wendyam76

Been in an S3 on both Apex and Edge and no noise and unless on Deck 12 no obstruction. Much bigger balcony too!

@little Britain thank you so much. I managed to do this via Direct Message on Twitter - we both had the refreshment package so I’ve upgraded mine to deluxe package but kept my mum at the refreshment one as she can use her Diamond vouchers for the fee alcoholic drinks a day she has!

Made me feel better too! Meant to add mine is a deck 12 suite so it may be all the Magic Carpet Suites which are affected.

We have the same for our Magic Carpet/S3 suite for July 2023! Dearest inside stateroom ever. We do have an invoice which shows the suite and our Celebrity TA confirms it. She brought it up with IT two weeks ago but no change yet. Wendy

Oh my goodness, I am so sorry he is on Apex - I was getting mixed up as that is the next E class ship I’m on. How stupid of me - sorry! Wendy

Alejandro is CD on Beyond at present. Jim, thank you for an amazing report as always! Wendy

Elevators give you direct access - but there was no hoist in position yet for the Retreat Pool. We were on the July 21st sailing and I looked for it. Wendy

Don’t worry about it - they will easily sort it. I’ve had it happen many times when I change it to separate beds - I travel with my mum. I have a celebrity agent who I now just email and we always laugh about it. My one at the moment is I’ve booked a suite and it shows as a suite on the invoice (and is priced as one!) but the manage reservation has it as an inside stateroom! Wendy

Did you check under the dining option as that is where the cabanas are listed? They don’t face the pool on Edge and Apex but they do on Beyond. Loved ours on Beyond. You could always take the Grey Goose home with you - I felt reluctant to ask but we hadn’t liked the champagne the day before - too sweet - and when we enquired about the vodka they laughed and said it was ours to do with as we wished. I’d taken packaging with me and it survived the flight! wendy

Just off the 21st July sailing and they were changing the times a lot - made it difficult to schedule speciality dining! Also due to changing cast so we only got one of their production shows - Stage Door.

Well we got a bottle of Veuve with our port day rental on Equinox! It was advertised as part of the package - I’d booked online for less than $100 so never thought we’d get it but we did. Thoroughly enjoyed our day - in fact almost two days as it started to rain mid morning so they let us change our booking to the next day. And whilst I certainly did walk to the Sunset bar at times I was also conscious the more we ordered the more gratuity (from the drink package) the alcove attendant got - we did tip on top too. Wendy

We were lucky enough to be onboard Apex last July when it was like a private yacht - 800 passengers! Travelling with my 88 year old mum so deck 12 made sense for ease of getting to Luminae but if just myself I’d choose elsewhere. But these suites are amazing value with huge balconies.

On Edge and Apex deck 12 MC suites don’t have the window. I think it is the same for Beyond. I did book deck 12 on Apex because it was the same deck as Luminae - of course on Beyond it is further up. Wendy

No passengers are on the MC when it travels - it literally takes seconds to go past and is really interesting to watch!

Even pre covid it was usually plated - I love it’s available till 10am! Wendy

Book is lovely but unless they’ve changed from last year you have to pay about $20 delivery on top of this. They didn’t make this clear and it wasn’t until I had made the book onboard that I realised. I didn’t say anything onboard as it wasn’t the photographers fault but I did send an email afterwards suggesting they make this charge clear on the cruise planner. Got a lovely call from corporate agreeing but I don’t think anything has changed! Wendy