the staterooms are connected.

This is from Celebrity's Terms & Conditions..... Guests who do not meet the age requirement will not be assigned to a stateroom unless accompanied in the same stateroom by an adult meeting the age requirement. This age limit will be waived for children sailing with their parents or guardians in connecting staterooms. A guest’s age is established as their age upon the first day of sailing. Connecting staterooms are counted as different staterooms for this policy, except for minors sailing with their parents or legal guardians in adjacent staterooms. Adjacent staterooms are staterooms that are physically directly next door or directly across the hall – the doors to the staterooms have to be in the same hallway as one another. ...... Adults who are not the parent or legal guardian of any minor aged 17 or under travelling with them are required to present the minor’s valid passport and applicable visa (or for domestic Australian sailings a certified copy of minor’s birth certificate) and 1 original legally affirmed or notarised letter signed by at least one of the minor’s parents/legal guardians along with 1 copy of the legally affirmed or notarised letter. The letter must authorise the travelling adult to take the minor on the specified cruise and must authorise the travelling adult to supervise the minor, sign applicable sports waivers and permit any medical treatment that must be administered to the minor which in the opinion of the treating doctor needs to be carried out without delay. My question is: Am I still required to carry a permission letter as specified by the third paragraph, despite the provisions of the first two paragraphs?

Ok story time....... We had originally booked just a single stateroom. However I was never comfy with the 4 of us sharing a room, so I upgraded us to 2 interconnecting rooms. The girls know, but if possible I want this to remain a surprise for my partner when we get on the ship. My problem is that my partner is the legal parent and I am not, and I would need her to sign the paperwork. And that will cause inevitable questions and probably give the game away. Perhaps I should frame it as "Please sign this form......this will just give me permission to do things with the girls on the ship without you having to be there......."

I suppose my question boils down to: Does the other legal adult (ie person over 18 / 21 but not a parent or guardian) booked in the room with the other minor, require the 'Letter of Permission' form. Sorry if I'm labouring this point.... I have emailed Celebrity with this question - no reply as yet.

Thankyou. My situation is slightly different, in that a legal parent will be present in our group - however just not booked in the same stateroom as one of the children.

We are a group of four (2 Adults & 2 Children 13yo & 10 yo) sailing in May 2024. We are booked in 2 interconnecting staterooms, hence have 2 linked bookings. One adult and child is booked in one stateroom, and the other adult and child are booked in the other stateroom. We intend for the adults to actually sleep in one stateroom and the children in the other. One adult is neither related to, or a legal guardian of, either child. Will this adult (me) need a signed and notarised Royal Caribbean Group 'Letter of Permission' to be able to board the ship with the child nominated in the booking? Thankyou! Edit: Will Celebrity consider the child booked with me in my stateroom as travelling separately from their parent, considering that the staterooms are adjoining and connected?

I don't have a premise and I don't think there's a problem. It's just 2 observations: (1) that, going by reviews alone, people on this board enjoy Celebrity Cruises less than many people elsewhere on the internet, and (2) people on this board seem to be more polarised in their opinion of Celebrity Cruises than many people elsewhere on the internet.

Yes, I'll definitely do that! Edit: Hopefully I can make it a bit more circumspect than what I'm often reading here.

Food is talked about often, but 'food in particular' is less frequent.

Probably not. This is the first time I've posted my opinion about a thread. It will likely be the last. Edit: Sorry, I thought you were replying to me!