XCEL

[ROYALBOY]

OK how many have booked the inaugural cruise for the XCEL. US👍🏼👍🏼

[cruisestitch]

Uh, no.  Not if they gave it to me for free

[ISABELLA]

Not excited about E class. 

[mahasamatman]

Perhaps if it was sailing somewhere interesting.

[hcat]

holding off pending reviews

[hasentreelake]

We almost booked the Beyond... but alas we booked Princess as it actually transfers through the Panama Canal.  We would have booked Summit *itin from 2023* but nothing available for 2024. ? !

 

[lulurobby]

Just wish it would be different ports.

[Cruise till you drop]

We booked for Jan 2026.  Didn’t want to sail inaugural cruise in Caribbean during hurricane season

[Georgia_Peaches]

Haven’t booked but the name is growing on me. 

[lv2cruisgrl]

We booked for Dec 14 2025. 

[Purplsmurf]

15 hours ago, hasentreelake said:

We almost booked the Beyond... but alas we booked Princess as it actually transfers through the Panama Canal.  We would have booked Summit *itin from 2023* but nothing available for 2024. ? !

 

Hope you aren’t going on the Sapphire Princess!

[mitaxi]

Booked ....  love E class !!

[hcat]

short  5 day inaugural on XL..might be a good taster as  the  reg  routes  are same  as other   Celeb  itins.

 

Anyone here understand the new fuel system?

[RMac713]

Should have booked the 5 night when I first saw it because hours later it was a lot more money.  As for the 7 nights I've been to all the ports but Bimini.  

 

[JDPCruisers]

3 minutes ago, RMac713 said:

Should have booked the 5 night when I first saw it because hours later it was a lot more money.  As for the 7 nights I've been to all the ports but Bimini.  

 

IMHO, you're not missing anything in Bimini.

[39august]

Ditto Bimini. 

[jelayne]

Considering it but it won’t be the inaugural cruise.  We love the E class ships and like seeing the changes to each as they are added to the fleet.

[Tyler414]

Jan. 2026

[hasentreelake]

3 hours ago, Purplsmurf said:

Hope you aren’t going on the Sapphire Princess!

Coral Princess (for the old locks)

[WestLakeGirl]

Nope, never, nada, nyet

[jjbko]

April 12th and 19th 2026. Looking forward to it.

 

[MustBCruzn]

We booked the 7-night, Jan 4th cruise. The itinerary is boring, but we don't plan to get off the ship. It's just (hopefully) a nice warm get-away in the winter. We got an SV at an incredibly low price. I think there were pricing errors when it first came out, because now they've increased significantly.

Edited November 12, 2023 by MustBCruzn

[Susanb10567]

10 minutes ago, MustBCruzn said:

We booked the 7-night, Jan 4th cruise. The itinerary is boring, but we don't plan to get off the ship. It's just (hopefully) a nice warm get-away in the winter. We got an SV at an incredibly low price. I think there were pricing errors when it first came out, because now they've increased significantly.

We booked the same…it’s my husband’s birthday on the 4th so we decided to book it…not excited about the itinerary but figured why not…

[nednrom]

We booked Dec 21st - a short getaway for my birthday christmas eve.

[Lena11033]

On 11/9/2023 at 7:24 PM, ROYALBOY said:

OK how many have booked the inaugural cruise for the XCEL. US👍🏼👍🏼

 

I just booked this today