Ellaleah

I checked a Celebrity for a solo and the price was triple.

I am wondering if the spa on the Eclipse is worth whatever they might be charging. I will be doing a 13 night TA next year. I was recently on the NCL Bliss and they had a great spa which included a jetted pool, steam, sauna, snow, and salt rooms. What might I expect on the aeclipse?

I am booked on the 10/30/25 Eclipse TA departing Barcelona with 3 other women. We were each able to book individual cabins when the cruise was first offered. I’m not sure if you consider us solos, but I do.

I was booked on a Celebrity cruise. I purchased 2 $500. Cards for 2 people and was going to purchase more. Then my cruise was canceled. I was stuck with them, but luckily I knew someone who was going on a Celebrity and they bought them from me. They used them with their TA for final payment.

I just checked prices on a solo for 1/26 as I did have 1 good experience booking far out when a cruise had just been offered. This was not the case here. The price for a solo is triple!

I am happy to see it back on there today, but it was definitely not there yesterday and it was exactly what happened before. I am so pleased that it looks like a false alarm.

I really hope you are right because this is identical to what happened the last time and the customer service people made up all sorts of reasons until we, the passengers received letters and then they still didn’t know.

This is what I posted on my roll call, but I thought I might be wise to have it here also. Does anyone have any idea of why our cruise is suddenly gone from the Celebrity cruise website when I attempt to do a search? I check pretty much daily to see if the prices change at all. I know that there are only 1 or 2 inside cabins left, but this ship has a very small number of inside cabins and there are plenty of Balconies available. I am pointing this out because I had a bad experience regarding a transatlantic that I booked early that was to sail 11/3/24 on the Apex. It was canceled and this is what it looked like. It disappeared! The people at Celebrity insisted that it was still a go and said it must be sold out! Was not. We all received letters telling us that we would get a $200. OBC. We were told to call a particular phone number after 5/30 to rebook. No one knew what we were referring to until about a week later. They did book us on another cruise that was to leave Lisbon 11/9/24. They cancelled that one and didn’t give us anything. Priced shot up after that especially on the newer ship with solo balconies. I’m not rushing to call them cause if it is cancelation like last time, it is way too early for them to know. I hope I am wrong and this is not a sign. Please share should you get any information!

It’s most definitely accurate to state that Celebrity is OUTRAGEOUS when it comes to solos and even more so should they want the drinks and Wi-Fi. I believe that Celebrity created the solo balconies on their newer ship as an accommodation for solos, but as soon as they were put out, they raised the prices to more for a solo in these cabins than if a solo booked a regular double balcony for 1!

This is a last minute cruise to South America. Please see tgae charge for solo vs double! Ridiculous!

How long ago? I woukd be really surprised if that is the case now!

I am not surprised that Celebrity is not more than Regent, but as I understand it Regent is more of a luxury line. Try comparing it to Princess, Holland, or NCL. As a solo traveler I can tell you that Celebrity is outrageous! In most cases if a solo was to book the AI option, which is now just tips and drinks, the price doubles or more than doubles and is way more than just adding the drink pkg and tips. They have pretty much priced themselves out of that market and created a lot of bad will along the way! Celebrity does not provide good value!

It depends on the cruise. Some are a lot more than double, but they have adjusted them a bit. The real bad deal is that if a solo books the AI the price for the add on is way more than what it is pp if there were 2 people. If one were to book for 2 and only 1 shows, wouldn’t you have had to put down a non refundable deposit for each person and wouldn’t that be lost?

Recently returned from my second NCL (first in several years). NCL puts together a good pkg in general and especially for solos. No complaints on the food or service. They had nightly solo meetings and I believe they arranged dinners and excursions for solos. Production shows were excellent. My biggest complaint might be that there was not nearly enough seating in the buffet and I did not care for the 2 excursions that I participated in. They were, of course, third party. I am going on my first Celebrity next year. I would not anticipate them to be nearly as accommodating to solos onboard as the fares for solos that are more than 200% are not accommodating.

A little good news for solos! Apparently Celebrity got some of the message that solos were not happy with paying over 200%. I have a cruise booked for 10/25. I prices for solos have just been adjusted from the ridiculous price they were charging solos. Also, it seems that the issue with the Cruise Care not carrying over to the final mock booking has been remedied.

There is definitely a surcharge on the “AI” if you are a solo and also on the Cruise Care. None of this makes any sense, but if you book solo, you will pay more for all those things!

And if you add the “all included” on the cruise I listed above,it’s ridiculously more fo4 a solo than 2. I believe that Celebrity is aware of this and it is purposeful!

I have found this to be the case in several mock bookings I have done and in some cases the cabins that are “solo” cabins are priced higher than if you book a double for a solo.

I had the same issue and it is pretty much the same case every time I do a mock booking. Celebrity has the worst website and interface of any of the cruise lines though it has greatly improved. I don’t trust them and wonder if this insurance thing is purposeful!

Any suggestions? Thank you.

the Princess Pkg is way more appealing and economical!

It’s not what he thinks. It’s the facts. Celebrity is screwing solos and I guess if you don’t fall in that category and don’t care about their business practices, you just don’t care! Personally, I don’t trust them! I think this is sneaking and very bad for their PR and image!