johhnnyt

I emailed Laura yesterday and received this reply this morning regarding single fares

I agree with you all. I have done about 40 cruises with Celebrity (since 1996) and really think this is an awful plan. Paying the 200% premium wasn't something that made me happy, but was understandable from a business standpoint.  It just seems a bit discriminatory and short sighted. I have two trips scheduled in 2024, but penalizing me for being a single traveler, but as a good traveling buddy told me "I'm loyal to Celebrity but not to the point of any substantial financial loss"

I bid for a SS and it was $640 pp which was min bid

• Ship:  Apex
• Length of Cruise: 7 day
• Cruise Sail Date: March 4, 2023
• Date email offer received: Jan 5, 2023
• Captain’s Club Tier [“PREVIEW” = first Celebrity Cruise]: Zenith
• Booked through Celebrity Direct OR via TA: Celebrity
• Current Cabin: CC1 11144
• Bid?  Yes/No:Yes

If YES -  Bidding Details:

• Cabin Category: place winning category, if accepted (all category offers, can be mentioned in comments)
• Bid Offer: $1280 ($640pp)
• Notification Date:
• Accepted / Rejected

General Comments (offer details, etc.)

On 1/7/2023 at 11:03 AM, prmssk said:

See also post #467 in that same thread where a poster talked to someone at the corporate office who said no final decision had been made.  Because of the contradictions between the two, I don't think we have confirmed anything with regard to the dinner buffet.

I agree

20 hours ago, jelayne said:

It could also be that the OV options change based on how full the ship is.  A ship sailing at 40-50%  occupancy may offer fewer options in the OV compared to a ship sailing at 85- 95% capacity.  

I had kind of the same thought. The ships still aren't at full capacity as they were pre pandemic, I wonder if the scaling back at Ocean view is based on that. I know when we were on apex last month, it was a ghost town up but at the buffet so we all ro in the evening

I think at this point it's simply a rumour Crew and passengers onboard would really have no idea whether true or not, as would any of us

On 1/16/2022 at 1:10 PM, LGW59 said:

I like this much better than on EDGE, that was the only part of the ship I was like what were they thinking.

I agree 100%

Who's going?

Im really looking forward to being on Edge again, who else is going?

8 hours ago, 4774Papa said:

Perhaps the cruise prices will be affordable one day?

I think like everything else in life, the price only goes up each year

2 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

Current cruise Edge 10/21 cruise
 

 

 

 

Thanks for the Update as we board late this week

On 10/27/2019 at 10:35 AM, fstuff1 said:

Once a cruise, the ship will offer a $50/bag laundry special.

 

I'm doing a b2b so I need to do laundry on the 2nd leg.

I'm Select tier and get a 10%(?) discount on laundry.

I didn't get that discount on my last cruise months ago. 😞

 

What do I write on the laundry ticket to get that discount? (Guest services were useless in this regard.)

 

I always write same thing " Captains Club Special Discount"

On 10/23/2019 at 12:24 PM, vtcruising said:

Nice picture!  Do you know how many total Captains they have at X?

It's quite a few as nominally the Captain, Staff Captain, and Safety Officer are all qualified in the Master (Captain) rating, so that would be 6 per ship (3 working, 3 holiday), about a dozen ships, throw in the fleet captain and a few spares, so guessing about 80

7 hours ago, Bo1953 said:

I trust your comment was tongue in cheek style, as looking at previous awardees, they appear to be very diverse and inclusive... Women and Men, for starters.

 

What type of discrimination is being promoted by the award?

 

Thank you and bon voyage

Good Wisdom Bo, and like yourself I looked up the previous recipients and found a diverse mixture of people that made a difference 

2 hours ago, TeeRick said:

What good would a CEO be if they did not lead with a vision and create changes to move the product/service forward?  and of course make money for shareholders.  That is their primary job.  Some people might not agree with the changes and vision.  It is easy to be critical if it affects your own view of the world and remember perhaps with fondness the good old days.  Then as a consumer just shop elsewhere.  I personally would not be happy with a company that just rested on past success and put a caretaker in charge to protect the old ways.  Not a formula for success in any business.

You are right, the companies we all remember with  fondness and the good old days like the Polaroids, Compaqs, Timex, Pan Am, General Foods, Borders, Howard Johnsons, Sears, etc  that used to dominate their fields chose to stay where they were rather than innovate and move forward. In many cases they were swept under the rug by the competition, and/or no longer exist. 

Very proud of LLP and her accomplishments. She's earned every accolade she gets. After spending 31 years at Celebrity/RCCL shes more qualified as a CEO than anyone else in the company/industry. I remember meeting her ~15-20 years ago when she was onboard revenue manager at the corporate office, and her mentioning starting as sales manager for the Northeast US. Done every job in the company from maritime/sales/hotel and launching 2 classes of ships w RCCL and X

      Maybe people aren't happy with her empowerment for women in the company, and encouraging women to  work towards leadership position like she has.i think it's amazing to see women take some of the leadership roles. I think it's awesome to see 20% of maritime /engineering/bridge officers will be women.  

        I think it's pretty sad when people assume she somehow got the job because  she's a woman. 

         Empowerment and respect for all guests and teams onboard and ashore are bigger than any awards she gets. 

          I'm all for criticism of anyone when it's deserved, but when it's all gossipy you lose credibility "I hear that the crew......" 

     As far as nickel and diming going on and loss of perks, I can't think of one hotel chain, cruise line or airline that hasn't cut back. I wish I could still fly TWA out of JFK with punchbowl sized bowls of fresh shrimp in the lounge, but these days I'm grateful to get 2 oz of pretzels on a 3 hour jet blue flight 

         Times change and so does travel, if it doesn't it goes out of business. 

         Congrats to LLP, she certainly deserves the Eleanor Roosevelt leadership award. Leadership takes courage, innovation and a ton of hard work, and that personifies LLP. She talks to talk, but also walks the walk.

On 10/13/2019 at 10:43 PM, Jeremiah1212 said:

They only use female masseuses and the massages are not that great at all. It’s more of a rub down than a massage. Part of the treatment time is spent trying to sell products. I would get one at home before or after the cruise  and save 50% compared to the onboard price. 

Agree 100%. Prob have gotten 20 massages with Canyon Ranch and maybe 2 were average quality or better. For deep tissue they tend to use elbows instead of hands to provide the pressure since they do so many in one day. I normally preface the consultation with a brief statement stating please don't try to sell me any products as I really interested, and instead just concentrate on the massage. Last few years have waited for the port and find a massage therapist there.

And you can combine the two discounts if you call and ask them

10% for prepaying in advance 

+

30% for Elite  =
Total of 40% off

(or 45% for Elite +)

Many times the TA or Celebrity agent won't know the two discounts are combinable, but I know I've gotten it at least the last 10 cruises by requesting it with TA or Vacation Planner

On 7/29/2019 at 5:07 PM, tkline said:

So if I'm not mistaken, you can only dine at Luminae if you are in a suite, and you can only dine in Blu if you are Aqua class? Or can you eat at either one, for an additional fee?

 

Has anyone tried the food in both, and if so how would you compare them? Did you find one tastier than the other?

 

We had a sky suite for our Alaska cruise and loved the Luminae, but kinda curious to see what Blu might be like.

Have eaten in both and always found luminae better in quality and service. Blu is a more intimate space, but found the food pretty much same as MDR just with more emphasis on the healthier options and smaller, and as someone had mentioned you can order anything from the MDR in luminae, not true in Blu

Was glad to see this question answered. The CC rumors about a new level have been flying for 5+ years anyway

32 minutes ago, johhnnyt said:

Hi Lisa,

       I know from my Navy experience when a new class of vessel is created, there always lessons learned after the first one is launched, and it's an going process to make each vessel better than the last based on feedback from guests, onboard teams and corporate lessons learned . I was wondering if you could share some of the changes we'll be seeing on Apex and Beyond  (literally and figuratively). 

      Personally I loved just about everything about Edge, so much so that I'll be doing an Edge TA on November 1st 2019, but did see a few tweaks I would have made going forward. Anxious to hear your thoughts.

John

Thanks VT Cruising, I mistakenly put it on this board instead of the LLP one

Hi Lisa,

       I know from my Navy experience when a new class of vessel is created, there always lessons learned after the first one is launched, and it's an going process to make each vessel better than the last based on feedback from guests, onboard teams and corporate lessons learned . I was wondering if you could share some of the changes we'll be seeing on Apex and Beyond  (literally and figuratively). 

      Personally I loved just about everything about Edge, so much so that I'll be doing an Edge TA on November 1st 2019, but did see a few tweaks I would have made going forward. Anxious to hear your thoughts.

John

Hi Lisa,

       I know from my Navy experience when a new class of vessel is created, there always lessons learned after the first one is launched, and it's an going process to make each vessel better than the last based on feedback from guests, onboard teams and corporate lessons learned . I was wondering if you could share some of the changes we'll be seeing on Apex and Beyond  (literally and figuratively). 

      Personally I loved just about everything about Edge, so much so that I'll be doing an Edge TA on November 1st 2019, but did see a few tweaks I would have made going forward. Anxious to hear your thoughts.

John

On 7/22/2019 at 1:55 AM, MisterBill99 said:

 

That's a little early for Captain D. Kafetzis since I thought he left at the start of May (I know he started on 2/3). But I think this is a short stint as Captain Kate will be joining at the end of August, although she might spend a couple of weeks on board prior to becoming Master, as Captain Kafetzis did in January.

I wonder who will be Captain on Edge for the November 1st crossing, any ideas?