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Yes. Here's what we wore one evening. Jeans and a polo-type short sleeve and a nice pullover.

Really? I don't get one iota of a MSC cruise vibe being on the Scarlet Lady. There's nothing remotely similar about the Meraviglia and the Scarlet Lady, literally nothing is the same.

I would agree with you, maybe upper level mainstream, but definitely not a 5*. There's no way a cruiseline where the top cabin category below a suite that has a sheer curtain for a closet door can be considered a premium cruiseline.

yay!!!!!

They are probably commercial grade made for professional use and not sold to the consumer.

The problem with moving your own stuff is it's going to be in the way of the cabin attendant cleaning out your new cabin. You'll be making it MORE difficult for the new cabin attendant.

Those are nice, but yes, I have never seen them before. Supply chain issues?

Agree, I was on the Reflection and Apex in a Sky Suite and never saw coasters.

I would first checkout what the status of the new cabin is before put anything in the safe. Remember, once the B2B's clears Passport control and is free to go about your business it will be quite early, probably 1 hour before the new cruise embarkation. You won't know how far along the cabin attendant has made on the new cabin. If you go and checkout your new cabin and see all the drawers still open, closets open, bed unmade, I wouldn't put anything in the safe or in the closets. That's why it wonderful when you can have the same cabin on a B2B.

She's on vacation. Nothing to worry about. This post isn't her profession, it's something she wanted to do. If she doesn't post another word that's just the way it is.

You will pack your bags and leave them in the old room, and your cabin attendant will transfer them to the new cabin.Talk to your cabin attendant and they probably will allow you to keep your hung garments on the hangers and will move them to the new cabins on the hangers. Unfortunately you won't have early access to the new cabin; the cabin attendants don't necessarily makeup B2B cabins any earlier.

There is someone posting about last week's Solstice Alaska cruise. So far they have posted the daily planners up to day three, where there is a listing for family hours from 4-7pm in the Solarium. The first two days the Solarium, where the indoor pool is located, is adults only. This confirms my initial posting of limited family hours in the solarium on cold weather itineraries. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2874285-live-solstice-rt-seattle-to-alaska/?do=findComment&comment=63808630

There is no Celebrity ship with retractable pool covers. All Celebrity ships have an indoor pool;however, they are for 16 and older. In the situation of Alaska they may designate a limited time where the indoor pool may be used by children. Someone currently on the Solstice can chime in.

On the S-Class ships the sauna stove is hidden behind the wooden benches. If you look along the sauna walls there will be a small rectangular tray, a wooden enclosed metal box will a long slit in it, which is where you'll pour in the water. The water will travel through a tube until it reaches the heater.

There's no need for the luggage tags to be in color.

I will repeat, there's no Celebrity ship with complementary steam rooms located in the locker rooms. What that post was referring to is the locker room saunas in the S-Class ships allow for water to poured into the heating unit to produce a hotter heat. That's not the same as a steam room that emits constant steam. Of note not all sauna heating units allows for water to be poured into them. Which means you need to be careful and check each sauna. Usually there's signage that tells you whether you can or can't. A water bucket and ladle is a good indicator that it's OK.

Probably had to do with the $ value of the excursions.

Let me start off with I hope you view this as friendly conversation and discussion. As you probably know people that earn fully complementary cruises from casino programs aren't spending $200 to get those cruise offers and probably spend at least the base cost of their cabin and probably hundreds if not thousands of more dollars. I agree with another post on this thread that food preparation is not static and can vary from cruise to cruise, ship to ship, line to line. Having said that to say it's all about the same is a bit disingenuous. Why is it when people say that they had a great time and everything was good there's no questioning, but the minute someone puts a not so favorable review or discussion then everything is suspect? If you read some of my earlier posts on my Pride experiences you'll see I enjoyed my meals at Guy's, the Deli, and the Pizza. I loved all the desserts in the buffet and in the MDR. When a show was good, I praised the performers, and when it was obvious that the main performers were out sick and the backup's backup was doing a poor job I noted that too. If you look at my postings about the Mardi Gras this year and last (I was on the 5th sailing of the Mardi Gras last year) you'll note that even on the flagship my experiences this year were better in some areas than when i was one the MG last year. Lastly, just because I'm critical of things on my cruise doesn't mean I didn't have a good vacation. Why is it OK to rate the comedians but not the food?

Yes, the last stall shower is a large handicapped accessible with handrails and a fold down seat.

What are you trying to say with this statement?

I think you have to decide what's important to you on the Pride cruises you have booked. A TA on FB said to me some cruise vacations you take the ship is the destination, and some cruises you take it's a bed to sleep in and food to fill your stomach and the Port stops are the destination. Since your cruise isn't until a year away many things can change, and hopefully it will be for the better. If you go into it knowing it's not HAL, Princess, or Disney, you can have n enjoyable cruise vacation.

There's no Celebrity ship with complementary steam rooms in the locker rooms. S Class ships do have a sauna and individual stall showers in the spa/fitness center locker rooms for everyone to use.

I see in your upcoming cruises that you'll be on the Pride, so I'll be very interested if you can be objective when you report your dining experiences and compare them to your own experiences on the MardiGras. I have no hidden agenda when I make my postings about Carnival; I'll be on my 26th Carnival cruise(99th overall) on the Celebration in November on the Inaugural cruise.

About three weeks before your cruise you will get an email asking about several things. One is what you want for your In Room Bar setup. You'll choose from a list of Wines and Spirits, each passenger gets to choose one bottle. There will also be a selection of mixers for each of you to choose from a list, which also includes sodas and water. The bottles are full sized and unopened, and since you'll be getting drinks everywhere for two people you MAY want to decide whether or not you actually want to open and drink the wine/Spirits or take it home with you, which you are certainly allowed to do. Just remember if you're flying into and from the Port you'll need to place the bottles protected in your check luggage. Second thing you'll be asked to decide is whether you want the complementary excursion, which there will be a preselected choice for you (usually 2 or 3 different excursions which both people have to take the same excursion) or you want a spa credit of $300 total, which can be used however you want by either both or just one passenger. The last thing you'll decide is whether you want Port Parking or the transfers. If you choose the transfers, you'll get a second email from the transfer company asking for details. The second email will ask what kind of transfer you want. You are given two transfers to use however you want, there's no restrictions. So if you're flying into the port you can use the two transfers for any combination you want; airport to hotel, hotel to pier, pier to hotel, pier to airport. The transfers doesn't even need to necessarily coincide with the cruise. For example, we used a Elite transfer from our London Hotel to Heathrow 3 days after the cruise ended. The transfer company didn't care the cruise already ended three days prior. All you need to do is decide which two points you want them to take you from and to, and give them the dates, places and times. To get the most value, if you have multiple transfer needs, for example you're staying in a hotel both pre-cruise and post- cruise, decide which segments are the most expensive and have Carnival pay for those and any other transfer needs you have you use a cab, car service or Uber/Lyft. The transfers are a private luxury car service, in a SUV, luxury sedan, or something similar. They simply pick you up and drop you off. Carnival pays the gratuity, but you are obviously welcome to pay additional tips. The gifts you receive are several Carnival Players Club Logo gifts. Recently they have been a suncare kit, Beach blanket, Cards and dice set.