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On the website its GTY is only available for double but if you call a TA or Celebrity, they can book the GTY rate as a single. I just did it for an upcoming booking. This does NOT apply to AI additions from my understanding though at the moment, just the cabin.

Yup. Thats what I was referring to. Various package prices for anything are doubled for solo's and it's a huge slap in the face to the solo traveler. It's one of the big strikes against Celebrity as I look to leave RCL being my primary line.

I haven't cruised solo in years so this one I booked is my first in a long time. I've paid 2x on RCL a few times when solo and will tolerate that but won't go more. I was shocked when I started looking into Celebrity and the nonsense they pull with cabins and various packages with the pricing for solo's.

I wish I could tolerate butter as it would make life so much easier when eating out. But over 2 years I've at least figured out rough ideas on how many lactaid pills and what intervals as well as how each dairy product reacts in some cases. More importantly, it seems like I am always educating people when they say I can't have something and I say there's either no lactose in it or such a small amount that it is effectively none (despite being dairy based). I'm hoping that Celebrity will handle things better than RCL to give me an option to switch to them as I was looking to leave RCL anyway.

I agree, I have done a lot of RCL cruises but was hoping to test Celebrity this December to make the move. I don't go solo often but I won't pay the crazy prices to go solo.

Sorry I guess I mistook the verbiage... 100% supplement, I will pay double the price as if I am 2 people. I won't pay more than that.

I just booked a 6 night Cabo cruise as a solo traveler - my agent booked it as a guarantee for 2 people and then called Celebrity to drop the 2nd person immediately. That got me the normal non inflated price. I paid a 200% supplement which I am fine with but I refuse to pay cruise supplements over 200%. I didn't have to lay out the 2nd persons taxes either or have a "no show".

Yup, the staff I encountered took it to the extreme which is fine but then wouldn't listen when I tried to clarify for my tolerance. Lactose intolerance is not Dairy intolerance so there are some cheeses or products I can have but at one point they gave me a "caesar salad" which was dry lettuce and nothing else since they claimed the croutons had cheese/dairy (head chef confirmed nothing in the croutons) and that I couldn't have the parmesan cheese (no lactose, or effectively very little so it is rarely an issue for anyone I know thats lactose intolerant) and the dressing which had no dairy at all either. That is the misinformed/untrained detail I mentioned. I'm thrilled they were genuinely doing their best to accommodate but sometimes it became a bit much when they were confusing dairy and lactose intolerances and then I couldn't get an edible meal at all as they refused to serve something. And don't get me wrong, I went onboard with likely the entire worlds supply of lactaid pills just in case!

Thanks for the feedback! Butter for me is bad so that can be an issue if they are using normal butter vs clarified. Most breads they baked at RCL have no butter (benefit of talking to head chef on day 2 is I was able to get a lot more detail on cooking throughout the ship like this) or dairy at all, obviously with the cheese bread being an exception as well as croissants. I'm 2 years into being intolerant and have learned quite a bit so I am decent at picking things out of a menu that should in theory be ok and do look at vegan options quite a lot nowadays. One thing that I was told with RCL though is with the preordered meals PRIOR to the ship, they were more accommodating to make special versions of something. For example prime rib w/mashed potatoes - the mashed I can't eat due to dairy but if requested PRIOR they can plan to make a dairy free version for me using lactose free milk for example. He said that's a lot more difficult to do if you pre-order the night before, though still a slim possibility. I did similar for desserts. It was usually sorbet or the vegan option every evening however the head waiter came by one evening with this insane dark chocolate tort one evening and brought that a few times throughout the week when he didn't have a vegan option I was interested in. So far I haven't dug into the speciality dining options but had found the opposite on RCL regarding dessert. Coffee's always were reasonably easy to get lactose free milk or I just drank it black which is my preference anyway. Thats good to know about Murano for desserts!

Sorry about that, its a Concierge cabin - not suite. I fixed the typo! I don't expect lactose labeling - I was just really shocked at how even vegan or gluten free wasn't labeled or otherwise on RCL. It was a complete mess and took way too much time to figure out. Once figured out the food was fine but I'm on vacation and would prefer to avoid spending a ton of time doing that vs just enjoying myself you know?

Hey all, I am new to Celebrity but have cruised with RCL for ~20 years and am Diamond Plus so am matched as an "Elite" Celebrity guest. I booked a Concierge cabin as a solo cruiser on the Eclipse and had a few questions I figured I would throw out there to see if anyone had any thoughts! Food... I am lactose intolerant and with RCL it was a complete mess on the cruise I went on earlier this year. While the wait staff is eager to help, unfortunately they are just untrained and I don't hold that against them personally. The chef's are trained as expected and make it very easy but obviously we don't interact with the chef's on a daily basis at every food venue. On RCL I had a lengthy meeting with the restaurant mgr and the head chef discussing these concerns. They specifically told me not to bother filling out the special needs form for lactose intolerance as its quite common and to just talk to a restaurant manager. I found most of these folk, while happy to help, are untrained in dietary restrictions. They did say I should preorder my dinners the night before though and if I am doing that I may as well just fill in the special needs form so I can also determine if it would be better to go to a specialty dining venue when the MDR menu doesn't have options for me. My question is has anyone who has a food intolerance had better experiences with Celebrity? Do they label items in the buffet or any venue's menus? RCL doesn't label much if anything and their reasoning is that "due to cross contamination from guests we can't control allergens" when at the buffet and I get that but its a stupid comment as I don't even know if it was cooked with lactose or dairy ingredients at all. The head chef at the buffet ended up spending 20 minutes walking through pointing at each item telling me yes or no when I would visit and that's just a waste of everyone's time when a simple label would resolve that issue. Spa? Due to my RCL Diamond Plus status it is usually most cost effective to book a massage on the ship and use my onboard discounts. Celebrity looks like gives me 15% off for Elite status so I am trying to determine if the online *sales* are more or less than that. I've found some older reported normal price sheets online but not sure how accurate they are. The Celebrity website shows what they call discounts but they don't show original price so I don't know if the 15% discount onboard would be a better option. I usually book a massage once I am onboard and schedule it for that afternoon as we depart.