dgparent

We sail Sunday and were notified about 2 weeks ago that we were successful moved from SS2 to Celebrity Suite

1 hour ago, GenerationX said:

Quick Update from my Marriage on Apex:

 

After pool time this morning, while I was  showering and dressing for lunch in the bathroom, I heard Jeremy leave the room and not return for about 20 minutes.

 

I prepared my best scolding voice thinking he’d snuck out to cheat and have a smoke.

 

LOL glad you are not on my Reflection sailing, I would be the guy corrupting Jeremy at the Sunset bar with smokes.

Hope you do not mind, I am going to piggy back another question. How early are the people there at the Muster Stations to check you off the list once you watch the videos etc. ?

30 minutes ago, Cruisegirl6 said:

What sailing are you on?

March 12th Reflection

Just now, plpolowy said:

@dgparentCongratulations🥳 What sailing are you on?  Maybe I will get your S2 🥰 that I am bidding on. I sail 3/17 Edge.

Reflection March 12th

I can't find my original post

Ship : Reflection

Date : March 12th

Original Cabin : SS2 

Bid on Royal and Celebrity Suite

Accepted for a Celebrity Suite today cost was $1900 total - minimum bid was $900 PP I bid $950 PP  We were in a SS2 on the deck right below the Oceanview Cafe, that is why I bid on a Celebrity Suite to get off of that deck my wife and I like our naps 🙂

I just got this wonderful email, maybe they are working today. FYI I had no pending charge on my CC this morning went from a SS2 to Celebrity Suite

1 hour ago, plpolowy said:

@Jim_IainI think I will wait until Monday evening to see if there are is action then I may email them.  What should I ask them? And should I drop them a hint of the deck I most desire?

Monday is a holiday here, not sure if they are open or not. Let us know what happens either way. 

Same here, one bid is Expired and the other is Pending we do not sail for 3 weeks, been frozen since at least Friday. I read one posters post that mentioned she had the same thing happen then after about 3-4 days both bids went back to pending and she could modify them again, which made me 😞 sad.

Not sure about the Edge, we are on the Reflection in March and we are hoping they have changed machines since our last cruise in 2020 🙂

After reading the OPs question I checked on our cruise on March12th and my Royal bid is expired (there were no royals available) and my Celebrity Suite is Pending, we were or are in a SS2 hopefully that is good news, our SS was right below the cafe on Deck 6 on reflection, and that is no bueno

40 minutes ago, Redtravel said:

Don’t count on reduced capacity.  If it happens, that’s good. If somebody wants to book a cabin, Celebrity will sell it.  In June, we were told that our cruise was reduced capacity.  It wasn’t reduced. It was crowded.  Spouse got Covid.  Not sure if we will ever book on Celebrity again.  

I got Covid at work, not sure if I will ever work again.

13 hours ago, GenerationX said:

 

Thank you Norma! Honestly the negativity has gotten to me too on occasion but I’m a realist.

 

I’ve spent time on the boards for most of the other cruise lines (in my budget anyway) looking at options and I’ve yet to find one where no one is complaining about some kind of cutbacks, higher prices for premium accommodations, and/or extra charges.  

 

 

I used to tell my wife, pre internet days, that I could not wait to get home and read cruise critic to find out how shitty our cruise was.

I was today years old when I learned that apparently 1/4 of the ships passengers eats dinner at the buffet nightly. 

If you are in BC, I would strongly suggest you fly in a full day before the Cruise, I certainly would not rely on AC out of Vancouver to get me there on time. It would stress me out not to be there the day before. 

1 hour ago, GenerationX said:

Thank you!  I’m very interested to see how the MSC leg goes.  I do love Celebrity, but the Retreat pricing is starting to get to a point where I feel like it’s fiscally responsible to start at least checking out other options.  

 

MSC also offers so many more sailings and itinerary options in Europe and that’s something we really want to start doing regularly in a year or two (once my last student loan is paid off and we can afford overseas business class airfare).  If Yacht Club turns out to be something I can be happy with it would open a whole new world of options for us!

We are in the same boat (pun intended), we wanted to go on a cruise next X-Mas and when I checked any X Suite was about 4K more than the YC. So we figured we would try it.

Get a travelling job 🙂 You'll rack up the miles and you can fly to Europe for free. 

Looking forward to this, we are scheduled to be in a suite on Reflection in March and the YC next December. So this should be very helpful.

Also I a little jealous, have fun.

So about $60 a day to eat in Blu + the other things if you use them. To me I would get a big specialty dining package for an extra few bucks a day, the only thing I use in AQ is Blu, I guess if you use the spa etc. it may change the value.

I am waiting for the 35% off on this one, at 20% the price is a little steep.

You can use OBC we just did that for our cruise in March, in fact the default is to use your OBC, same as excursions

We sail in March, and if Covid was good for one thing it is got to be the Muster drill being cancelled.

I have not done the new process yet, but pre-covid I hated that drill. You get on the ship and feel like you are on vacation, then they shut everything down and you go to your muster station and sit there for what seemed like hours until that was over and then there was a mad rush for the elevators and the Sunset bar would be jammed. 

4 hours ago, Morecruises1 said:

S1 Sky Suite - 12k

Has to be a 10 day cruise right? Right? We just paid 4,900 for a SS on Reflection, with 800 OBC

2 hours ago, WestLakeGirl said:

It’s the same problem as booking Aqua and then seeing select dining. It’s an artefact of the booking system.  

Same thing on the App it shows us - in a SS - as Select Dining. 

For our March 12th it is Jan 26th, that's what the app says. 

We booked a SS on the Reflection for March, I guess it does not have a real Retreat area yet, so the price was OK, we booked the YC for next X-Mas and it was cheaper.

I assume that once the Reflection gets a real retreat area, which I don't really care about I don't sit by the pool ever, they will increase the prices and we may just not bother anymore.  5K for a week is ok for 2 people , but I am not paying 10K just to have a pool area which I would never use.