Jzx1103

Lol no one has sailed on Icon yet so I don't see how anyone can answer your question based on experience. In theory at least it should be better than Oasis Class Boardwalk Balcony. Kids probably won't be out in the kiddie areas late in the day and there are no noises blasting from the Aqua Shows at night.

All Panorama sailings up to Dec 23rd now show sold out on the website. A Travel Agent confirmed its showingthe sameon her end (Of course I know for a fact they weren't sold out)

Ours is December 13th, its even a partially comped cruise (we still had to pay 3rd and 4th person fare for our kids). But I'm actually hoping they can either fix the issue before we sail or allow us to cancel with full refund. I don't really want to do a 7 night with one port. Even if its partially comped.

Bigger question is what are they planning to do about the upcoming sailings now that the ship can only do 10 knts. Are they just gonna keep sailing the Panorama 7 nts with only a stop at Cabo without doing anything else about it?

Try Tokyo Tea, its basically Long Island but instead of coke added, its replaced with Midori Melon Liquor. Its very strong though as all ingredients are alchoholic. Basically its vodka, gin, rum, tequila, triple sec + midori melon liquor. I think maybe there's sweet and sour mixed in as well.

I will update with the results after my cruise. I did see folks mention on the Celebrity casino Facebook group they had success changing out Aqua Class passengers after getting onboard.

Hence why I'm actually gonna ask guest services to officially change room assignments, not just ask for an extra keycard for each room. Officially having my wife's name attached to my Aqua Class room, and my friend attached to the interior room in the system. Although I have never tried this with Celebrity, it does work on Royal Caribbean. When we changed room assignments with RCL, it officially changed on their computer too. So I guess we'll see

But she doesn't have to order a drink in Blu, or are you required to order a drink when dining there? 😂

Yes both friends we're bringing are female. We do plan on eating a few dinners together at mdr. But I also plan on eating a few dinners just with my wife at Blu.

No, definitely not. we explained the situation to our friend, she's just happy enough we invited her on the trip. In fact she'd feel really bad if she took the AC benefits from my wife.

I asked around, some folks say for Thermal Suite, they just ask you for your card and see if you have an Aqua Class card. They don't actually look to see who's who. If thats the case, couldn't you just bring the two Aqua Class cards?

The drink is actually the least of our concerns, neither my wife nor my friend who currently has the drink package assigned drink much anyways. However my wife was especially disappointed about Blu and Thermal Suite after I told her last night, it just doesn't make sense if celebrity can't switch these two perks around. Not to mention it also cause me not to be able to eat at Blu either, I'm not abandoning my wife at dinner or eating alone with our friend (who's also female and would be inappropriate). We were actually trying to do something nice for our friends by inviting them as they don't get to travel much, part of the reason is financially they're not as well off.

What about the Thermal Suite? So they check your card clearly

Check what out? we got 2 comp'd rooms for gambling quite a bit in the casino and thats the rule for booking casino comps (my wife and I have to each book our rooms separately). Seems to me it would be much more customer friendly if celebrity just let you change the Aqua Class guest perks once onboard, its not like it hurts their revenue. Still only 2 people enjoying the perk. I actually can't even figure out the reasoning for this one or how it even benefits them to have this restriction.

Hmmm if that's the case thats pretty disappointing, and poor guest relations by celebrity management imo. Its not like it cost them anything extra to switch the person using Thermal Spa and Blu at the start of the cruise. Its not like we're trying to sneak in a 3rd guest. Anyways I will ask once onboard, if denied I will write it in the reviews. I'm sure this specific issue has popped up before with Casino bookings.