iandjm

At $10 my chances of going to Bistro on 5 now are now roughly zero. It is such a shame that Celebrity seem to be trying to extract every last penny out of us, to the point where I fear we will be paying to use the theatre next! I used to use the speciality restaurants quite a lot, but not steer clear now as the cover charge has gone up and up. It is worth noting that on other lines ie Cunard you can dine in the 'pub' and at other locations for zero extra charge. Let's face it you only eat the cruise lines food once each mealtime, so paying extra for it seems pretty unnecessary, and will only serve to drive us away in time.

Such a shame.

In addition the brochure and website plans show the suite only restaurant on deck 4, whereas everybody keeps saying it will be on deck 3 of the main restaurant.

I must say deck 4 makes more sense as that level of the restaurant has seats for far less people, which seems better with the suite restaurant taking away one of the two main entrances to the restaurant.

I have been looking at a cruise to the Med on Queen Elizabeth departing in October 2016.

This cruise is not yet open for booking but on the Cunard website there is an option to register an interest.

Is there any advantage to doing this or is it best to just wait till bookings are open. ?

Hi,

I believe I have pre registered on the same cruise 24th October Med?

I will let you know how things go we the cabin is allocated on Tuesday.

Ian

Infact with what is being offered on Eclipse in 2016, and the prices I booked a Cunard 14 Night cruise from Southampton yesterday. £400pp cheaper than Celebrity, and going to some lovely Med. ports.

1. The same repetitive itineraries from the UK, with the same cruise being repeated about 4 times in a row, followed by an equally repetitive one for several more cruises. Cunard for example offer some fantastic 10/11/12/14 night cruises to some of the best ports of the Mediterranean from Southampton, meanwhile Celebrity plod on doing the Canaries and Baltic over and over.

2. Prices continuing to increase even after the offers have been taken away. Prices even for an outside cabin in 2016 now cost more than £150pp per night.

I was thinking the same. Does this mean we cannot book onboard and get this offer as well as the 123 offer that booking oboard gives? (ie drinks package)

Hi,

I am on the 9 May Fjords cruise as well and tried to upgrade to a balcony, being advertised for £800pp. Sadly as expected I am not allowed to upgrade as the offer is for new bookings only. I understand they are the rules, but still its leaves a very regular customer feeling somewhat let down.

Ian

I'm surprised they have not modified cellar masters into an upmarket pub style venue. Works incredibly well on Cunard

Congratulations on the upgrade. I guess giving new cruisers the upgrade to a balcony is a clever way to guarantee you will become hooked to balcony's :)

Hi,

I am on the same cruise in an inside cabin. I checked this morning with Celebrity before seeing this thread. I was quoted £350pp to upgrade from an inside to a balcony. It looks like the offer you have been made is really good. I would take it for sure :)

Ian

The one big negative of the new restaurant is that it appears a section of one side of the main restaurant looses it's windows. This will lead to dark corners with only artificial lighting :mad: Nearly as bad as on Cunards Queen Elizabeth and Victoria, with the galley running down one side of the restaurant.

Hi,

The password reset is not working at present, I did this hours ago but no email as yet. Great isnt it!

Cheers

Ian

Hi, it looks like some clever clogs has changed the password criteria on 'my celebrity' to specify all passwords are 7 digits or more. All very well unless you have had a 6 digit password for years! Now I am unable to log into 'my celebritry' at all. I just get a message saying passwords must be 7-15 Characters. Spaces not allowed.

I have tried clicking the 'forgotten password' link but this does not send the email as promised.

Is anyone else having this problem?

Many thanks

Ian

I am pleased that my post helped at least a couple of you.

Hi,

Your post really did help lots :)

I have 6 groups of friends going along with me on this cruise.

We really appreciate you posting the info here

Ian

I've encouraged 7 pairs of friends to book already 😃

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Today Celebrity sent an email advertising this cruise £199 for a balcony if you are Elite Plus

Sadly they didnt send it to me! :eek:

I can't see a 5 night cruise in May. Only 9th May 7 night Norway?

You will love Eclipse. I'm onboard now 😃

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Hi,

Yes drinks from the 'included' selection are available at all bars and the restaurants/ It works really well :D

It appears to be working now. Just another glitch on their wonderful web site! ;)

Hi,

Just checking to see if anyone else is having the same problems as I am trying to log into 'my celebrity' on the website? It is telling me the username and password is incorrect, which I know 100% it isnt.

Many thanks

Ian

Unfortunately things change. I used to pay $.30 a gallon for gas and have someone pump it and wash my windshield and check my oil. Now, at $3.50 a gallon we get squat. Yes, I enjoyed the chocolates but it will not make me change cruise lines as I still get more with Celebrity.

Things could be worse, we pay nearly $10 a gallon for gas in the UK! :)

I do find it amusing that you have to move up a cabin grade to get shower gel with Celebrity Even P&O and Cunard provide this to all on the ship. That aside I am still the biggest Celebrity fan around :)

As you only give four digits of your card on the online check in, there is no problem whatsoever changing the card you use at check in. I have done this several times :)

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Anyone know where Eclipse is between the 7 Night Norway cruise on 9th May and the 15 Night Scandinavia on 30 May?

Many thanks

Ian

Enjoy your visit. I got off eclipse 2 weeks ago and am missing the ship badly. Roll on 19 October!