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Congrats on your win! We were on Millennium last month Singapore to Mumbai. Did a similar move up from a verandah to a RS. Total cost was about 40% of the selling price on the web so a big win in our book. Alex and Connor in the retreat lounge were awesome. Only 50 suites so they get to know you vs 200 suites on Beyond. Different experience. If Glenn is your butler we learned that we needed to be very specific in our requests. Example, asked for Coke for the refrigerator. He didn't replenish until we asked he keep it stocked. Afterwards perfect so be specific in any requests. Milly is showing her age a bit but the staff were wonderful. Enjoy!

That was our experience. I could not find any such restriction in their contract which is way to hard to find itself.

Last year on Scenic Amber the bikes were three position switch. Relatively flat for our Vienna tour. The bikes had no trouble going up the ramps to cross the roadways.

Last year we treated ourselves to Stand (not Stand25) which is a Michelin 2 star. If you're up for a splurge it was an amazing experience. While the service was formal in its presentation our servers were quite relaxed and interactive with us. Hungarian food meets Michelin stars.

Any suggestions for use of OBC on Scenic would be appreciated. Last trip we used it for spa but that will not be possible this trip. Previously we could not use it in the gift shop or for champagne or upgraded wine. So what is left to use it?

We got an email Monday that our upgrade was confirmed. Our credit card was charged the upgrade bid plus the difference in gratuities from verandah to suite. Our credit card got a refund for the gratuity difference today. We still show the new cabin # in our reservation. Has anyone else experienced this?

As I'm so certain this could only be about protecting children I wonder why we haven't heard about background checks for all passengers to assure there are no sex offenders on board. My sister and BIL adopted three young girls to join their family of four. The bigotry so often directed at them as a multiracial family was amazing and appalling. She got so tired of it her stock response became "i have five children who have four different fathers who are not all the same race or ethnicity. Do you have anything else to say?" Every "concerned" bigot then walked away. Hopefully the family can get some legal help to remind Celebrity of these children's civil rights.

Thanks. That will save $200 on the RS bid. Every little bit helps 😉

We have bids in to move from a verandah to Aqua as well as all suites accepting bids. Our understanding is that our classic bev would remain even if we get a RS. Celebrity has a special to upgrade for $6.99 per day to premium so we bought that. In the past we upgraded from SS to RS so we already had premium drinks. We did get the 2 bottles in room and unlimited specialty dining.

We are on Millennium in February. The cruise ends in Mumbai. We arrive on Tuesday. Cruise ends on Wednesday. We were told that we cannot leave the ship for home before Wednesday normal debarkation. Flights from Mumbai to Florida leave late night to early morning. Ours is at 3:30am so we have to spend an extra day in Mumbai. There are many reports of being permitted to depart early but we just aren't willing to miss our flight and incur the costs to change the ticket and hope we can get seats in business class for the 24 hour journey.

We got off an 11 night Beyond cruise on 12/22. We hadn't been on Celebrity since January. We were in a SS. We were concerned about the cutbacks and negative changes written about so frequently. We had a very good cruise. The staff were as great as always. We never got an upcharge for anything less than $25 (so $8 for Veuve) though the Premium package limit is $17. Never a wait in Luminae though suites were sold out and we like to dine around 7. Food quality and variety were good. A room service person delivered breakfast rather than a butler who we never met. Fine by us. We have another Beyond cruise booked for January 2025 in a SS. From booking until today the price went from $10k +/- with tips and $1500 OBC to $15k +/- and no tips and no OBC. So rather than booking another SS on Celebrity we are trying a PH on Oceania. After factoring in gratuities and beverage package we are about $400/day less on Oceania. For us its well worth a try. I doubt we will consider it a downgrade. Suites were full on our cruise so Celebrity isn't losing so far. For our money we owe it to ourselves to give a competitor a try.

We totally agree. Loved our Beyond cruise we just completed. We have two more X cruises booked. We, too, did not purchase the future cruise voucher nor did we book another cruise. Our third booked cruise is on Oceania. Their Penthouse Suite is lower cost per day than a similar Sky Suite so we owe it to ourselves to give it a try. Last night was our final night on our Beyond cruise. Our wonderful Luminae server suggested the best dinner option was cannelloni. I want to be sure to remember that when I see the Retreat pricing.

Just got off an 11 night Beyond cruise in a SS. Never saw a butler. Room service breakfast was delivered by a kitchen runner.

Congrats Njfrank. How long was your bid locked before the charge hit your credit card?