ChucktownSteve

I believe it's the frog in the tepid water pot syndrome. You just haven't reached the Celebrity death temperature yet? Others have because they see what's been coming. Enjoy Celebrity as long as you can please. That will lessen the demand on more upscale lines that others have moved on to.

Well y'all certainly have given Laura a fine list of ideas to implement. Keep the ideas coming so she can keep her cost cutting job. My suggestion to Celebrity is to reduce the size of the X in their logo and add a second X with the tag line..."The Luxury Double XX Company".

They already do that. They just make you pay the total sailing's tab 90 days before you board!

In the States, we refer to that as being penny wise and dollar foolish.

Haven't they exceeded your expectations of what will be cut from your already booked cruise? 🤣

Virtually nothing is being added?. They're adding to the cost of being privileged to cruise XX.

You do realize CHEZMARYLOU will be so disappointed when they turn those fantastic coolers into a convenience store concept and charge for every item placed in the tote fixin' to carry back to the SS. Now that's meeting my expectations. 🤣 I actually anticipated all these cuts coming during my last two XX cruises in Dec '21 on Reflections and Feb '22 on Apex. It was just a gradual escalation of what they were doing for the years leading up to Covid. I never believed the marketing hype of them being "luxury". I luv it when they prove me correct. Now with the new leadership, it appears the death by 1,000 cuts has escalated drastically as she lifts her leg on the XX customer.

That's always been my first request on any line I cruise. I ask that they remove anything from the cooler that isn't complimentary. Sometimes they remove them from the cabin/suite, sometimes place them under the bed or in some storage area I'm not using.

I sure hope the Premium cookie package includes macadamia nut cookies!!!!

XX is on a roll. Why stop the momentum now?

They have drink and specialty restaurant packages.I suppose a cookie package is next!

At what category do they begin stocking liter bottles of premium Liquor in the suite? We had them in Concierge and Penthouse. Do they do it for all categories?

You're welcome. I don't know that at this stage in my life I am interested in going on a cruise which requires I schlep along one of my Tuxedos, a couple of fancy shirts only worn with the tux, cummerbunds and shinny shoes. Been there, done that, don't want to do it anymore! That's why I like Azamara and Regent. If you find a good TA who gives you a great cash rebate after the cruise, you don't have to deal with the IT issues...they do.

WOW! tough crowd. 😁

Actually I found some Regent cruises less pp/pn than a similar XX (double cross) cruise and size suite but with many more perks/amenities. The thing to do is book when Regent itineraries are first released because they raise all their rates every three months.. . I found a 2026 southern Caribbean Regent lower suite cruise for about $200pp/pn less than a 2025 XX lower suite cruise. However Regent comes with premium liquor bottles in suite, excursions included, specialty restaurants included, grats included and more.

Correct on changing back on some smaller things however this is a major revenue savings by reducing the number of butlers on all the ships. Besides those change backs were then. This is now with new leadership and directives. IMO, it ain't gonna happen.

I agree with your comments about the Navigator. It was my first but least favorite of the three ships we sailed. However I found a lot of die hard Navigator fans. had already decided I'll not sail that one again. I chalked up the less than stellar Navigator service to untrained new hires which hadn't been acclimated to the Regent quality. But I also found that on Azamara and Celebrity at that same period. I'm sorry to hear it didn't improve in the year. Not good. The other two ships, Mariner and Splendor were much better. Food is subjective but I devoured a lot of seafood which I enjoy. Plus I was fortunate to book the Regent sailings when the pp/pn price was less than Celebrity's suite prices with less inclusions. I would like to do the Oceania NE/Canada cruise but I'd prefer it to be on an O class ship.

Not at all. In May 2022 we did a 15 night Regent cruise from Miami to Montreal. It skipped New England but did an overnight in Charleston and three days in Bermuda. Really enjoyed the itinerary and food quality. Celebrity used to do good 14 day cruises of NE and Canada out of Cape Liberty. Now it's only 11 day out of Boston. However it was so long ago and Celebrity has changed quite a bit since 2015 even before Covid...and not for the best IMO. You might take a look at Oceania. They do several from NY to Montreal.They also have four of the R class ships that Azamara has.

I'm up 85% since June '22 on my paltry 100 shs. really bought it for the OBC. Not a good investment imo. But now that they're doubling down on the revenue cuts, who knows?

Who's getting the gold mine?

Looks like Celebrity didn't even give a pluck.

Yes. The terminal is right at the end of the Market area. Plenty of streets to walk to. Walk down the Market to Meeting Street and King Street. then either direction on those. Lots of stores and restaurants. You can even walk two blocks from the ship and take a 50 minute carriage tour. I recommend Palmetto Carriage. I personally like them the best. They have the red barn one block off market. Visit the Charleston CVB for maps and more info. https://www.charlestoncvb.com/ My DW and I lived there for over 35 years until five years ago.

Maybe, but possibly not much longer with the Royalization of Celebrity with many recently unannounced removal of perks/benefits.

Perhaps it's posted on the F&B Director's wall?

I suspect if you just put John Doe with the correct numbers, it will be sufficient. It's usually the numbers that get approved electronically not whether you put John A or John. Try that before figuring out the minimum that gets accepted.