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You will find lots of Families with children on Celebrity summer cruises. Celebrity does have programs for children but no Waterslides or rock climbing walls. I think Adults who bring Kids on a Celebrity cruise do so because they want a more Adult cruise experience but they bring the kids along so We can enjoy their precious little ones while their parents practice their well honed skills of ignoring the screaming and yelling. Right now I am Onboard Summit and the Sky Lounge is being made unusable by A group of unsupervised 5-7 year olds jumping on the counters and furniture while howling as loud as possible while the parents ignore them. I am hoping to find some peace in the Solarium.

One of the most pleasant X boarding experiences. I arrived at 10:15am at the San Pedro terminal and was onboard and at my cabin at 10:40am. their was a well marked check in tent. About 60 guests in line. A representative of X opens the entry to the check in clerks at 10:30am (as posted) and after presenting our Passports and sea pass papers we were seated at the entry to the boarding ramp. Retreat and priority pass guests were called first then Elite and some other qualified guests ( I am Elite+) were called. I stopped at my muster station on the way to my stateroom on deck 6. Entered my stateroom and dropped off my things then signed into my Premium WiFi account . Left my stateroom at 10:40am. so much better than my last checkin at Valparaiso Chile 3 weeks ago. My wife and I last sailed on Summit in August of last year from Iceland to Boston and the ship still looks well cared for and modern. D. B.

I Like Meatloaf and Turkey. For those who want Steak every night it is on the right side of the menu.

One of the perks is Preferred seating in the main theater but it's the Front Row. I never sit in the front row so that is something I will never use.

I'm sailing on SS on May 27,2024! Bummer.

That was because the air pump that supplies all the hot tubs was broken. getting parts for things like that for a 20+ year old ship can sometimes require replacing an entire unit if parts are no longer available. A New and different pump can require work that's only practical during a drydocking.

You are wrong about Bingo. It has been reinstated fleetwide on Celebrity. I think people were put off by DorNoD and missed Bingo.

I have 9 future Celebrity cruises booked but I run dummy bookings for them on Celebrities web site every so often and just Found 3 of them Now have lower Prices then when I originally booked them! I called my TA and they were able to have Celebrity change My bookings to the lower Price while keeping my same cabin. These are All on bookings Before final payment has been made. The savings were about $700.00 on each. Checking some of my bookings the Cost had Gone Up so no savings there. My TA's website lists current prices so I check them for price drops and that leads me to do the dummy bookings on the cruise lines site. The biggest change I see since 2023 has been the reduction in OBC's. It makes it more important to take advantage of Celebrities onboard offer to pay a $100 deposit and have 6 months to decide on a future cruise And get the OBC that comes with that offer.

With the popularity of Cruises post Covid exploding in record bookings the cruise line’s have found themselves in a position of strength that no longer requires them to offer great deals to fill ships. It’s the old rule of supply and demand. the best deals are for booking close to the sale date but cabin selection is more limited.

When they found me new flights it was with completely different airlines and at no extra cost. Also I was moved to the front of the standby Q. best was that I was on the plane with no cell service or WiFi.

Unfortunately the Forward-facing Sky Lounge on Reflection is not as Nice as the one's on the other 4 Solstice class ships because X walled off 40% of it (the Port side) to have room for more Suites. Do Not let that influence your decision to book future cruises on the Solstice or Millenium class ships! The Newer Edge class ships Do Not have a Sky Lounge. The Lawn Club Grill is one of my Favorite (Specialty) Dining options. 😋 It is simi unclosed and can be a little windy on sea days when the ship is underway. Only 2 Solstice class ships (Reflection and Silhouette) have the Lawn Club grill shielded from most of the wind while the ship is underway by a forward wall. There Is a version of the Lawn Club Grill on the Edge class ships but it is simi open to wind from the forward motion of the ship and they have an Aft wall. Le Petite Chef has at least 2 different Menu's so once onboard you can ask about them as they will be different on part of the cruise and not the same every night. Some people think it is a kids cartoon but I have done it 12 times and would recommend trying it once. There are 5 different Videos and so far My favorite is the 4 chefs competition. Murano has a Lobster offering that is Prepared right at your table on a trolly with a burner and it is a real production to watch. Same with Murano's Crepe desert also done on a burner right at your table! Tuscan is at the very back of the ship with wall to wall windows and a view out to sea from the rear of the ship. The 3 meatballs appetizer can fill you up by itself.

Twice they have pulled off flight changes that got me where I was trying to go when my original flight was cancelled at the last min. while I was At the airport! Once I had to get on one flight while agents of FBC were working on a replacement for the next leg and I had to turn off my phone when the cabin door was closed. I went to the airlines desk as soon as my present flight landed and was told "It's all been taken care of and here is your new flight information" FBC only books flights that are Refundable most of the time. You can book directly with an airline at a non refundable ticket. Also you do not have to Pay for your reserved flights till 90 days before the sailing date. I sometimes pay the balance early if that allows me to do seat selection.

I was just on Eclipse last week (13 nights around South America) and overall I thought the ship was in excellent condition. A few lower windows in the forward facing Sky Lounge had lost their inert gas and had become cloudy. My Balcony cabin 1289 was in good condition except 1 drawer that didn’t close all the way. With Celebrity spending big on its new ships it’s not surprising they are not paying attention to all the details of the older ships. The Crew onboard Eclipse are great and the Activities staff are top notch. I don’t grade food and entertainment as there seems to be a lot of opinions about those . I will say that I had a great Cruise and many onboard were doing multiple B2B2B’s all the way to New Jersey so that’s a positive?

It’s great that we have choices!

Ok. Dumb was not the best word to define the 4 separate dining rooms on the Edge class ships. When I first set foot on a Cruise Ship (Celebrity Century,2000) I was Impressed with the Elegant 2 deck Main Dining Room and it's grand staircase and open spacious feeling. Unlike any restaurant I had ever dined in. I always look forward to that special feeling of a Celebrity main dining room. The Edge class ships ruined That experience, and the 4 small dining rooms feel more like cheap Chain restaurants so common in every city and state.☹️ Yes. We Do have choices in where we spend our Cruise $$$ and that Is a good thing.