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We are at the Crowne Plaza and watch the Discovery leave today from our hotel room window. Might see the Sapphire come in if I’m up early enough

We are on this cruise as well. Sailing with my parents, brother and sister in law. My SIL has never been to Hawaii so she is extra excited. First time the 6 of us will be sailing together. My parents are Princess cruisers, but my brother is a Carnival cruiser and we are Celebrity. Going to be a new experience for us, but willing to do it for my parents. Heading to LA on Saturday morning. Going to rent a car and drop it off in Long Beach Saturday night. We are staying in San Pedro. See you on board!

Not sure what CA is. We ended up purchasing the whole package….tips, internet and drinks. Sure wish everyone at Princess was on the same page. My parents booked this cruise for us and that’s when the question was asked about buying the drink package separately. Two cruise planners from Princess said yes, both people HAVE to buy it, and I asked my TA (even though this wasn’t booked by her) and she called Princess and was told yes as well. Just saying what my experience was. I questioned it because Celebrity requires it and seems that the cruise lines are doing similar things.

I was given false information then. I was told that if we wanted to buy a drink package (not included in price) then both of us had to buy it. It used to be that one could and the other didn’t have to, but that has changed……at least that’s what I was told

I was told by Princess……and our cruise planner….that if one of us bought the plus package that both of us HAD to 🤷🏻‍♀️……also, if one had it and wanted to upgrade to premier, both have to upgrade

While I LOVE Reflection, I would choose Ascent. When I get free offers I like to try the new ships and if I don’t care for it it didn’t cost much. Enjoy whichever one you choose!

Too bad you had this issue! We have been on many Celebrity cruises and I’m gluten free. Fortunately I have never had any issues

I am personally not a fan. We got clips because we don’t like lanyards. Waste of money. They fall out so easily. Really with they used a key card. They are so much better!

We sailed Infinity in 2019 and it was in desperate need of a refurbishment then, so we won’t go on that ship again. Don’t really care for the M class ships. I would have to disagree with one thing though, there are LOTS of drinks that you can get on the classic package

We have zero complaints about the food we have had for any of our sailings this year. Has all been wonderful!

You can definitely reprice without cancelling. I have done it 3 times already for an upcoming cruise.

A couple of weeks ago

Just people complaining. We have been on 5 Celebrity cruises in the last 17 months and the food has been fabulous

We love them both, but Murano is a bit better.

We haven’t had any issues at all. We have sailed 5 times since Jan 2022 and every one has been wonderful. As far as removing the children’s filet, it must’ve just been done recently because I had it on a recent cruise.

I only have the ones that fit Celebrity tags, but I found a way to make my Princess tags fit. Going on our only Princess soon so no need to buy new ones.

Oh goodness! This doesn’t sound good. We are sailing Princess……not by choice…..next month. I already wasn’t thrilled to be sailing Princess to start with and now to potentially expect this on board the Sapphire? Ugh 😩

I got this one instead of meclizine by mistake so I don’t use it on cruises because it puts me to sleep. It worked great for a cross country drive though. I slept for hours! 😂

My husband will LOVE to hear this! Hope they have it when we sail. Thank you for the info!

We have a B2B in December and both show the big sale. We weren’t going to purchase it, but couldn’t pass up that price

Oh no! We were supposed to meet when you were here in Milwaukee. I haven’t been on here in awhile so just seeing this today. Bummer! Hope you have a fabulous cruise.

I always see people post that one won’t get shareholder benefits with Blue Chip sailings, but I have received it for all of mine 🤷🏻‍♀️

Is there also a service charge?

I have tried on a couple of sailings and was told no, but I have read that others have been able to do it, so I suggest asking once on board.

Yes. One night I ordered the lobster, my husband the venison and we shared the sole. The other night we ordered the chateaubriand to share and I ordered the lobster and my husband the duck. I can’t answer the question about the potatoes because we never requested anything. To be honest, I don’t even remember what it came with. After the apps and entrees we didn’t even need any kind of potato.