Rare terrydtx Posted August 28, 2023 #451 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) Here is a copy of the new Luminae breakfast menu posted on another site from a current passenger on the Silhouette. Do you notice some things are missing? Edited August 28, 2023 by terrydtx 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted August 28, 2023 #452 Share Posted August 28, 2023 22 hours ago, terrydtx said: A talent show put on by the talented crew would be another way for Celebrity to save money by not paying performers for a show that night. I would go to a show like that. They do this already. Any show that the cruise director /staff run that is audience participation. Lots of them every cruise. Sort of like Reality TV. Game shows. Low production costs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted August 28, 2023 #453 Share Posted August 28, 2023 47 minutes ago, terrydtx said: Here is a copy of the new Luminae breakfast menu posted on another site from a current passenger on the Silhouette. Do you notice some things are missing? I see that Huevos Rancheros is not shown. However, the eggs in purgatory and the egg white breakfast break are something that I do not remember seeing before. Were you talking about something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare terrydtx Posted August 28, 2023 #454 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, DaKahuna said: I see that Huevos Rancheros is not shown. However, the eggs in purgatory and the egg white breakfast break are something that I do not remember seeing before. Were you talking about something else? No sausages of any kind, no Crab cake or Salmon eggs benedict, no regular French toast, no regular or Belgium waffles and no hot oatmeal. Edited August 28, 2023 by terrydtx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39august Posted August 28, 2023 #455 Share Posted August 28, 2023 I see "Peach Cobbler French Toast". Sounds great. However, no oatmeal is NOT good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwokpot Posted August 28, 2023 #456 Share Posted August 28, 2023 56 minutes ago, 39august said: I see "Peach Cobbler French Toast". Sounds great. However, no oatmeal is NOT good. While oatmeal isn't on the menu, I can assure you that it's available. Surprisingly, oatmeal isn't listed for breakfast at Blu, which I always thought made no sense> It's considered the #1 healthiest choice for breakfast. Nonetheless, I request it and it's brought to me with no questions asked (in Blu), as is a bowl of berries to put in my oatmeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap_D Posted August 28, 2023 #457 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Ummm, no sausage? Or will they offer that for $2.40 a patty or link to remind us of a warm fresh breakfast at any fast food to 5 star hotel on earth? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39august Posted August 28, 2023 #458 Share Posted August 28, 2023 kwokpot I wasn't too worried about the lack of listed oatmeal, as I guessed I could get it anyway, as I do as well order a bowl of berries. But for those never in a suite before, they are probably not going to know to ask for something not on the menu. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap_D Posted August 28, 2023 #459 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) Seriously, oatmeal and sausage are not fringe items. Why would they take each off the menu? Do they need to now source either from another kitchen or are they gone? Why does Celebrity make everything extra difficult on its guests. The sense of wow shouldn't be because they find some oatmeal or send a runner to the OVC for sausage. And, for a moment, what if they cut oatmeal and sausage? It looks that way. Sometimes one can excuse or rationalize the menu based on different cultures being catered to, a desire to be international, language barriers or simplification, but this is plain dumb and stupid. One more cutback, more negative PR, or at least doubt. Not suggesting we need to get into the merits of Marriott, but if anyone wrote the book on baseline hotel breakfast and hospitality, it's Marriott. And, they have oatmeal, and one of their claims to fame and consistency. About $6.99 for a 42oz carton of Quaker. (FYI, I just read that Marriott uses a version named Kettle Oats, which are a bit heartier than the Old Fashioned, sold to restaurants). Of course, just about everywhere has oatmeal. Random thought, when do the TAs start voicing concern, or are they sheep? Maybe they will sell packets of instant oatmeal to be made in room with a kettle that can be rented by the minute, ordered from the Butler team, and arriving by the end of the cruise! Edited August 28, 2023 by Cap_D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_T Posted August 28, 2023 #460 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, terrydtx said: No sausages of any kind... ... and the current cruise sailed from Southampton, which makes their absence borderline criminal! 🙂 That, together with the other missing items would be a disappointment for sure. In all sincerity, if I sat down and found that they were unable to provide sausage at breakfast in Luninae I would get up and head for OVC, unless they have been removed shipwide of course, which would be crazy. Edited August 28, 2023 by Mark_T 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwokpot Posted August 28, 2023 #461 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Cap_D said: Seriously, oatmeal and sausage are not a fringe items. Why would they take each off the menu? Do they need to now source either from another kitchen or they gone? Why does Celebrity make everything extra difficult on its guests. The sense of wow shouldn't be because they find some oatmeal or send a runner to the OVC for sausage. And, for a moment, what if they cut oatmeal and sausage? It looks that way. Sometimes one can excuse or rationalize the menu based on different cultures being catered to, a desire to be international, language barriers or simplification, but this is plain dumb and stupid. One more cutback, more negative PR, or at least doubt. Not suggesting we need to get into the merits of Marriott, but if anyone wrote the book on baseline hotel breakfast and hospitality, it's Marriott. And, they have oatmeal. About $6.99 for a 42oz carton of Quaker. (FYI, I just read that Marriott uses a version named Kettle Oats, which are a bit heartier than the Old Fashioned, sold to restaurants). Random thought, when do the TAs start voicing concern, or are they sheep? OT but somewhat germaine. Awhile ago I was on a land tour in Ireland and stayed at a castle property that which included mini apartments. A full Irish breakfast was included in the main castle property. On the first morning I asked for a bowl of OATMEAL. The server had no idea what I was asking, so I ordered the traditional Irish breakfast. A few minutes later I inquired with another server why you don't have the world renowned Irish Oatmeal. She then remarked, Oh you mean Porridge!!! Of course we have that. Edited August 28, 2023 by kwokpot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap_D Posted August 28, 2023 #462 Share Posted August 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, Mark_T said: ... and the current cruise sailed from Southampton, which makes their absence borderline criminal! 🙂 That, together with the other missing items would be a disappointment for sure. In all sincerity, if I sat down and found that they were unable to provide sausage at breakfast in Luninae I would get up and head for OVC, unless they have been removed shipwide of course, which would be crazy. They may not want to have anyone eat breakfast in Luminae. Maybe that's the strategy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare terrydtx Posted August 28, 2023 #463 Share Posted August 28, 2023 10 minutes ago, kwokpot said: OT but somewhat germaine. Awhile ago I was on a land tour in Ireland and stayed at a castle property that which included mini apartments. A full Irish breakfast was included in the main castle property. On the first morning I asked for a bowl of OATMEAL. The server had no idea what I was asking, so I ordered the traditional Irish breakfast. A few minutes later I inquired with another server why you don't have the world renowned Irish Oatmeal. She then remarked, Oh you mean Porridge!!! Of course we have that. I remember our trip to Ireland and seeing Blood Pudding on the breakfast menu, not at all what I expected. They were good, just hard to get past the name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHEZMARYLOU Posted August 28, 2023 #464 Share Posted August 28, 2023 This menu was posted several months ago from someone sailing on an E class ship, it is still showing in the app for Edge.. The Luminae's dinner menu is also different from the ones on S class. Chilled Corn Sout, Duck Leg Confit and Lime & Berry Pavlova. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted August 28, 2023 #465 Share Posted August 28, 2023 The breakfast menu in the app for the current Edge sailing has smoked salmon, sausage, eggs Benedict and a number of items I don’t recall seeing before. New at least to me: very berry oatmeal, toasted muesli, arena cherries. Savory potato waffle, eggs in purgatory and cheddar cheese grits. I hope these new additions are there when we sail in October some sound great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare terrydtx Posted August 28, 2023 #466 Share Posted August 28, 2023 10 minutes ago, jelayne said: The breakfast menu in the app for the current Edge sailing has smoked salmon, sausage, eggs Benedict and a number of items I don’t recall seeing before. New at least to me: very berry oatmeal, toasted muesli, arena cherries. Savory potato waffle, eggs in purgatory and cheddar cheese grits. I hope these new additions are there when we sail in October some sound great. The Luminae menus, Breakfast, lunch and dinner, and the Suites breakfast room service menus have not shown up for several weeks on the app for our Apex cruise next month. No idea what we will have. I inquired with the Retreat shoreside concierges about the missing menus on the apps and was told the menus are all currently being changed and updated and will be posted just prior to or when we board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted August 28, 2023 #467 Share Posted August 28, 2023 25 minutes ago, terrydtx said: The Luminae menus, Breakfast, lunch and dinner, and the Suites breakfast room service menus have not shown up for several weeks on the app for our Apex cruise next month. No idea what we will have. I inquired with the Retreat shoreside concierges about the missing menus on the apps and was told the menus are all currently being changed and updated and will be posted just prior to or when we board. I went to the current Edge sailing in the app so maybe what is on the Edge now is the new menu. I just checked breakfast did not look at lunch, dinner or Room Service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwmcaa Posted August 28, 2023 #468 Share Posted August 28, 2023 So sat down this past weekend and found two sky suites that we were planning to book today for us and our friends. I watched some Apex YouTube videos last night to get excited about the trip and then boom, hit in the face with Celebrity’s sky suite changes. This was going to be our first Celebrity cruise but I am now going to recommend to our group that we move on to another cruise line. We wanted to have a butler experience and the extras that’s came with the sky suite that appear to be cut now. I also feel like this was done so sneaky too, it’s left us with a very bad impression of the company. I just can’t explain how disappointed we are. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare terrydtx Posted August 28, 2023 #469 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, jelayne said: I went to the current Edge sailing in the app so maybe what is on the Edge now is the new menu. I just checked breakfast did not look at lunch, dinner or Room Service. I hadn't thought about that, I just looked at the current Apex cruise and the Luminae breakfast menu is identical to the one I posted from the Silhouette. No sausage, no Oatmeal, No regular French toast or variety of Eggs Benedict. I just looked at the new dinner menus for Luminae and they look to be all different than before. Edited August 28, 2023 by terrydtx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare terrydtx Posted August 28, 2023 #470 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, jelayne said: I went to the current Edge sailing in the app so maybe what is on the Edge now is the new menu. I just checked breakfast did not look at lunch, dinner or Room Service. Looking at the Luminae menu for the current Apex cruise and they have a whole new Daniel Boulud menu. The Entree is a Duck Leg Confit "Var Siu" no more Moroccan chicken. The new dinner menu looks very interesting, a lot of cheaper fish and sirloin, but on day 11 they have a cold water poached lobster. Edited August 28, 2023 by terrydtx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lena11033 Posted August 28, 2023 #471 Share Posted August 28, 2023 I feel like a few things have changed, I was looking through it yesterday which seemed different than last time I looked 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwokpot Posted August 28, 2023 #472 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) 22 minutes ago, terrydtx said: The Entree is a Duck Leg Confit "Var Siu" no more Moroccan chicken. Are you sure it isn't CHAR SIU? That's Chinese style BBQ pork, which would make sense using the Chinese sweet/savory BBQ sauce for a duck confit dish. Googling Var Siu and nothing comes up. Edited August 28, 2023 by kwokpot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted August 28, 2023 #473 Share Posted August 28, 2023 4 hours ago, terrydtx said: No sausages of any kind, no Crab cake or Salmon eggs benedict, no regular French toast, no regular or Belgium waffles and no hot oatmeal. Hmmm.. Things I normally do not eat -- no wonder I over looked them. I will not miss the disaster they called sausage gravy and biscuits though. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wineoclock Posted August 28, 2023 #474 Share Posted August 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Mark_T said: ... and the current cruise sailed from Southampton, which makes their absence borderline criminal! 🙂 That, together with the other missing items would be a disappointment for sure. In all sincerity, if I sat down and found that they were unable to provide sausage at breakfast in Luninae I would get up and head for OVC, unless they have been removed shipwide of course, which would be crazy. No sausages on a Southampton sailing - I’m surprised if there wasn’t a riot tbh! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare abbydancer2003 Posted August 28, 2023 #475 Share Posted August 28, 2023 28 minutes ago, terrydtx said: Looking at the Luminae menu for the current Apex cruise and they have a whole new Daniel Boulud menu. The Entree is a Duck Leg Confit "Var Siu" no more Moroccan chicken. The new dinner menu looks very interesting, a lot of cheaper fish and sirloin, but on day 11 they have a cold water poached lobster. I think I saw the "new" Boulud menu mentioned a few weeks ago. Too bad, as the dessert was one of my go to desserts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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