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And if this is going to be their model going forward, and in fairness to the crew and passengers, they need to re-think their concept of butler offerings to all suites.

It is confusing that’s for sure! Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

Add me to the group that does the pre-paid tips and tips extra to butler, room steward and Luminae wait staff. Although premium drink package is included, so I am paying it, I do not drink alcohol but would not tip extra for drinks, IMO 20% included more than covers that.

But when the ship is in port…

I’m curious, other than the standard post cruise survey, has Celebrity ever contacted you directly to follow up for more detail? Wonderful review, thank you for sharing this!

If they were a big spender, who knows. I spent a fair amount of $$$$$ (fair, I'm lying to myself) on my cruise in Dec. and got a "free" cruise, inside cabin (never), 4 nighter (too short), horrible itin. OR a $500 credit...guess which I took!

Sailed on Summit for 9 days in Dec. 2023. Absolutely loved the ship, the Celebrity Suite, the incredible attentive service and dining in Luminae. Don't hesitate to give it a go, she is in great shape.

Its not included with RS, you have to pay to eat there.

I believe that It’s 6 months

Very interesting selection by Cunard, and perhaps a risky one.

I purchased 2 FCC on board in Dec 2023. I booked the cruise I wanted on March 3, 2024 and the booking date on my confirmation says Dec 10, 2023, the date of on board purchase.

I wish you both a wonderful cruise, it sure seems that you both deserve to enjoy the RS! I’ll be in a Eclipse RS in March 2025, like you we got an incredible deal, too good to pass up.

At that venue, party of four does make more sense actually.

Other than being made whole for out of pocket, no you should not.

The thing I enjoy about Celebrity is the lack of a dress "code" but rather the suggested chic attire. I like to wear a blazer with collared shirt (oxford or golf) casual slacks. I will say most, but definitely not all, dress similiar. I have seen many couples on my cruises in tux, long dresses, sequins etc and never IMO did anyone look to me or appear to be overdressed or uncomfortable.

If you dock at the main port, embarkation will be very easy and fairly quick. I don't think traffic will be an issue, so you should have no problem getting to the venue for a 10am start.

The same on Edge

In my circumstance, date of booking was listed as Dec. 10, 2023, which is when I purchased on board, but I did not actually select which cruise until March 2024 and another one I made in April also shows as booking date Dec. 10, 2023.

Exactly why I NEVER assign a number to a person. They are all far more than that and deserve at least a few words or a sentence of two with their name spelled out. Though I can say that I've never had an unpleasant encounter with any crew member ever, and if I had I'd most likely chalk it up to his/her being human or perhaps didn't have enough coffee before starting their shift 🙂 etc etc. If a meal wasn't to my liking I'd say something at the time, it gets corrected and is a minor inconvenience in the scheme of 10+ days sailing in a suite across the ocean with an almost always glorious crew of hard working folks treating me like I'm the only person on board.

That's SOP in many fields.

It sure looks that way: If I was not so technologically challenged, I'd post the same snippet from my booking, but when I do it just comes up in the post as word typed doc.

This is interesting for me. Let me give my example: Dec 2023, on board Summit, I purchased 2 FCC's, paid $100 for each, so total paid was $200 but for 2 separate certificates. In March I just booked a 12 night TA on Eclipse in a RS for March 2025, they only used 1 of the FCC total of $100 deposit for both me and my husband, thus I still had a $100 FCC to use. I then decided to make this a B2B and booked the preceeding cruise in the same RS to the TA and used the remaining $100 FCC but again for the two of us. So we have a $100 (x2) TOTAL deposit for each individual cruise. Are they now handling these different?

FCC has to be purchased on board.

You can't make a $1 deposit. If you buy or book a FCC on board you can do a $100 deposit, non-refundable. You probably should go peruse the website and do a few mock bokkings to see what deposit amount and cost of cruise you might be looking at for refundable v non.

Never even did I mention a scape goat. Simply said the captain is in charge and responsible, and he/she is.