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I was recently told that it was 30 for dinner

Absolutely! It’s on the silhouette and I’m sure it will be very nice.

Of course!

Couldn’t hurt to ask. We generally eat very late so it might be a slow time. But I’m sure if it is ever allowed it will be a rare occurrence. Not sure if our friend, who will be traveling solo, will book the cruise if an Aqua room doesn’t open up unless he could eat with us on a regular basis. Of course there are specialty restaurants that the 3 of us could go to, so we will see what he decides on

That is my understanding as well

It’s my understanding that as a suite guest you can invite a non suite guest to dinner at Luminae as long as you pay a fee for the guest and there is availability

Ok thanks. I know it’s allowed at Lumanae, thought it might be the same at Blu. Hopefully an Aqua will open up.

We are booked in an Aqua cabin on an August sailing of the Silhouette. A friend might join us but there are only one inside and one veranda cabin available to book. Aqua is sol out. If he decides to book the inside or veranda, can he join us for dinner at Blu if we pay a fee for him, based on availability of course?

Thanks so much for your insights. The hot tub on the balcony is certainly a draw! I do love all the space and the huge bathroom. I’m glad to hear the furnishings are ok. I’m very much leaning towards it if we can swing it financially.

Oh good to know, thank you! Do you remember your room number? There are only 2 available right now. The upgrade is a real stretch for us so we want to make sure it’s the right choice. How were the furnishings. I know they aren’t new but are they really showing their age?

I watched some YouTube videos of the Royal Suite on Eclipse and it looked great, but the videos were posted by travel agents so I’m not sure if they were accurate representations, considering the age of the ship and lack of recent renovations. Does anyone have recent experience sailing in a royal suite on Eclipse? Thanks!

Thank you. Since my original post, I cancelled the Iceland cruise in favor of “best of Scandinavia” cruise as it offered more port days to more cities. I still want to go to Iceland in the future, so will keep your advice in mind!

I had put deposits on both, my travel companion was away and I was waiting for her to decide between the two. Canceling on the app seemed easy…until it turned out it wasn’t

Live and learn

Last night we decided to cancel one cruise in favor of a different sailing. We are well before final payment. We had made a deposit, paid an upgrade fee, and booked an excursion and some specialty restaurants. There was an option to cancel the reservation on the app, which I clicked. I received a confirmation email but the amount to be refunded was listed as zero! When I called Celebrity this morning to inquire about the refund, I spent over an hour and a half on the phone, only to be told they needed to investigate this and they would call me back tomorrow. The rep then told me that I should not have used the cancellation feature on the app and should have called instead! why have this option on the app if all it does is create a problem? Frustrating. I’m sure it will be worked out, but probably after spending countless hours on the phone. This is certainly not a major issue in the scheme of things, just informing on my experience in case anyone is considering canceling

I think I was on the same sailing as you and totally agree with your comments!

Well said. However we like that there seems to be something for everyone. I loved our Ascent sailing. The cruise director, Luigi, was high energy and he always had fun, party vibe to his activity options. We are late 60’sbut still had a blast. On our subsequent sailing on the Apex it felt like the cruise director was in slow motion. The activities were fewer and much more sedate. We still had fun at this slower pace, but preferred having a more upbeat atmosphere. That is just us. I did see younger couples on both sailings. I think it’s great to have a mix of ages and interests. Even within the older demographic that we are in, there is a mix of interests and outlooks.

They may not be automatically adjusted. In the past what I have done is emailed Celebrity MoveUp and requested a new offer to bid, reflecting my new stateroom tier. It usually has taken a few days but I’ve received an new offer to bid where the bidding range has been has been decreased

Thank you. I do love Blu, but if I’ll have better views from our sunset veranda I rather see the views and just book a specialty restaurant or two.

Interesting idea. I’m not sure I’m comfortable doing that but I tried a mock booking just to check the pricing and it’s a third more than I’d pay for the veranda guarantee that I currently have booked. I guess “free” isn’t exactly free

Yikes!

Good to know, thanks

Thank you. I think that things will open up as we approach final payment, at least I hope so.

I’ve been checking the website for this cruise obsessively, because I’m currently booked in a veranda guarantee ( all that they would allow with just 2 people) and I’m afraid of being assigned an obstructed view of the life boats. Right now if 3 people booked there are close to 200 rooms spanning the veranda categories. It’s not that far out from the sailing to assume all those rooms will be filled with young families. I also checked the school schedule for August in Europe. Depending on the region, many will be back in school. I’m sure there will be a fair amount of children, but hopefully it will be manageable. I don’t mind children as long as they are well behaved, but that is not always the case

Hello just found this old post of your. I’m hoping you can give me some info about the view from your aft balcony as your ship approached and left Iceland? I’m going to Iceland this summer and booked an aft balcony but it was at a premium price and I’m wondering if a regular balcony on either side of the ship would be just as good. I can still change and get my money back, if the upgrade isn’t worth it for Iceland, since it doesn’t go to the fjords in Norway