Ox Fan Cruiser

The Palate Cleanser or Amuse Bouche that was server between each course was always something different each time. Never something that was served on a previous day.

2 hours ago, wrk2cruise said:

No.

Thats bad news. We loved them back in Jan 2019. When did they stop including them in Luminae?

We will be in a suite for our Edge Alaska cruise in May. It will be our 2nd time in a suite. Does Luminae still give you a palate cleanser between courses? 

We did 1 B2B before. It was on Princess. It was the Southampton port in England. 1st cruise was a Scandinavian cruise followed by a West Bound Transatlantic.  There was on issue when I left the ship to go buy a new pair of sneakers. They might have given me a card or paper to show when I came back to the terminal to get back on.  

On ‎4‎/‎25‎/‎2019 at 11:26 AM, Silkroad said:

Ladies, I think we should start a girl band. We could ramp up the mascara (think Kiss back in the day), crank up the fog machine, and call ourselves "The Psycho Raccoons"🤣

Pete Townshend of The Who had a solo album called Psychoderelict.   It was another of his Rock Opera albums centered on the character Ray High. BTW, Ray High was modeled after himself. Psychoderelict was In My Very Humble Opinion, one of his best works.

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17 hours ago, etravel said:

So Ox Fan, you prefer Celebrity? Didn't even really look at them yet...

We've sailed Princess once and Celebrity 7 times. Princess was our 2nd or 3rd cruise. But we found them to be neck & neck with Celebrity. We sail the Sky Princess on her Transatlantic from Copenhagen to NYC in September. 

We've sailed Celebrity, Princess & NCL.  No matter what the ship name is. Princess is much better than NCL.  In My Very Humble Opinion. of the 3 lines, NCL has a firm grip on 3rd place. 

we are booked for Sky Princess D730 for the Transatlantic in September. I wonder if the direction of the wind vs sailing direction plays a part in Soot / No Soot game?

We had an S3... cabin 9204. No issues at all with the MC. Very large balcony. Would book it again in a heart beat. there are several YouTube cabin reviews for it (9204). We had the 4th normal sailing last January. I didn't know we could ask for a lounger. 

1 minute ago, lamondys said:

Any idea when the bookings will open up?

not sure but it should be soon. It sails Fall 2021.... maybe a news black out until the Apex is in service??

Doesn't the Apex have more solo cabins?

The first cut has been made for the Celebrity Beyond.

https://www.traveldailymedia.com/celebrity-cruises-cuts-steel-on-third-edge-class-ship/

We had 9204, aft cabin inside of the rails. No problem at all. large balcony with a large window on aft wall between rail & cabin that looked down the side of the ship.

Didn't like the "sit up straight" deck chairs with the low back tho.

2 minutes ago, PTC DAWG said:

Looks good over the last 6 months....hard to tell about one day.  

true... but its larger than a normal swing... Did RCL have a bad news day? 

I just checked RCL stock price.. Down $5.06 or 3.75% so far today. What is going on?

On 1/15/2020 at 11:40 AM, Tatka said:

 

Were you on Summit after refurbishment? We have not noticed it being dated at all unless you are referring to design of the ship. It is of course older smaller ship, but it is in a great shape. 

Yes right after the refurb... It was our first time ever on a Mill Class ship. We've done 4 Solstice class and the Edge. 

We mostly sail Celebrity. Only once on (Caribbean) Princess. We are booked on the Sky for the Sept 4 TA from Copenhagen to NYC. We've been on the Summit last Spring. The Summit is a bit dated even tho it was just referb'd. My overall impression between Celebrity & Princess is that they are equal. The only other line we sailed was NCL, twice. In my very humble opinion. NCL has a firm grip on 3rd place. 

Doesn't the Apex have more Solo Verandas? 

On ‎10‎/‎18‎/‎2019 at 1:08 PM, vtcruising said:

I remembered today about the hippie van that was seen in early renderings of the Edge Retreat Sundeck and how disappointed I was to not find it the first day that I went up there. I did talk with Cameron Robertson, the Guest Relations Director, on our January cruise for quite a while and asked about the hippie bus. He was the only person I spoke with that acknowledged that it was originally in the plans (everyone else looked at me like I had two heads). He said that they were going to put it up there, but decided to do a full bar instead (the hippie van had a flip top and held beverages). 

 

I have a little tiny bit of hope for the hippie van to show up on the Apex, but I guess the full bar is a better option, if they can only do one or the other. 🙂

 

Oh yes!.... The Magic Bus.....  I guess it turned out to be... "Too much, the Magic Bus". 

Do we know more than the Apex will have more solo cabins?

4 hours ago, Olive1950 said:

 

A "FUN" option?  Really??  Perhaps you've never seen a Royal Family Suite or a Presidential Family Suite on Royal Caribbean ships....  That's what they were called in 2011, at least.  RFS had 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms; PFS had 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.

 

Perhaps I'm sailing on the WRONG cruise line....

Why are you so upset? I'm aware of many multi-bedroom suites. I've never seen one where both rooms are made to equal standards. most have a larger room with a smaller room. My suggestion was for a suite where both bedrooms are equal to each other. That way 2 couple could split the cost and one doesn't have to settle for the smaller room.

But It seems like you just are looking to be hostile.

18 hours ago, ORV said:

I believe there's a reason why they haven't done this yet. 

and that reason being..........

Many other lines are going to LNG powered ships. Is there one being designed for Celebrity? Could the 3rd Edge be a LNG ship? We hear it will be "different".

We sailed on the Edge in January. Our 1st time in a suite.. We had a Sky Suite S3, "between the Rails" veranda. Very large veranda yet it only had 2 low back chairs. Why not loungers? Not even high back chairs. Just those "sit at attention" chairs. For a relaxing vacation we shouldn't have "you better sit up straight" chairs.