Angua

So glad to hear they have the Pimm's cup someplace! I LOVED that at theBrass Magnolia on the Mardi Gras! I even bought some Sloe gin when I got home to make them myself, but of course it is always better on a ship! We are on the Celebration in a couple of weeks so now i know where to get one!

They no longer have the Zacapa, i think i read someplace they changed distiller affiliations. They also don't make my. favorite drink anymore, the Tropically Yours, which is why i moved to the Bumbu Old Fashioned.

So, we were just on the Reflection 3 weeks ago and had a fabulous time. If the service is half as good as it was on that cruise it will still be amazing! We had the premium liquor package on that one, because they had a 40% off offer when purchasing, that wasn't offered for this cruise. We decided to just pay as we go and see how close we get to the actual cost of a drink package. We like the World Class bar and premium waters, but i have a feeling we will come in well under the amount to purchase the premium package. I drank way more than i usually do on the last cruise and still feel i didn't come close to the per days cost. My husband can get closer, but we shall see how it goes! At the WCB I tried a bunch of their drinks and finally settled on the Bumbu Old Fashioned, a very nice, sophisticated drink! I felt so grown up drinking it! (I am 52, lol).

I won't have the internet package on the ship, too expensive, but i may comment once we get back home!

We will be on board with you for the first cruise, maybe we'll see ya around!

Can i ask the details of this offer? Was it a free veranda or just a discount with drinks, etc? I would also be interested in knowing the date ranges for this offer. Just curious ;-).

I think you are mistaken, as I live in Utah and I DO gamble!

Cen you let me know if they are doing reduced bets on table games from 10 AM-5 PM on sea days? They were doing this last month on the Reflection.

I have emailed them twice in the past 10 days and have gotten no response from them so I suppose I am not eligible for any move up offer. Update, I just checked my email and they responded with.a direct link today!

I am very sad that the Tropically Yours seems to have been removed as well.

I haven't tried it yet, but from what I understand you use the app and select an active sailing, and you can look at the dailies while the cruise is ongoing.

That's very disappointing, but thank you so much for checking!

Hey Jazzbo/anyone else on this sailing, Could you please swing by the World Class Bat and see if t hey are still offering the Tropically Yours? That's my favorite but i haven't seen it on any menus lately. We are on the Reflection in about a month and I need to know if I need to find a new pre dinner drink ;-).

I was having a very difficult time looking at the upside down photo so here it is right side up!

on the 2 past cruises we have done on celebrity, we initially booked AI with a big box store travel agent. a few weeks before the cruise we were able to upgrade from classic to premium with some additional discount online. If I remember correctly, the upgrade opportunity only showed up a few weeks before the cruise but this was pre covid so I don't remember exactly how many weeks before this happened. This may have changed since the restart though.

When i got my excellent discount on the premium package I asked the BCC rep about dining package discounts and she said there were only beverage package discounts available. since i got a higher discount on the bev package than i expected, I didn't worry about the dining package so much.

According to Celebrity, I can check in on Oct 27 for my Dec 11 cruise, that's 45 days. If it doesn't let me I will update this post.

I have only been on 2 Celebrity cruises and didn't get towel animals either time, but it's nice to know that they are a possibility occasionally! I did forget about the cloth towels in the public restrooms, they were nice.

I don't know if it is a regular thing but last time we had a concierge cabin on the reflection and they invited us to a sail away on the helipad from one of the ports. It was really cool.

We have done many Carnival cruises and 2 Celebrity cruises so far (another celebrity cruise booked for December). I have read that celebrity embarkation is more like Carnival now, at least for some ships, with the keys available at the cabin, which streamlines the embarkation process. You can drop your bags off in your cabin upon embarkation then leave to allow the stewards to finish prepping the rooms, with no loyalty status required to do this early. There are no towel animals in your cabins when they are serviced, but I think they are still performing 2X a day service instead of picking early or late service. We find it to be a lot calmer, quiter and mellow than the average Carnival cruise. Like mentioned above there are no water slides, roller coasters, sky rides etc. Usually fewer kids running around. If I remember correctly the casino is completely non smoking. We really enjoy Celebrity for different reasons than our enjoyment of Carnival. You probably will as well. edited to add: We are platinum on Carnival and one thing I will miss is the free laundry since we have no status on Celebrity ;-).

I can't speak to recent cruises, but last time we went out of Miami (probably early 2019) we were with my inlaws, and my MIL had a walker. As soon as someone saw her they whisked her and my FIL through an express registration process. They were so quickly whisked away that they ABANDONED us with half their luggage and other accessories to stand in line for 90 minutes to board on our own, because we got separated briefly at the metal detectors. I was not a happy camper carrying my mother in law's purse, carry on bag and cane as well as my own accessories, only to have them call us half way through waiting in the registration line to ask where we were ;-).

I just got this same price. It's funny, they told me it was a 15% discount, but it was the same discount you got. Very pleased!

This is good to know. I will definitely take a look at some itineraries once Reflection is back over here and see if they have anything listed on the Nassau port days for the big screen. It's disappointing, I would much prefer an area i was paying extra for to be quiet.

I signed us both up for communication at the following link https://www.celebritycruises.com/things-to-do-onboard/casino/blue-chip-club my husband didn't get any offers until i signed him up as well, then he started getting the free veranda offers.

Thanks, I was looking at a port day, so maybe once Reflection gets back over to the Caribbean I will look at some of the dailies for those cruises and see if there are any movies scheduled. It's unfortunate that someplace that could be restful and secluded was ruined by the screen and noise.