ChucktownSteve

Guess she never heard of all the Celebrity women in charge?

Don't forget the piled high counts too!

Not only don't they respond to complaints, but when they do sail on the ships, I suspect the food served them is far superior than for the regular peons.

It looks like Celebrity's changes to target specific new customers is working. This post proves that. BTW the XX cutbacks are not perceived. Enjoy Celebrity and HAL until you reach your next cruising stage to premium or luxury!

Y'all please report back after watching. It will be interesting to see your perspectives.

What are the chances Navarro received the whole cruise comped? Which suite category do you suppose they put her in? An owners suite? Does anyone believe Navarro will say anything negative to Cabezas about her Azamara experience? What a bunch of worthless fluff. Florida Governor DeSantis told Disney earlier this year, "Go woke, go broke" Maybe that's why Azamara doesn't have many cruises from FL ports.

You forgot to first say, "We understand your concerns and"

Yes. Double down as they did with the RCG double/double program of a few years ago also instituted on Celebrity. Consider more cuts.

Guess I'll have to miss it. I don't do insta and certainly not the view. What a bunch of hateful women. Is that now the Azamara target? Wonder if I should cancel my two upcoming bookings; Owners Suite and V1 cabin? I guess I'm not their preferred customer any longer? Could that explain the problems they've been having during and after the transition? They go to insta and the view but not to their customers directly. Didn't they learn anything from Bud Light and Disney?

cute name for a wiener dog. lol A pretty one at that with probably a great personality.

Since Celebrity hasn't YET become a dive, what noun would you use with the adjective "humongous"?

Moi? 🤣

Well in your original Rif-Raf post you said, "I make more money than 95% of them, but have never seen the value in over priced suites/AQ on a boat that I'm going to only spend 7 days of my life." I believe you should recalculate now including AQ and might as well include Concierge. 😁

It's mathematically impossible to claim 95% of the passengers are rif-raf. Just counting the exorbitantly priced resort suites proves that!

Apparently you take everything I say literally? I wonder if that is similar to the differences in American and British humor. Or is that humour?

True. I agree with expecting Denny's quality at Denny's prices. I would have those same expectations. However, how would you feel if Misty's Sunday Brunch quality became Denny's quality but at Misty's Sunday Brunch price? Your point of the quality of both has remained the same is key. However the complaint with Celebrity by many is the quality has not remained the same while they have continued to raise prices.

Personally I don't give a rat's you know what if most people enjoy the latest changes in Celebrity menus. All that matters to me is I don't. If I can find better cuisine on other cruise lines at a similar or even a little more expensive price, that's my prerogative just as enjoying their lessening of order options and beef cuts is yours reached my tipping point. At this point in my life, I've done well in the market and won't outlive my portfolio because I'm usually an under spender. However when it comes to cruising, I've shifted my paradigm to enjoy. It's taken me a long time to reach that thought, so I suppose Celebrity moved the opposite direction for me. Too bad because I used to really enjoy Celebrity until the death by a thousand cuts. I had been in marketing over four decades. You can't call yourself luxury while over promising and under delivering. I believe we're seen the push back from the Celebrity loyalists over that but I'll bet they regret it too. I really wanted Celebrity to continue to be my go to line. That's why I'm so disappointed and upset. They took that away from me. However if you still enjoy Celebrity, by all mean I wish you happy sailings. Only you will know when the time is right to change your opinion. Good luck.

Sorry but I'm going to use another Americanized euphemism. Those who have never eaten a good Prime steak believe a hamburger steak is flavorful, tender and very good. It's all in perspective.

You mean they bought their 100 shares for shareholder obc? lol

That's good. Celebrity likes you. You'll eat anything as not picky eaters. You are not alone.

OK here's my perspective...Someone at the TA screwed up. They don't want to pay Celebrity the retail price for the package. So they're offering you a gift card for the amount because they have the cost of goods for what you buy which saves them money. Therefore you have the leverage for restitution. I would forcefully ask them to reimburse you the gift card amount for all the retail Celebrity prices of each of the individual AI components before the cruise so you can add it once you're on board. Include the Wi-Fi. It won't cost you anything more. However if you use their credit to purchase the packages on Celebrity, you'll receive 3% cash back on the purchase. I suggest this solution because you don't want to sue or become confrontational. That is a win-win for both. You receive what you expected and the big box saves on the retail price what you buy due to the cost of goods at their store.

By reading the various threads with comments about Celebrity dining and having experienced varied menu options on different ships within a short time period, I have determined that each ship is unique as things roll out at various times. Some of the ships may have the restricted menus while others haven't gotten to that point yet or may not. However if the trend continues, I suspect the other ships will catch up at some point. So just because some haven't experienced the pared down menus, doesn't mean they won't see it next time they cruise. Some suggest Celebrity is doing this to push people towards paid restaurants. Several years ago, I attended a demonstration by the head chef. He admitted the cuts of meats varied by venue. The paid restaurants received the best, MDR less and the lowest cuts were put out in the buffet. That's just fact. Therefore I discount any comments from posters saying how good the food is in the Specialty restaurants. Because unless you're willing to pay extra for what many years ago was standard quality in the MDR, you're going to experience reduced quality or variety. It's just business for the XX cruiseline. The fact is that each individual can only better grasp and make judgements once THEY experience it themselves. There are many people that will think nothing is wrong with the quality or options while the next will feel they were cheated. Human nature. BTW as a side note, my Dr has made me give up salt so I can't take anything with a grain. 😁

TY for explaining my Americanize in detail for him. I didn't believe I needed to explain the little bit of "bonus" as being the difference of cash back between the two amounts. However I now see people around the world have different perspectives on credit card usage and their perks...me not being familiar with CC's issued overseas.

Baggy178 just above your post got a GREAT value that wasn't more expensive! There are also some other cruise lines that give a better value than Celebrity at lower costs so there's no need to stay home. I suspect Celebrity changed many of their itineraries to only 7 day turnarounds to attract more of the people who save for a long time to cruise. But with their pricing increases, that may be approaching becoming out of the reach of many.

But what is the unique selling proposition that all the others don't have? I don't see Celebrity exceeding that implied arena as they used to be in those values for me.