Veinless

12 minutes ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

Then you just need to go to the buffet to get your pizza.🍕

A week ago you said it would only be available at Alfredo’s. Are sure this time?

At the rate things are changing, by 2024 you might be doing the cooking. 

What dessert wines are offered with Plus? I’m a big fan of port but that’s not an easy keyword to search for. 

Not too custom, but we asked in Luminae for some pancit to get a taste of home, and they happily obliged. 

4 hours ago, deliver42 said:

I found Princess pretty comparable to Celebrity at a lower price point.

Yup! Just booked them for 14 days in the Mediterranean. Celebrity is slowly cutting its own throat. 

51 minutes ago, terrydtx said:

My problem with MSC is not finding longer itineraries we want on the few ships that have YC.  We are looking more at Oceania for the more interesting itineraries.

Oceania and Viking are what we're now considering for future cruises.

52 minutes ago, NMTraveller said:

The cuts are getting rather old by now.

But enough about the steak..

8 minutes ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

All you need to do is purchase the plus60 package and you get 2 visits per person.  If you split the meal, you get 4.

Cheapest pizza on the seas! 

12 minutes ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

Those on the Majestic will have to go to Alfredo's and pay for it.  Not familiar with any other older ships that don't have Slice.

Darn. First time sailing Princess and was looking forward to the pizza. Not going to bother paying extra for it though. Thank you for the information. 

1 hour ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

A slice or two can be obtained up on Lido at Slice.  The "added benefit" would be the inclusion of the other casual venues such as Salty Dog or O'Malleys that were previously charged for and now would be included twice per sailing for package holders.  The downfall of course is the twice is for 4 day or 24 day cruises.

 Slice isn’t an option on all ships. I wonder what they’re going to do there?

1 hour ago, abbydancer said:

I just found it on the Eclipse.  That said, it's on the description for the current cruise, and the couple of forward ones.  I then looked at Solstice for October, just says suites.  Looked at Infinity for October - just says suites.  Reflection October - has the exclusion wording, but so does the cruise starting today.

Constellation - October - Exclusive for Retreat guests.

 

So it appears that maybe it's a holdover wording on a couple of ships, since if sky suites were removed this week there would be a major thread about it. 

Thanks for the deep dive on this. I’ve become pretty cynical about Celebrity and the direction it is heading. 

Did, edited into the post above. 

Just now, zitsky said:

Well as far as I know, there is no Michael’s Club.

Eclipse definitely had it last summer. 

4 minutes ago, abbydancer said:

Did. someone hear that, or is the usual rampant speculation.

There’s a screenshot of Michael’s Club going around that lists all of the suite types permitted entry. Sky Suites are not listed. 

1 hour ago, DingoMom said:

We have 5 cruises already booked in Sky Suites through next March (booked when prices were MUCH lower)!! I am willing to see how this works out. If they go farther, though, and ‘downgrade’ SS from using the Retreat Lounge and/or Sundeck, no more X. We often meet new people in those spaces and have dinner with said people in Luminae. Oh, and I didn’t get a letter or an email from X regarding the changes.

The “no retreat lounge” is the current rumour on Facebook. Fun. 

So is there no complimentary pizza any longer? Or if there is, where can it be found?

edit: whoa great timing above! I was specifically thinking about the Majestic.

1 hour ago, CHEZMARYLOU said:

I don't see that happening. Blu is small to begin with and that would leave excess capacity at Luminae, especially on E class ships. Plus overwhelming the spa.

If those peasants don’t want to feel crowded they can just upgrade to a real suite.

Betting the Sky Suites will all become Aqua Sky Suites, with access to Blu only. Blah. 

1 hour ago, NMTraveller said:

I would pay extra for no vaping and smoking on the ship.

I used to, but then Celebrity started bringing it indoors, eliminating that incentive to book with them. 

Introduce mandatory vaping, with an optional paid exemption. 

Maybe next they can try water in a bag, like milk in eastern Canada. 

Just like Celebrity taking payment for something and then changing what they deliver, make sure to remove tips at the end of the cruise. It's only fair.

12 hours ago, terrydtx said:

Same here our 4 Sky Suite cruises post Covid, we had butlers that stocked our fridge with whatever we asked for, that included beer, premium bottled water, vitamin flavored water and lots of red and white wine. We were never charged for any and while this is not a posted suite amenity a good butler makes it happen; this I am sure will go away with the new teams.

This is my biggest disappointment with the change. 

One fewer person to tip.

Ooh I love the to-go basket he has!!