Wineaux007

What stateroom do you currently have that you would be giving up?

I use a similar program. Someone posted it about 10 years ago, and I've been using it ever since. I simply download and save the cruise documents. Open the program and it asks for the page of the saved cruise document the luggage tag is on (usually 19 or 20). I input the info into the program and it saves 4 luggage tags to a page. Then I insert then in to a plastic luggage tag holder.

Book an A2 back aft. There are suites above them.

Royal stopped charging corkage fees, at least for the last 6-7 years that we've brought a bottle into the MDR.

I believe 16 years old and above.

As Elite + already, an extra point or two will never get me to Zenith in my lifetime. I personally desire twice a day service, so if I'm not sailing in a Suite on Royal, I'll probably spend my $$$ on Celebrity.

If you go for a concierge stateroom, I would choose a C1 and pick one on the hump/angle. What is your sail date?

I concur. Both have an upper berth which closes flush into the overhead.

I've learned to never say never. You never know what's going to change in the future.

It usually works out. The squeaky wheel usually gets the grease. It's amazing how so many are accepting this as the New Norm and gracefully accept it.

I would check with your travel agent and/or Celebrity. I know they had busses meeting trains originating from Venice, but don't know anything about times. My hotel in Ravenna arranged 6-8 Pax vans for a group of us. Taxis were not that plentiful.

Maybe I won't, but if I do, they will certainly get an earful all the way up the chain.

Yes, as you walk in in the center.

They have the machines at the Park Cafe back aft next to 270.

Night & day. Like I said, I don't stay in hotels for more than a day or two. I'm sorry that you do and have to put up with lousy service for 5-6 days at a time. We will be in a JS on the next three sailings. They have raised grats and cut back on services. Once we go back to a regular stateroom on a future cruise with once a day service, I'll really have to think twice about filling up the "Tip Tip Horray" envelope.

Hotels are cutting services BECAUSE THEY CAN. They just blamed covid, and then when covid is over, it now becomes the norm. It's people who put up with it is the reason they get away with it.

You mean to tell me you can't figure that out why that is? BTW, I can't remember ever staying in a hotel more than one or two days. Doesn't need any explanation. Do the math.

That certainly does explain a lot.

Hotels never had twice a day room service. There are some swanky, expensive places that provide turndown in the evening. Those are the exception, not the norm.

We're not sailing in a hotel, so we shouldn't be using it as an analogy. Whether you want to admit it or not, it's a big cut back right after they raised gratuities.

We sailed in 6240 on Eclipse. There was a dingy outside, so you could see a bit more of the sea. Friends at the angle (6208) up forward had the large lifeboat obstruction.

You begin counting off the hump. 6237 would be the first as well as 6215 up forward. So the 1st and 3rd are the largest of the four balconies while the 2nd and 4th are large also, but a bit smaller than the 1st & 3rd. All of them are larger than the normal balconies.

Just providing you with additional information so you can make an intelligent decision when selecting a concierge stateroom. All the staterooms in your screen shot are the exact same sq ft with the exception of the accessible rooms on the starboard side. They only differ as every other one has bed by the balcony/bed by the bath. The ones with the black square have fold out sofa beds with bed by the bath. The others in your screen shot have bed by the balcony. The deck plans are not to scale as they don't show the larger balconies on the angle.

The 248 sq ft figure most likely includes the stateroom + balcony together. All non-suite staterooms are approx 192 sq ft with the balcony approx 54 sq ft. Of course, the exceptions are accessible staterooms and balconies on the angle.

That's true for you, but I know folks who just convert their left over vouchers at the end of the night for bottled water (which at some bars they will give you for free).