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Thank you for the stellar trip report! We are trying out Celebrity on the Equinox in August for the very first time so this was invaluable. 🥰

I know people who have taken cruises that included a stop in the Azores at Ponta Delgada three times and each time they were unable to dock due to weather concerns. So whatever you book, make sure it's 100% refundable!

What was in the bottom left? Looks like something I would feed my cat lol.

I wonder if maybe the Olympics and the torch bearing ceremonies are what's actually causing the change from French ports into sea days. The whole "Sailors feedback" thing makes no sense unless the feedback is that cruisers would rather not be in port on days with an overwhelming amount of land tourists also milling about and prices skyrocketing.

I wish. They can't even feed us a slice of pizza at meetings. 😂

Haven't been on a Celebrity ship yet but we went on the Quantum class Spectrum of the Seas last year and videos of Solstice class Celebrity ships are very reminiscent of what you'd find on a Quantum class ship.

They are cute, but lord are they LOUD. I really appreciated the Solarium area on our RC cruise. Here's hoping it will be just as quiet and relaxing on Celebrity's version when we go this summer.

Just a note to those who say "if you don't want to sail with kids just don't cruise during school holidays", some of us teach the little.....darlings.....and therefore must take our vacations when they take theirs. And I like a break from shrieking littles from time to time. 😉

What is a Shakerato? Is it iced coffee?

We flew Toronto to Singapore last December with Singapore Airlines, round trip. It cost us about $4000 each and we had stopover in Frankfurt both ways for about 4-5 hours. In my opinion, business class was not much more expensive than premium economy and we would not have done a flight that length in economy so the upgrade was well worth it. The flight from Toronto to Frankfurt was operated by Air Canada and we got to start our vacation in style taking advantage of the world class Signature Lounge and the pod-like seats on Air Canada were great. The meal was mostly excellent (breakfast was a tragedy that should never be mentioned again) and service was great too. Then from Frankfurt to Singapore we switched to Singapore Air's A380 double decker and that flight was amazing. We arrived in Singapore well-rested and ready to actually explore which is a miracle considering it usually takes me at least a day or two to recover from jet lag. After the business class flights and sleeping so well on the plane, we were trekking all over the Gardens by the Bay three hours after landing. If you can swing business class on Singapore Airlines, go for it. We were also considering Turkish Airlines business class to Singapore but were unsure of the long layover in Istanbul (it would have been 11 hours). It was a fair bit cheaper for their business class tickets so that might be an option for you in you still want a good rest in not quite as opulent a flight experience.

I know that there are alternative menus for Le Petit Chef that you can order from if you don't want what's offered that goes with the projected animation thing, however does anyone know if you have to order the alternative entirely or can you mix and match if you want? Because there are some things on the main menu that I'm fine with but there are others that I'd rather have the alternative like the main course is fine but I don't want the set appetizer, etc. If you go alt, do you have to do ALL alt?

Never did Celebrity to Phuket but did RC and they probably use the same tender at Patong beach. As I recall it didn't take too long but we were doing ship excursions so we got off the boat first.

Traditional Roman restaurant options near Ostiense? I’m leaning towards Osteria Frattelli Mori or just heading over to Trastevere or Testaccio for our dinner. Any recommendations?

No more IGLUs?

Fin du Monde is the best. Can you find it in the passport bar?