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50 minutes ago, cruisestitch said:

If this happened on the ship, did they give you an opportunity to retrieve the non-offending adapters?

Nope. I tried. Spoke to 2 different people in guest relations and no matter how many times I told them there were non-corded adapters there, they were adamant that they were even though nobody bothered to look at them. Then they told me they would have the ship electrician look at them and they left me a voicemail claiming my adapters were "extension cords" (they were not and I did not bring a power strip). I'm assuming the electrician never looked at them and they just said that to appease me. My stateroom attendant was kind enough to let me borrow a cell phone charger so I could plug in my phone cord and my sister let me borrow an extra adapter. Thankfully, I had also brought some power banks. Seriously, they went overboard on this. I was perfectly willing to leave anything that was not allowed (even though they had been ok on other ships). However, they just bundled every single thing I had without checking it just because ONE of them had a cord. Just one. Lesson learned: do not bring anything that has a cord and do not bundle them all together; pack them separately.  

On 8/6/2022 at 11:40 AM, doktor71 said:

I have been reading in reviews that the non surge charging strip like the photo below has been confiscated by cruise lines.  It has also been stated that the only charging adapters permitted are ones with USB ports only. Does anyone have knowledge on what is permitted? I need to purchase as we have “Many” devices that need to be charged, and do not want to have it confiscated on embarkation.

 

Took this on the Reflection and it was confiscated. Also, my EU power adapters and another one that had a cord. Basically, all my adapters were confiscated. I was very upset. They were all in one bag in my suitcase and they just branded everything as confiscated because one of them had a power cord. Ridiculous. My sister had one identical adapter and it was not confiscated. The rules are not applied consistently. 

We recently upgraded to CS from Sky Suite on the Edge and loved it. With the changes to the butler service, we decided to upgrade and do not regret it. We paid $1k/pp for the upgrade and we loved the separate bedroom and our butler bringing our lattes every morning. Our butler and room steward decorated the room on my birthday and it was a lovely surprise. My husband is a night owl and I get up early, so having a separate bedroom with its own TV was great. Plus we loved the spacious accommodations. Like someone else mentioned, people would not bid if they didn't think it was worth it and we all have different levels of "worthiness" vs value. My daughter had a sky suite and enjoyed it (though she did miss having a butler - not that we ask them to do much more than morning coffee). So, in my long, rambling way, I'm trying to say that a sky suite will be just fine (and you'll have a great time), but if you can splurge for the extra space and butler service without seriously hurting your pocketbook, then go for it.

Ship: Edge

Cruise length:  7 nights

Sail date:  20 SEP 2023

Captain’s Club Tier:  Classic

Booked through Celebrity Direct or via TA: booked cruise through TA

Current Cabin: Magic Carpet Suite-MS

Bid? Yes

If Yes- Bidding Details:

Cabin Category: Celebrity Suite and Royal Suite

Notification Date: 28 AUG 2023, 26 days before sailing

Accepted/Rejected: ACCEPTED Celebrity Suite

General comments: Bid $1,000 pp for CS (min bid) and $1780 pp ($30 over min) for RS

I'm also very interested in this topic and OP has covered every question I had as well so it saves a duplicate post! 

I just submitted a bid for upper suites and this is the acknowledgement at the bottom stating that bids into Royal, Edge Villa, Penthouse, Reflection and Iconic Suites will receive amenity inclusion of premium beverage package and premium WiFi.