Rare SerraG Posted March 24, 2017 #1 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Here is a blog of our Eastern Caribbean sailing aboard the Silhouette last week: http://celebrity2017penthouse.blogspot.com/2017/03/departure.html About two days before our trip, we got "the call" and were upgraded to a penthouse suite, which was amazing. (I'm pretty sure we've used up all our luck for the rest of our lives.) If you only want to see pictures of the penthouse, they are here: http://celebrity2017penthouse.blogspot.com/2017/03/a-tour-of-silhouette-penthouse-suite.html Please excuse typos and grammar errors, as I had to type everything with my thumbs into my phone. I'm happy to answer any questions about our trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHEZMARYLOU Posted March 24, 2017 #2 Share Posted March 24, 2017 What a great upgrade. What suite were you originally booked in? Have you cruised with Celebrity often? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorenceItaly Posted March 24, 2017 #3 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Wonderful review. Mary Lou, I believe they were upgraded from 2 Aqua Class rooms which is AMAZING. Am I reading this correctly OP? There is some information about the upgrade under their first evening in Luminae. I am only half way through the review and looking forward to finishing it. You have a beautiful family. Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise47 Posted March 24, 2017 #4 Share Posted March 24, 2017 That was so nice of Celebrity. What a great surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaBag Posted March 24, 2017 #5 Share Posted March 24, 2017 What a great surprise. I don't think I would ever get off the ship with a cabin like that. You are definitely spoiled for life. Love your little girl and I wish I could hear her piano playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane2357 Posted March 24, 2017 #6 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Wow and congrats on your awesome upgrade!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyboy Posted March 25, 2017 #7 Share Posted March 25, 2017 That was a great upgrade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SerraG Posted March 25, 2017 Author #8 Share Posted March 25, 2017 (edited) What a great upgrade. What suite were you originally booked in? Have you cruised with Celebrity often? This was our fourth Celebrity cruise. We originally had booked two connecting aqua class cabins. I think we were upgraded because Celebrity was able to combine our group into the penthouse and resell the other two cabins. Grandma ended up sleeping on the pull-out couch, while our daughter was on a roll-away bed. I can imagine that there are some groups who would turn down such an arrangement, but it worked perfectly for us. When they offered us the room, they said that they could not even guarantee a roll-away bed, but we said that would be okay. We joked, "That's fine, our daughter can just sleep under the piano." :) Edited March 25, 2017 by SerraG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastdance Posted March 25, 2017 #9 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Well, whatever the real reason for your luxurious upgrade, Congratulations! Thanks so much for your wonderful review; it is refreshing to know that nice things happen to such nice people!:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excitedofharpenden Posted March 25, 2017 #10 Share Posted March 25, 2017 This was our fourth Celebrity cruise. We originally had booked two connecting aqua class cabins. I think we were upgraded because Celebrity was able to combine our group into the penthouse and resell the other two cabins. Grandma ended up sleeping on the pull-out couch, while our daughter was on a roll-away bed. I can imagine that there are some groups who would turn down such an arrangement, but it worked perfectly for us. When they offered us the room, they said that they could not even guarantee a roll-away bed, but we said that would be okay. We joked, "That's fine, our daughter can just sleep under the piano." :) Did you pay for the upgrade or was it priced at the same as two AQ cabins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare chemmo Posted March 25, 2017 #11 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Congratulations on your upgrade. We have our first PH S class experience soon and can't wait. Unfortunately ours was not thanks to the upgrade fairy but we have at least been able to look forward to it for a long time! Hope you really enjoy all the perks of a top suit! I hope you realise after this any other room will seem small in comparison! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzzek Posted March 25, 2017 #12 Share Posted March 25, 2017 I loved reading your review and seeing your pictures Well done!! What a great trip, made even better by the upgrade to the penthouse suite! I really appreciate your very honest review of the food and service. Everything isn't always perfect, but overall, sounds like it was a very memorable cruise/vacation. Thanks for sharing it with us!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRFPresident Posted March 25, 2017 #13 Share Posted March 25, 2017 We are booked in a royal suite on the Equinox for next month so I'm definitely enjoying the sneak peek into all the suite perks. We've sailed several cruises enjoying the suite life on Princess, Carnival, and RCL (smaller ship so no butler suite class offered) but this will be our first time seeing what Celebrity's suite life is like. I noticed that you enjoyed many plates of sushi in your cabin instead of heading out to the restaurants for dinner. Does this mean that you can get food from the specialty restaurants delivered to your suite or was that from the regular dining menus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SerraG Posted March 25, 2017 Author #14 Share Posted March 25, 2017 (edited) Did you pay for the upgrade or was it priced at the same as two AQ cabins? We did not pay anything extra for the upgrade. We just paid the price for the two AQ cabins. Edited March 25, 2017 by SerraG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SerraG Posted March 25, 2017 Author #15 Share Posted March 25, 2017 I noticed that you enjoyed many plates of sushi in your cabin instead of heading out to the restaurants for dinner. Does this mean that you can get food from the specialty restaurants delivered to your suite or was that from the regular dining menus? In general, we were told that you can only get food from the room service menu. This means that normally you can't even get meals from Luminae (the designated suite dining room) delivered to your room. I have heard some people say that their butler did this for them anyway, but ours would not. However, on our particular sailing, they were offering "Sushi on Five To Go", so we were able to order sushi and have our butler pick it up for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excitedofharpenden Posted March 25, 2017 #16 Share Posted March 25, 2017 We did not pay anything extra for the upgrade. We just paid price for the two AQ cabins. Fantastic! The Gods were smiling on you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRFPresident Posted March 26, 2017 #17 Share Posted March 26, 2017 In general, we were told that you can only get food from the room service menu. This means that normally you can't even get meals from Luminae (the designated suite dining room) delivered to your room. I have heard some people say that their butler did this for them anyway, but ours would not. However, on our particular sailing, they were offering "Sushi on Five To Go", so we were able to order sushi and have our butler pick it up for us. Hmm, will have to see if that's also available on our sailing. Would be a good way to try Sushi on Five even though only one of us likes seafood. Thanks for the reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj6961 Posted March 27, 2017 #18 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Talk to your Butler about food delivery options. They were happy to bring us food from any restaurant that was open, including the specialty restaurants when we stayed in the penthouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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