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Funny you say that because I felt that way on my first Celebrity cruise. I didn’t on my second one, though, except that the food ranges from mediocre to good for regular passengers, whereas suite pax rave about their food.

I had planned on buying them in advance to save some money but didn’t want to buy them too soon, so waited, and then they disappeared from pre-sale. The good news was that even though I paid more onboard, I was able to use my one free card benefit as a classic member.

I just got back from a spring break Celebrity cruise, and I was pleasantly surprised at the demographics. On our previous Celebrity cruise, there was an overall snooty attitude by many of the passengers that was blissfully absent on this cruise. There were 150 kids onboard, but they were so well entertained by the kids clubs or their families that they really did not impede our vacation at all, with the exception of a group of boys running back-and-forth and shouting over and over during Deal or No Deal one day. I only encountered one drunk person the entire cruise, and his wife set him straight. 4 people were downright rude. Other than all of that, 9 out of 10 passengers were kind, polite, and well behaved.

If you want free alcohol or mocktails, gamble in the casino and order while playing. Celebrity gives you free drinks while you are actively gambling with your players card in the machine. The bar server will take down your room number and ask you if you have a drinks, package, and you just say no. This was advertised every day of our cruise drinks that are always free are coffee, tea, filtered water, orange juice, lemonade, and fruit juice, though some of those are only available at certain times.

I know it’s been over a year, but I save my fav blog peeps to read when I want an extra good read, and now was the time. You never cease to entertain; your way with words is just absolutely pro hilarious. Keep cruising and keep blogging! Thank you thank you!

Crown Grill is the best! We recently had it 3 times on the Royal, and it was just as good as pre-pandemic. Sabatinis we usually do once per cruise because I have to have my burrata and calamari, but Crown Grill is always superior.

The line outside is for luggage drop off. Then you go inside, up escalator, and get into the security line. Once through security, you get into the check-in line.

Nice! I loved Nespresso when we were in Europe.

In Horizon Court, the salad bar is extensive. One day, they may offer a Ramen bar, and another day they may offer a Mongolian barbecue bar. The grilled shrimp is scrumptious. Stir fry is excellent. Lots of Indian food.

We had the same experience. They really need to fix it, so you can select multiple people at a time for the Enclave pass purchase.

Not happy about this. I can sorta understand paying a little more to choose your stateroom, but that’s enough of a difference. Making it non-refundable, too, is going too far IMO.

Same as others have said, they aren’t doing one anymore.

We love eating at Horizon court for dinner on Princess. We get to choose exactly how much we want, what we want, and eat at our own pace. Though there aren’t quite as many options as pre-pandemic, it’s nothing like what has been reported on Celebrity with cutbacks at dinner. There is still tons from which to choose. I do hope that they go back to their full selection like pre-pandemic, but for now, your friends will not suffer if they eat there at night.

I love both, and I don’t see why they can’t offer both. Princess and Carnival do.

Darn, ok; thank you.

I’m gonna be on the Solstice. Is the Solstice using the old system or the new one?

Great; thank you guys!

I’m getting a mix of answers. I want to be able to put my Sea Pass card in and transfer money from my account directly to a slot machine like I do on Princess. One of you said that is possible. Have others been able to do this, too? Can you choose to put cash into the machine if they don’t let you transfer money to a slot machine directly from your account? I just want to avoid paying a fee. Thank you all for your input!

Does Celebrity allow you to charge your slot play to your stateroom acct without a fee like Princess? Or do you have to put cash into the machine?

Thank you for taking us along on your roller coaster journey that had such a wonderful result! I’m boarding next week and am excited to have all the info you shared!

It will always be the Patter to us. It’s a way cuter name.

This is news to me. Princess docks outside of town when in Marseilles??

My Celebrity ratings 1-5: Food- 3 Itineraries- 5 Ships- 4 Entertainment- 3.5 Food is very important to us, so we prefer Princess.

I used Scootaround, and though I had several problems with my scooter, Scootaround did replace it twice and provided timely customer service when I reported problems. I’ll be using them again.

It’ll be interesting to see what you think of Celebrity. Celebrity pax rave about it, but then I’m seeing lots of complaints on their forum, too. We had a very mediocre experience on Celebrity a few years ago and highly prefer Princess. Maybe you’ll love your Celebrity cruise, though! Come back and let us know!