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The menus are just place holders until about 30 days out. 

Told Celebrity of my 60th birthday and was invited to a sail a way, received a cake at dinner and received a bottle of wine with a birthday card in our stateroom on on the same day. My wife's birthday basically got the same thing when we traveled. We received the sail a way on the following day which was unexpected. we always tell them about special occasions. We will be doing our wedding anniversary next year while on board the solstice for 58 days.

16 hours ago, Luvcrusn said:

I started a similar thread about this last week. The pricing structure on X website is counting on its customers being stupid, or at the very least, mathematically challenged. Add in the fact that once booked, if you make a change to the booking and your booking was made before Oct. 10, 2019 the new $14pppd charge for having the beverage package as a perk will be added to your bill, so forget looking for price drops. All this has made DH and I look at other cruise lines when considering a cruise vacation instead of just automatically booking a X cruise. I'm not saying we won't sail X, but we won't be booking X automatically either!

I just called Celebrity yesterday about a price change and my reservation was booked one year ago. I got the price reduction and they did not try and charge me the $14pppd charge. My only difference is I always call Celebrity Captains Club for price and excursion rates and explanations. 

TA's are great for group bookings. Not so well on Suites or even AFT Cabins. They book quantizes and most times not even the best locations. I've called numerous ones and they tell me the same thing...I book for location and for whatever reason they do not get access to the locations I want and they have issues booking b2b's. I booked 5 b2b's  and no TA would or could deal with it.  

15 hours ago, gold1953 said:

It is reported that they are no longer returning liquor on B2B for those staying on.  I had my wine taken from me at a port recently

Not sure  reported it but each year I email Celebrity and receive a written email that states you are allowed on b2b's to purchase wine and have it returned to you on the last night of each cruise. We are doing 5 b2b's and always buy local wine to drink onboard. Never has been an issue..

Mast Grill usually some small bags of Lay's potato chips.

7 minutes ago, ECCruise said:

A lot depends on where you are under a pool deck.

15 days there and in 85+ cruises the only time that we could literally not wait to get the heck off that ship.  Listened to people like your friend who "never heard a squeak"  Never again.

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Glad that everyone gets an opinion and now we know yours. Will be doing 5 cruises starting in March and I’ll do the bid up for the Sky suite for each cruise. Can’t wIt for 58 days aboard the Solstice.  

7 minutes ago, ECCruise said:

Except those under the pool deck.  Or under the buffet.  Carts, chairs scraping, furniture moving.

That's why we would never do a move up bid.  Pig in a poke.

My friend won a bid from Concierge to Sky Suite and it was under the pool deck. He did 14 days and never heard a squeak. I’ve talked to others that say they had moved from an aft cabin because of noise and cigarette smoke that bothered them. Kinda of surprised by that but I understand the smell of cigarettes.  Wonder why they don’t insulate that aft cabins for. Lise like they do the suites.  

Yes, by not paying you can call anytime and they can reduce your fare for you. The fares stated on the website are usually higher then what they charge.

The transfers are done by Celebrity and not the hotel. They know nothing other than they will have buses arriving to take guests to a Celebrity ship. Had a horrible experience last year at the Crown Plaza In Rome. Missed the Concierge lunch do to the late bus arrival at the hotel.  Celebrity gave us $400 for future cruise,  paid for a fee meal in Murano and invited us to three sail a ways.

Have a lot of friends that keep wanting me to get a sky suite. There really aren't any bad locations. I've bid a few times and never won. Ill keep trying. Usually have Aqua and want to try Luminaire. In my mind Blu has gone down in quality and now a days and the tables are too close to each other.

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If so then you were lucky. The kitchens were split apart so that food in BLU would get delivered better. The main kitchen in now for the MDR and the buffet. 

You can only order off the MDR if the ship has not been revolutionized. At that point they are separate kitchens. You'd have to plead your case to a waiter to walk to get your specified order. Had friends try it and they were told no.

Yes, Yes and Yes.

Had a friend that won a bid and he hadn't been notified but noticed he won by checking his vacation planner.  but hadn't He placed a call to Captains Club and a Rep made the change for him. 

No they don't.

The Celebrity App uses place holders. The menu isn't updated until about two weeks out from Embarkation.

I used the on board the Reflection and it worked flawlessly. This was back in September. Looking forward to my next cruise to use the messenger app. Had problem before but the newest version seems to work for me. 

Would be based on current pricing. You'd also lose the summer saving's discount.

Never heard of any move up bidding being able to link two reservations for bidding. You can ask Celebrity.

I have always had the premium and the wife the classic. I've always asked for the wine bottle if purchased or bottled water be left and they do. Never had anyone from  the staff question my request.  

Well written Stuart. Totally agree.

The third party is acting as an agent so they would have access to credit card information. Maybe why they only require the last four digits.  

Just say NO. Real simple!