Happy Cruiser 6143

Last fall it was $10 for breakfast, $20 for lunch, and $30 for dinner.

My butlers on MSC have been mostly meh. I've had some fabulous butlers on Celebrity.

I had just returned from a trip to San Francisco the day before the quake. I had a client who had driven across the Bay Bridge just before it collapsed. The good thing was it collapsed that dreadful freeway downtown which was not rebuilt.

Small sandwiches are back in Bacio? Hooray!

Well, try and behave. 😁 Let me know if you figure out anything interesting for Antigua. Carolyn & I are off on Reflection in two weeks. Looking forward to her Zenith party.

I'd also be interested in what you did. Last time I was there, we did Segways, so I'd like to do something different this time.

I'm looking forward to your review. I've not sailed on E class yet. I have Beyond booked for a holiday cruise--it was booked back when prices were semi reasonable and included gratuities and OBC. If I were to book it today, it would cost $10,000 more, have no OBC, and not have gratuities included. Yikes!

Yes, I now take a lovely neighborhood walk with some of my neighbors every morning. Could never do that prior to getting my bionic knees. And no more having to rent a scooter on board. The ultrasound pronounced me blood clot free, so all is well. Except with my old brain. I neglected to put a lunch in my electronic calendar & thus did not get a reminder. Apparently my brain decided one event for the day was enough and I didn't even notice it on my written calendar until 2:00 p.m. As I said before, this getting old is not for sissies. 😁

Thanks. I get the stitches out tomorrow from my recent vein surgery. Decided to wait and do the other leg until I get back from my cruise. This getting old is not for sissies!

Midship near the elevator is a great location. That's where I always try to book. I ended up with a cabin between the midship and the forward elevators, which is not ideal from my perspective, but I'll take it for the price! The regular balconies on the Summit are adequate. There are 4 CC cabins on deck 6 which are a tad larger and have larger balconies: 6143, 6144, 6135, and 6136, although the last two are connecting staterooms.

Looking forward to following along on another adventure with you and Iain. I'll be on the Reflection part of the time, but hope to be able to keep up. Bon Voyage!

Welcome aboard! I didn't get a cabin in a prime location either, but I'm not complaining because of the rate and the unusual itinerary. It should be a wonderful cruise.

Thanks for the information. Should I need to interact with Celebrity again, I'll give it a try. Basically what I've been doing since my CVP vanished is to call the Zenith desk. They then connect me to someone who can help me.

How are you so lucky as to have a CVP? I used to have one and he was great, but he has vanished and I've not been assigned a replacement. If you like yours, would you be willing to share that person's name and contact info?

I put a courtesy hold on a cabin yesterday and finalized it today. The deposit is refundable, so if Celebrity tries to pull any nonsense about raising the price, I'm outta there.

I put a hold on it and forwarded it to my TA.

I've never seen slippers in a concierge cabin.

Gratuities are not included. If Celebrity offers a deal on a bag of laundry, it will be offered to all classes of cabins.

I don't usually do short cruises, but I've booked a B2B and both of them are fewer than 7 nights. Do they do evening chic on those cruises? Don't want to pack it and then find out it was unnecessary.

I would have mentioned it to the HD as long as he was there. That concierge obviously needs more training. Otherwise, others will have to deal with her dumb answers.

I just booked a B2B last minute. Both were booked with the same person that the Zenith concierge referred me to since my great cruise planner person has vaporized. The first confirmation lists me as Zenith. The second one lists me as Classic. Pretty funny.

There may be some, but the ones I know are all talking about looking at other cruiselines.

I gave up a long time ago about getting the e-mails. I just wait for the link to appear here.

You actually get a bottle of proseco and a bottle of booze in addition to what's in the mini bar. You definitely don't get that in a SS.

Comparing an AQ sky suite to YC is not apples to apples. To take a shower in a SS, one needs to climb a tub wall. YC has a spacious shower with no barrier to entry. SS has no booze included, YC does. The YC cabin is larger than a SS. And whether or not you'll get a butler is open to question in a SS. You definitely will in YC.