Celebrity Error - Build a "Class System" into Your Ships

[tscoffey]

23 minutes ago, davejensen70 said:

 

Good point that it is Celebrity's seat, but that whole theater in the past had "no saving of seats is allowed" as the overriding dictum. They broke that rule themselves by stepping in with ropes and security personnel to enforce the "upper class" policy they'd initiated on that ship. It used to be for Chic nights only --- I can handle that. On this voyage, it was nightly.

It is overly argumentative to expect that rules that Celebrity has for the claiming of seats, in order to prevent passenger disagreements from escalting, should apply  to Celebrity themselves when reserving their own seats for higher paying passengers.

 
Similarly, there are rules against bringing any hard liquor onboard. If Celebrity were to apply this to their own staff, how would anyone imbibe in their favorite, overpriced martini?

 

Silly.

Edited 14 hours ago by tscoffey

[Ken the cruiser]

7 hours ago, davejensen70 said:

 

Glad to hear that even Suite customers are noting BEYOND's issues.  We cruise 4-5 times a year and while it has been primarily Celebrity, it's been  spread between others and some not RCG lines.  Nothing is as weird as a security guy telling you to go find another seat -- the "riff-raff" statement used in this thread came from someone else, not me, but I agree with him or her. That's how we felt.

A fellow cruiseaholic! 😁 What other cruise lines do you sail with? Our favorite line now is Princess. But we’re giving HAL another shot after a 5-year break, as they’re bringing their production shows along with their singers and dancers back AND also offer some great perks if you book early enough.

 

But we also on occasion like to cruise with NCL and Viking if the itinerary is pretty unique and in the 3-5 week range. Don’t get me wrong, we’re Elite+ with Celebrity. But if we book a cruise with them anymore, the itinerary has to be pretty awesome, such as one of their transoceanic cruises or maybe around Northern Europe or down around New Zealand and Australia. 😁

Edited 13 hours ago by Ken the cruiser

[TeeRick]

13 hours ago, markeb said:

 

I'm not going back and re-reading everything, and I'm with @phoenix_dream that I'm out of this thread. You're irritated that you showed up early and seats were blocked off. Everyone has told you the whole trick is to NOT show up early and you'll get those seats as most of us (at least Retreat passengers) don't want them. You're bummed out because you couldn't get bad seats that were reserved? Please just stop. 

If you are in a suite, I think on Chic night your butler will escort you to these roped off balcony seats.  At least they used too.  We found that a bit too pretentious for us and also did not particularly like the seats.  So we never really did this after the first time.  We can always get to the theatre and find seats to our liking.  Maybe that's contributing to the problem- people like us are taking the better non-reserved seats early!  LOL this thread is off the rails.

[TeeRick]

They should rope off and reserve seats at the Martini Bar for me before dinner.  I like it better than the Retreat Lounge.  That will get everybody going!  haha.🤪  I would also enjoy a roped off toilet stall that is kept clean for me.

[Saturngrl]

We are Elite and sail Concierge every time.  I purchased the Premium Access package for our upcoming Reflection cruise because I want the perks of early arrival/boarding, premium wi-fi, the theatre seating and early disembarkation.  Yes, I am willing to pay for the extras, but do not look down upon any other class of passenger.  We are not snobs, but merely want the best vacation I can afford.  

 

Just as any other business, the cruise line is working to earn more money.  Just like flying, or all-inclusive resorts, or other businesses selling experiences.