2NHcruisers

Couldn't agree more...

The problem is that Celebrity is cutting quality AND raising prices. At least that's a problem for me. Maybe not for the new cruisers they're hoping to attract. Time will tell.

Our favorite cruises were the west coast to Hawaii; once from LA, once from SD.. We'd book them in a minute if they were available. I hate to say it, but we'll have to check out Princess....

count us in - we love more sea days!

....By the way, very few lines escort pax to their cabins. Only the absolute top suites get that privilege. They didn't escort us to our Queens Grill suite on Cunard. We found only those in the largest suites got that treatment. The humanity of it all!

We've done a RS 4 times, and only once got escorted. On our most recent cruise on equinox in Nov upon boarding we asked for directions to MC since no one seemed eager to escort us. Good thing I already had a good idea where it was.

We boarded the Eclipse today, here are changes as given to us by our butler.

 

There is no free use of bistro on unlimited package, even in port for lunch. We are in an RS. There is no free food in gastropub either in the unlimited dining package. They will include lunches in Murano and Tuscan when held.

 

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Our last two cruises were on M class and this is our first stay with RS on S class, I had no idea there was no slider outside from the bedroom. :eek:

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Michaels club was packed when we boarded. If it is going to be the place for boarding it needs to get bigger before SS join the party.

Hi - we are just back from Nov 9 on Equinox in a RS;

We ate in bistro once for lunch; it was comp'd as part of our being in a RS.

We also miss the slider from the bedroom; would rather lose the "hot" tub on the balcony.

Upon arriving at the pier my wife was given a rose to mark us as "vips" to be escorted to Michaels upon boarding (we were early and had to wait); Upon boarding the ship there was no notice of the rose, and we asked for directions to Michael's and found our own way there..

We never found Michael's to be overly crowded, and having the constantly replenished fridges (our RS had a small fridge and a wine fridge) (which we used to hold the beer and sodas) was wonderful. Though we agree that when the SS have access to Michael's it wont be nearly large enough.

-jim

We have sailed in RS several times, and just got back from an equinox cruise in a RS. We've never been contacted prior to the cruise.

Also the in room dining is supposedly limited to items from the MDR...

We found Tuscan to be our favorite and Murano a close second (we so loved the Normandy). Luminae not so much.

Yes to # 1. You may get an email a week before cruise from mc concierge. Respond within any requests, like Tuscan reservations night 1.

We've never heard in advance of a cruise from any concierge, either land based or ship, and we tend to cruise in the upper end cabins....

Has the contact email from M/C Concierge or Shoreside Concierge gone away recently?

I couldnt agree more; We've done two Hawaii round trips out of SanDiego with X and loved them. We are heartbroken Celebrity stopped doing them, so are looking elsewhere; We arent keen on flying for N days to get to board, so really would prefer RTs....

A round-trip Hawaii, Tahiti and South Pacific from Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles or San Diego would be great. Something around 30 nights.

We agree, thank your for clairyfing, but as this poster noted, is this fleet wide? We are very much looking forward to luminae and 3 meals in there in an upcoming cruise. The writeups up until this thread have made it sound awesome!

It would be nice to also get clarification on whether the hours will be more reasonable (ie serve breakfast to 9:30 or 10am).

Thank you!

 

However, your response brings to mind another question. Will breakfast, lunch and dinner be the standard policy in Luminae on all ships in the fleet? Or is this ship specific?