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Thanks Jim once again for sharing your cruise adventure! It’s always must reading and you never disappoint. Glad you and Iain are home safe and look forward to your next post!

Been on both ships. The Beyond has a nicer Retreat lounge and sun deck with more shade. Also Luminae is nicer with more windows. Beyond also has LeVoyage restaurant and Edge does not. If none of this matters in your situation than the ships are pretty much the same.

Thanks for your informative review! I enjoyed following along as we will be on the Edge in the Retreat for 14 nights Alaska soon. Safe travels home!

I ordered the “rib eye” from Luminae on the first week of a B3B on the Beyond and it was so tough and chewy I never ordered it again the next two sailings. Definitely not the same quality of rib eye I received last year on the Edge. All part of Celebrity’s cost cutting.

Thanks for your review. We just returned from the Summit in Aqua and although we had an excellent service experience, we were totally disappointed with the new BLU menu along with the food quality. Most nights we ordered from the MDR menu in Blu and had a lot better dining experiences in Tuscan and Le Petite Chef, so we are now questioning the value of Aqua and will probably book Verandas with dining package in future.

We were also on this 9/10 Summit sailing and agree that the entertainment, crew, enrichment speakers, Cruise Director, and ocean view cafe food were all excellent. Our only disappointment was with the new limited menu selections in Blu and we were ordering off main dining room menu most nights. The entire staff and service in Blu was excellent as always. Tuscan was also excellent.

Enjoy your cruise! Looking forward to your review and comparison to Celebrity.

Wow! What a price difference. Thanks for sharing Ken!

Thanks for doing this this live review! I have enjoyed following along. Enjoy the rest of your adventure and safe travels home!

Enjoy your cruise! I know you will have a great time making lasting memories!

We had an announcement around 2:00 am on a cruise, about a year ago on the first night of the cruise, saying we were going back to embarkation port for a medical emergency. Captain said they made announcement so guest would know why we were back in Ft Lauderdale.

I have the same downfall…… Ice Cream and Gelato. Where we differ is after sniffing the Ameretto a couple of times I would pour it over the Ice Cream! Lol

Glad you had an amazing time! We did a B3B on the Beyond in Feb/March and had an amazing time as well. We were in the retreat and the ship is absolutely beautiful. We also enjoyed dining at Eden and Le Voyage multiple times. We passed by Blu many times and it appeared to be a very pretty venue and never seemed that crowded.

I agree the menu looks more diversified than Celebrity. That said we did one Carnival Cruise, out of our 68 sailings, and that was enough for us. Never again.

Great! Thanks for letting me know about your recent experience. The Blu on Summit has always been my favorite and much better than Blu on S and E class in my opinion. More intimate and food and personalized service has always been great. Been on Summit in Aqua for 8 sailings, the last being Oct last year.

I am aware they were in MDR. We will be in Blu and hoping the food will be better than they experienced. 😀

Thanks for your honest review! We will be getting on Summit in a few days and hopefully the food will be better than you experienced in Blu.

Zacappa old fashion at the World Class Bar. Yum!

We prefer Blu over Luminae. Service is great in both but we prefer the Blu menu. Also Luminae in E Class is noisy.

I agree! Boston is a great port and very underutilized by Celebrity.

Fine by me. Count me in!

I would like to see Celebrity bring back the LA to Hawaii round trip as well as add more ABC cruises.

Definitely 7 days on Oasis but I would try my best to upgrade to a balcony!

Yummy…….good luck. Edible…..better chance.

Enjoy your cruise!