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For our only cruise so far out of Tampa, we stayed at the Marriott which is very close to the pier: Tampa Marriott Water Street

Even though you have selected a port intensive itinerary, I would recommend sailing on Beyond. However if you have a strong preference for one itinerary over the other, then use that as your basis for choosing.

Excellent report and photos. You did a great job. Thank you.

Right now we have 4 sailings booked. 3 of them we will take for sure: Galapagos (Xpedition in Nov), Southeast Asia (Solstice in Dec), and the Panama Canal (Summit Apr 2024). I doubt that the cutbacks have affected any of the Galapagos sailings in any meaningful way. Our Solstice cruise is so cheap that it would be a mistake not to go. Our Panama Canal cruise is in an aft FV which we love. My wife and I will judge how well we like the post-cutback Celebrity experience which will determine if we want to stay with them. We would like to do an expensive/immersive land vacation in Alaska (visit all the National Parks) and Fiji (diving) some day but up to now we have been scheduling cruises instead. So this could provide the excuse we need to do something different.

Another cutback.....

I agree. I have never seen an S class FV cabin available on Celebrity's online reservation system. Because there are more of them (12), it is not uncommon to see M class FVs online.

Enjoy your cruise. We hope to be back on Solstice in December.

Enjoy your laid back cruise.

Like in the post-cruise surveys

That's pretty good. A nice Christmas present for yourself.

The quick answer is, no. There is no easy way to check for price changes for UV (aka FV) cabins. You have to call Celebrity or your TA to find out. If all 4 UVs are booked, there won't be a price for you to compare yours to. We've booked the FVs for the past 20 years and it's very rare for us to get a favorable price adjustment after booking. They are nice cabins, though.

Yes, you can provided that they have any in inventory. There weren't any available during our Constellation cruise back in Oct/Nov. Also the iPads stocked by the iLounge are the older generation.

Have an awesome cruise x4. We were on Constellation (for the first time) in Oct/Nov. It's a wonderful ship staffed with a terrific crew.

I will be looking forward to your Live reports. Have a nice set of cruises. Make sure you enjoy it and only post when you can.

Thank you for sharing your experience with Plights by Celebrity. I am sorry that you had to go through it.

Interesting. I will have to look for it next time when I am on board to send feedback: "Help! Pirates must have stolen the good food from our ship!" "Help! The lobsters on my ship have unionized and are demanding to be paid for a second tail." "Help! My room service food is being held hostage and I have to pay a ransom to get it!"

I have not heard of this. Is this new?

If you have a screenshot of the promotion or an email, it is best to send that in. Or call back again to get a different (hopefully more knowledgeable) agent.

I used Flights By Celebrity for my Oct/Nov 2022 transatlantic. When I booked the cruise and air in April, a confirmation number (record locator) was generated at that time.

As mentioned by @39august, your confirmation number (record locater) was created when you booked the flights. Your tickets will get issued (with a ticket number) after you make final payment although you may have to follow up on that because it doesn't always happen immediately.

The FVs are furnished different asking S class. Very well furnished on Silhouette (pre-Revolution) and Reflection. More sparsely finished on Solstice and Equinox. So take a closer look at which ship the FV video was recorded. Also the Deck 7 FVs have smaller cabins and balconies than their Deck 8 counterparts.

Yes, you can.

I guess Celebrity is not doing a good job of making a good first impression on you (or second, third, fourth, etc). Hopefully you will be more favorably impressed when you actually take your first Celebrity cruise. Hang in there.

I do remember this type of promo code was shared on this board last year. Maybe it was the WELCOME100 that the other poster referred to. It caused quite a stir because it was unknown to many of us and I believe some people were able to use it.

The night time shots of the port are excellent