Chrisclaire

Never been on Beyond as we prefer the smaller ships. What we noticed, having done the ABC,'s was that it was a much more casual vibe. We recently sailed from Sydney & there were many from the UK on board, it was much dressier. But tbh, people tend to dress as they please, there will probably be very dressed up to very casual 🤷‍♀️ Suech1970 beat me to the "French onion soup" It is THE BEST! The bread basket in the MDR is always delicious with lovely fresh bread! Tbf, the food on the whole is very, very good imo. The Martini Bar is our favourite with a great atmosphere & great drinks! Enjoy!

WOW! All of your photos & video's of Venice are fantastic, I love the night time ones.....eerily beautiful! Hope you enjoyed your "James Bond" experience, 😉 shame it was dark. Safe travels home & many thanks again for a fantastic report! I'll leave you with a photo I wanted to share with you.....probably will never see this sight again 😊

I told you Venice wasn't boring 😉😉😉🤣🤣🤣🤣 You hotel looks fantastic What a location! We stayed in the Violino D"Oro, it was stunning & also a great location. Loving all your photos....thankyou for the memories. I'll be sad when your trip ends, but not as sad as you I'm guessing 😅 Thanks again & enjoy the remainder of your trip & that water taxi to the airport!

The water taxi to/from the airport is expensive, but us worth every penny. It is the most amazing experience......you feel like James Bond 😁😁 Enjoy! 😊

So many memories.....my favourite location on the ship 🫣🫣🫣🍸

I agree 100% I too look forward to reading the post's each morning in the UK 😊 Will definitely miss them when your cruise ends! I have just booked the Portugal to Argentina for Nov 2025 I would love to read interesting info like yours before we go. Very lucky people who are about to do this similar cruise having all your well documented info! Great job & many thanks again, well deserved recognition 👏 Btw, I have never heard of Venice being boring 🙃 😳 It's anything but...... Fantastic, fascinating city with loads to see and do. We have been 3 time's and love it. If you get a chance to go to Burano it is absolutely stunning. Enjoy getting "lost" in Venice 😉

Haha I think every lady of a certain age can relate! Your so funny 😁 Great advice for future cruises 👍

You are so lucky! Sadly we could not visit Kotor due to the weather 😕 Very disappointed Constellation looks fab, as does the surrounding area. Great video, thanks 😊

Agree, however our last cruise at the end of 2023 was out of Sydney and it was one of the dressiest cruises we have been on! Many from the UK! I say wear what you are comfortable in & sparkly jewellery is always good to have 😉

Fabulous refreshing drink! Here's the mix, from our time in the wonderful Italy 🇮🇹

Another set of fabulous pictures! What a talent..... Enjoy the rest of your cruise & thank you again for sharing 😊

Fabulous photos! What a privilege 😊

Good Morning! I'd like to thankyou for the most amazing photos & for taking time out to post all the interesting information! I am enjoying reading all posts 😊 Love Italy! We were on the Constellation in Sept 22 and apart from the shower enclosure, it was in decent shape. It now looks great! Our first ever cruise was on the Constellation in 2015, we still love this size of ship. Enjoy the rest of your trip & thankyou 😊

Very distracting and most annoying!

Thankyou so much. I was just having a look at the roll call. We are intending booking this tomorrow and are very excited about such an amazing/unusual trip! Always enjoy reading your posts 😊

Thanks for this......very useful info!

Hi everyone Thinking about booking this for next year on Equinox. Anyone done this crossing? Any comment's good & bad would be greatly appreciated. Never done a transatlantic before.

If you go to Celebrity's website & do a "mock" booking. When you choose the room type you want it takes you to the available rooms on the available decks. There is a deck plan key at rhs which tells you that rooms with a square have a single sofa bed & the one's with a triangle have one upper bed. Hope this makes sense! I am currently in the process of choosing a stateroom for Equinox (S class ship also) I am finding the spreadsheet invaluable....thankyou so much to everyone who has contributed to it! I also agree with justcrusn re Concierge, we have only used once and did not think it was worth the extra. We were on Solstice from Sydney to Singapore in October last year, we loved the ship & hope you will too! The staff are amazing 😊

Hi Going slightly off piste! We are looking a doing a similar 14 night Barbados cruise this time next year. Do you mind if I ask? Are there many children on board? Many Thanks in advance ☺️

Thanks for your response! Was it a Caribbean cruise on Iona? The agent told me that they are not as busy with children in comparison to the Canaries etc I understand that the cruise will be busy and it's a massive ship compared to what we are used to. Very keen to try P&O, but certainly don't want it mega busy with children 🫣

Hi Everyone! We are considering a Caribbean Cruise on Arvia in Feb 2025. We have only ever sailed Celebrity, but are interested in trying a different cruise line/ship. The itinerary we are looking at leaves Barbados around 14th Feb. My question is, can anyone advise if this is a particularly busy time with children? I'm assuming some may even be on a similar sailing at the moment! Thanks in advance.

We were on Solstice 2 weeks ago and had great service in the MDR We had a waiter, asst waiter & sommelier (never saw a cocktail server) The sommelier was always busy serving us and other tables. Hopefully your waiter will be as observant as ours and if your wine glass is empty he will call the sommelier 😊 Don't ever feel guilty! A wee word of warning......we didn't drink Champagne at dinner but at the bar's they often pour Prosecco instead of Champagne! Have a great cruise 😎

You are absolutely correct! I had no problem paying the upcharge, but not for nasty Prosecco. Not sure if Celebrity are chancing their luck with this or if the bar staff just don't know the difference 🤔 It is easy enough to watch them pour if sitting at the bar, but if it is table service then not so much. In future I will always ask to see what I am being served! The other annoying thing was they sometimes poured from a bottle that had been lying opened.....clearly for too long....no fizz. That was rejected and I asked for a fresh bottle to be opened 😉

They did & yes I saw the bottle. Didn't recognise it and don't remember the name but it was a black bottle and was very good. I also asked for a "nice" Champagne glass instead of the horrid thick prosecco glasses 😄 #fussy 😉