MMMCruiser

You do you. You're not hurting anyone and who cares what other people think? 1-2 tasteful magnets certainly wouldn't bother me.

I'm glad you asked them about it. I plan to do the same. If they are outright lying to their guests it tells me all I need to know. I suspect our upcoming cruise will be our first with X as well as our last. So far the amount of worrying and the bait-and-switch stuff they have been doing since we booked has me approaching this trip with an increasingly skeptical mindset. I really hope they prove me wrong (last cruise was 2023 with another line and after reading a ton of complaints online I was worried but in the end we were all pleasantly surprised most of the time).

From what I have read the heritage fjord sailing will have to be emission-free in 2026, and I believe that light diesel and LNG still have emissions. We planned to sail this summer because I really want to get to Geiranger.

I will try to say it more clearly. I never saw a ship that size in the close-in area of the NaPali Coast. I've seen tiny zodiaks and mid-size tourist boats, but no actual ships anywhere that close to the island. I also realize that we don't know how close the Edge really was, because it depends on the camera angles and zooms, but at this point it seems like they were closer in than a cruise ship normally gets.

It's one of the most beautiful places on Earth, so I don't doubt it, but I don't think they ever were that close to land.

There is coral out there. I've been snorkeling out there while on a Zodiak tour of the NaPali area (totally sea-sickness inducing, so I can't recommend it to anyone who gets motion sick). It's gorgeous, it's pristine, and I've never seen a large ship there (let alone one so close to the coast). The whole thing makes me uncomfortable because I don't want to sail with a cruise line that isn't conscious of the rules regarding something like this (and yes, I am speculating, but it certainly seems like they should not have been there).

Looking forward to following along. I hope you have a great trip!

Ah ok. Thank you. That really helps.

Sorry for the basic questions - what is check in time if it's not boarding time? Is it the time we can arrive at the port? If I get a later time can I still arrive earlier? Boarding is in Southampton if that makes a difference. I'd like to board as early as possible so I can get my bearings and check out the ship.

Thank you. Is the wellness time a wellness check?

Thank you. Leaving around 90 days from now, so it looks like when have time, booked in the Retreat so not sure about the check in time for that cabin, but I will log in and check. I appreciate your advice.

Thank you so much. I see it now. I really appreciate your help.

I've sailed before, but not with Celebrity. Is there a FAQ somewhere that goes step-by-step on how and when to do the check-in, get luggage tags and the like for our upcoming cruise? Or can someone share a few of the basics here? I just realized that I have no idea what I need to do online next after booking the cruise and paying for it. Thanks in advance.

I'm really looking forward to following along on your cruise. And I love the new videos. Not to sound creepy, but do you ever walk on Mary? I was driving and saw someone who looked so much like you and I seriously wondered if I had seen you in the wild. LOL I hope you have a great trip. That itinerary looks amazing.

They just keep digging a deeper hole with this stuff. I am booked in an Aqua Sky Suite for my first ever Celebrity cruise and so far they are failing to impress me. I did get a call a while back and was told the Apex would have butlers back "by June" but is that a full team or an understaffed one? I have no loyalty to this cruise line, but was hoping that X would be our new cruise home. It's not looking good right now. You'd think they wouldn't want to make long time customers and new customers look elsewhere.

I believe there are more than one. When I booked we had quite a few options to choose from, but maybe some are full now. Last time I looked only the $36K per person suite was available, but I also know that these things change all the time.

I think it depends on how much you want to see vs. how much you want to relax. I went on a Mediterranean cruise last summer and wanted to see stuff, so I had a tour booked for each port (I booked privately though because I don't have much tolerance for shore excursions). For Norway I'm doing a lot more time on our own compared to tours, but that's just a personal preference. I see you have some shorter tours which I think will give you a nice mix of seeing things and having some time to explore on your own. Kristiansand is small and you can walk from the port into town easily. In Alesund the ship docked mere steps away from a really pretty part of the town. The open air museums in those towns are really interesting, BTW. Hope this helps.

I've been on a Norway sailing that had once nice day (spent by the pool). On the other sea days I went to some activities, watched a movie, went to the spa, and read a book. This wasn't on Celebrity, but I'm sailing on a similar cruise this summer with X and hope I can do the same.

Thanks for the fantastic review!

Not what I was hoping to hear, but I appreciate the honest feedback. I need shade, too. I was hoping that the hog to chair ratio might be better up there. I'm sailing on the Apex - I haven't seen anything about enforcement there, but since you have seen it I will hope for the best.

After reading the comments about the chair hogs, how are things in the Retreat Lounge and on the Retreat sundeck? Chair hogs is one of the reasons I booked into the Retreat but now I'm wondering if it's still going to be a problem.

Great review. I'm following along and hoping they do something about the chair hogs.

One would hope they would fix it before taking it across the Atlantic... but the port time changes say otherwise.

I really appreciate the heads-up. I'm not sure what I can really do now that an entire trip has been planned around this cruise plus we are meeting up with friends in London for this one. If it was a simple Caribbean cruise I could easily just rebook it. Ugh.

As someone who gets pretty seasick when the ship rolls (even when wearing the patch) I'm kind of freaking out right now. Hoping for the best but I don't have much trust in Celebrity since they keep changing things (like the butlers) since I booked my first cruise.