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Very Many Happy Birthday wishes Graham 😊 Hope you've got a lovely day out planned and a nice meal out to look forward too Sue

Really enjoying your trip report Greg. You gave a great way with words and your videos are excellent. Loved hearing about your beach days and your sushi and sake lunch 😋 Glad you all got to meet up and are having such a good time

Mine doesn't mention Halloween sale but the water package has change from 20% discount two days ago to 40% So £22.72 for 12 litre bottles of Evian. Still more than my Sept cruise but not a bad price . Nothing else has changed as far as I can see Thanks for posting, made me check it and I then saw the bigger discount

I didn't start cruising wih Celebrity till 2021 so I wasn't aware that there use to be a lounge for Elites during HH, I am now.

Better price I guess

Ouch was exactly what I thought too ! Those standard 7 day Oasis class sailings were around £700 just a year or two ago

Thanks for this, I've forwarded details to my son and his partner . They are going on a much anticipated three day trip to Manhattan in mid Dec

Thanks OP for posting. Booked dinner at Giovanni's for £32.76 pp on Serenade, 25% off.

Yes, it's like a water bus, stopping and picking up in each village. I guess 20 to 30 min between each village. The last village we had to change boats and had around an hour before the next boat. I'm not sure if this was normal or just for that particular service. If you look at this link it has info and a timetable for the boat https://www.cinqueterre.eu.com/en/boat-excursions

Celebrity seems to be going the other way. An email from them advises they are setting aside an exclusive lounge for Elite and above during HH twice on a seven day sailing and three times on 8 days and above, plus their existing senior officers party and captains club welcome party. Of course HH drinks are available as normal in the other bars and lounges. This starts from January 2024

Thank you so much, I will definitely get it. It's the constant reading of ingredients that it wearing. For instance the egg white in vegetarian sausages or a potato snack I've got before changed their recipe to include pea protein. Luckily I saw the changed recipe sticker before giving to him. Legumes, dairy and eggs are some of his allergies

This is such great news, well done Ryan. Little ones can be very tough and resilient. As a grandma with a grandson with multiple allergies and other aliments who always seems to be in and out of hospital it is heartening to read such a positive outcome 👍

Thank you so much. I've never met him, though I feel I have through his great reviews and posts over the years. I do totally agree his blog belongs here on CC. I don't do fb but if that's where his review is I may have to join . The WC is going to so many amazing destinations, I can't wait to hear all about it

Graham, on Symphony in May there were only a handful of passengers in the DL during happy hour, it certainly wasn't full. If it was restricted to just Pins I don't think there will be anyone in there. Serenade in the Caribbean was busier but we often found a seat during HH, if not we just went next door to the lovely Viking Crown Lounge

I agree, I was very disappointed with Windjammer the one time we had dinner there last cruise. Unfortunately there isn’t a sommelier on RC now. But our asst. water on Serenade was absolutely fabulous and was very prompt in getting us drinks

On Serenade it was one queue for reservations and one queue without. We prebooked on the planner, usually around 7 to 7.30 Hardly any wait. Great servers and they said we could have the same table (for 4, but just us, so plenty of room to spread out ), and to just to go straight to our table each evening. There was hardly any queue that I noticed on any night

We've been on Symphony and Serenade this year. Loved both. Nothing really negative to say except maybe the DL on Symphony, (positing, snacks and service) was not as good as Serenade. Love the VC lounge on Jewel class. Gym was good too. Shows were better on Symphony though OK on Serenade. Food was similar, maybe slightly better on Serenade. Nice salad bar with hot and cold sandwiches and cookies in the Solarium cafe for lunch. Outstanding service from our waiters in the MDR on Serenade I guess we've been on more Jewel class ships than Oasis

There's a thread about RC changing the name of the Diamond Lounge to Crown Lounge and barring Diamonds during HH on busy sailings

Agree, capacity is capacity, it works like that anyway. On Serenade last month we would usually visit around 6.30 and most time there were no spare seats. No big deal, we would grab a few snacks and take them next door to the VC lounge.

Thanks Dave, it's nice that some on here don't have the 'I'm alright Jack' attitude . Feel for those who are almost at Diamond and looking forward to ALL the full diamond perks. Sue

I agree, we eat late-ish, ideally around 7 to 7.30, though on med cruises late dinning can be 8.30. Often skip lunch or just have a something light, so a few snacks in the DL with a couple of drinks hits the spot. The hor d'oeuvres are different to anything in the Windjammer and the other bars don't have snacks. Especially like ships where the DL is next to the Viking Crown lounge so plenty of seating if the DL is full. Oh well if we're kicked out of the DL as lowly Diamonds we'll just have to suck it up. Wonder if by the time we get to D+ it will be just a Pin lounge

Beautiful pictures as always Aussie. I think the Australian Tourist Board should employ you, you always make me want to visit Australian

Me too

They regularly have water in the planner with a bigger discount (30% I think) when they have one of their cruise planner promotions If you have enough time wait till the next promotion I didn't know you could buy water in Royal Gifts except for the deal with the cooler

I don't think the cost to provide is much for either. What the management may factor in is the money they are losing because D/D+/pins are not buying the DP and WiFi because of the perks provided at these levels