island lady

Our cruise with them...in a suite no less...was a total disaster. If it could go wrong..it did. Stuck with RCI after that...for the last 20 years. Now...meh....trying other lines. Have four Celeb cruises booked and 5 Viking cruises booked since we have strayed away from the Loyal to Royal club.

IMHO...you are not missing anything with HAL. We had a "one and done" with them. Don't intend to sail with them again.

Exactly what we would do, though I have many times just picked up cold lobster meat from the lobster pound. Easier than shelling them myself. 😉 I toss the lobster meat around in a skillet with butter, until just warm..then spoon into the butter toasted NE style rolls....Mmmm....yummy! Of course being spoiled with "Real" lobster, cold water tails with claws (best part of the lobster for me)...I can't eat warm water no claw lobster any longer. Those are really just big Crawfish....IMHO😄

Spending almost half the year in Maine each year...I have learned where to get the best lobster roll. The one I make at home. 😉 For many, the "tourist version" of a lobster roll has mayo, lettuce and a variety of "fillers". The true "Traditional" lobster roll is simply chunks of lobster tossed with melted butter on a toasted NE style roll. Simple...no fillers. 😋

Brings to mind our mode of recent travel in the past. Camping. There are those that go back pack camping with pup tents...then there are those that "camp" in a motor home...with all the conveniences. I was in the second group. 😉 I like my creature comforts.

I do miss the MDR Tutti salad bar. 😞 But lately the salad bar at the WJ or the solarium is not all that bad. 🙂

Ummm...no. But I have high hopes for 2025! 😇 Have some very interesting cruises booked. 😉

Agree...and well said. 🙂 Sigh...literally the "good old days".

More cutbacks...as usual. RCI hoping you won't notice...but if you add them up across the board...they total up quite a bit. I miss the flavored salts, the table side Caesar salad, the table side Tenderloin for two...and the excellent service they lavished on you. Made it feel like a special night out. Now...meh.

1: Celebrity - best for couples, without kids, premium experience without a premium price-tag Kordy....I agree. Premium price tag would be more like the RCI line...Silver seas.

We are 10/25 and 10/31. I guess we might miss you during "spooky" night cruise. But will be "seaing" you for our first leg (your second).

I bought mine on Amazon...probably have too many of them...lots of weight in the suitcase. 🙂

Yaahhh! Halloween cruise! And maybe wear our Halloween outfits to get the 1400 thing? 😄 Looking forward to "sea" you there! 🙂

Yup, same thing here. We turn the 1400 on B2B Adventure out of PC in Oct. of 2025. Would love to cruise with you soon! 🙂

I am worried this is yet another new cut back to come and was a "test". On last quarter WC on Serenade, the LA Diego did away with the D+ and Pinnacle lunch (former meal with an officer, turned into "Cheers with an officer"). The meal with an officer went away during Covid, and was also never reinstated. The Cheers and lunch was still there on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarters. He turned it into just a lame morning cocktail reception for 340 D+ and Pinnacles. We did not attend. Will miss that lunch if they do away with it....as yet again...another cost saving for RCI. But no worries...they have already lost my 20 years of 100% loyalty. 😉

Not yet...too many Celebrity and Viking cruises impeding our continued points process. 😄 Only just over 1300 right now. It was the 1050 we did on Wonder.

Don't forget the ceilings....work great for my "self service" laundry day. 🙂

We are doing great...thanks and hope you are as well. 🙂 Just off the second 62 night (last quarter) of the WC. Soooo good to get home to real home cooking after that many cruise ship "delicacies". 😉 We did break it up with sea day lunches at Givoanni's, Chops, and Izumi...but still not the same. Plus our breakfast each morning was at Giovanni's.

Yup..indeed no big deal, whole thing is very quick. We wanted the picture. 🙂 If you want to be like us...we did the new Pinnie thing wearing our sunglasses at the Aqua Theater. 😄 Congrats, and welcome to the club my friend!

Good plan Bill!! Unless it is CK of course. 😉

I can still book with the certificate for those dates after September I should think? The one year rule is for sailing right...not booking date? Our 1400 is on Adventure a year from now in Oct. That should work. I just did the Wonder for our freebie 1050 we got last year.

OK..that makes sense. Thought I was missing something. Just off WC Serenade, of which Next Cruise told me bookings available for 2026 west bound TA in Nov. or Dec. for both Celeb and RCI. Guess I will wait to book on board next month on our B2B into Nov. and if not...I will be back on board again in Dec. to try to book...and get the OBC. Thanks! 🙂

How many times did you turn Pinnacle?

Icon out of Miami for a 7 night is not a go for us. Would rather keep the short one week cruises to our local port of PC. Utopia is doing short cruises out of PC...so that is a no go for us and for the certificate. I can wait until 2026 to use it on Star...figured it would be too new to use earlier.

I am not seeing this on the Celebrity website...where are you getting it from? would love to do Apex to PC.