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It’s not something Celebrity has ever done. Other lines do. But Celebrity does exactly what you remembered.

As long as the flight is after the cruise, the website will let you book it. We’ve done that on both at the beginning and end to arrive early or stay late.

Where do you see this? Celebrity's menus don't show surcharges, only the full price. For those items, the only time you'd have to pay for them in Retreat Class if you didn't have a liquor package.

Celebrity doesn’t really do theme nights. Sometimes there may be a white party up on deck for an hour. But it’s not every cruise.

Hope you like the room. We really love the quiet hallway and the higher ceilings, which makes the room seem bigger. I also love swinging by the Spa Cafe to grab a quite smoothie on the way back to the room. We always try to stay in one when we're on Reflection.

No worries. You can call to place your order and they'll tell you approximately how long it will take. I've even done it from a house phone to bring back to my spot at the pool. The App is never accurate for dining times or menus until the sailing (and even then may be inaccurate). But Luminae is never closed for breakfast or dinner. The app is just not right.

It shouldn't matter which cruise it's attached to. Flights by Celebrity doesn't really care when the flights are as long as they fit the timeframe for the cruise (i.e. you can't book a flight for the day before the end of the cruise). I've booked several days before and several days after a cruise and it's never a problem. Also, knowing Celebrity IT, sometimes it's better to let it be.

I can answer the food portion of your question. Suite room service is not available from Luminae (It may be offered to the PH or other high-level suite). But there is an upgraded room service menu and eggs benedict are on that menu for delivery, which is complimentary for suites. With respect to sushi, you still have to pay for it and I have done take out from Sushi on 5 many times. For Sky Suites, it may be butler dependent on whether they will fetch it for you. I've had it delivered but have been in a Royal suite or above.

Thanks for posting pictures. We're doing a b2b over Labor Day weekend staying in the Signature Suite, which is our favorite suite on Reflection. I've been curious how Celebrity is handling CocoCay and was glad to see the pictures you posted. I was looking at the Beach Club, but even with OBC was struggling with its $200pp cost. Could you tell if the food come off the ships or do they prepare everything on island? I'm also prepping our luggage space so that we will have room to bring back the 4 bottles of liquor from the room. I'm guessing that benefit doesn't change even if its just a 3 and 4 night cruise.

Then you won’t have any issues ordering off the MDR menu in Luminae.

Agree. On S and M class it’s not an issue because the MDR kitchen is located with the Luminae kitchen. On E class, the kitchens are at opposite ends of the ship. Generally, you can’t order off those menus the day of. I’ve seen the odd post on here where folks who say they have, but in my opinion, it’s not fair to make the servers run to the other end of the ship. They will do their best to accommodate you if you give them a day’s notice though. As for delivering to your suite, room type matters. Luminae is not available to be delivered to your room. Just the regular main dining room. Sometimes the PH or other top suite can get it delivered, but that’s it.

That's super interesting. I'm guessing they were trying to take the load off of Oceanview because everyone would be up there trying to grab lunch.

The last time we were on a private island was in Labadee and we also paid $475, which I though was highway robbery, but it was using OBC so it wasn't as bad. We wanted an easy getaway in September and are doing a 3/4 night b2b with 2 visits to CocoCay on those cruises.

Thanks for that information. Celebrity is charging $173pp for Coco Beach Club access. The Oasis cabana is $1,499. Knowing that this question is extremely subjective, is it worth that for that price for the day?

Thanks. It must be sold out as I didn’t see that one on the Celebrity site . I’m not sailing until early September, which will provide some additional time for intel about how the different brands will mesh there.

I did some research, and it looks like Celebrity's first stop is on Reflection on May 3. Has anyone heard whether Celebrity will be using any of the areas of the island for suite-only access like they have when they cruised to Labadee? I read that RC doesn't have a separate area, but wonder if Celebrity will. Have any of you sailing on Reflection heard from the shoreside concierge about any special Retreat areas? Looking at the app, cabanas are $1,499 to $3,499 depending on where. We certainly won't be partaking in those. I can't imagine paying that much for a cabana for the day.

My experience (see prior post) is the warranty begins with purchase, just like any other authorized reseller. I've put this to the test once when one of the Airpods stopped working and Apple gave me a new one because it was still under warranty from the day I bought them.

It really is luck of the draw as to the inventory. For example, last month on Constellation, the only Apple product they had were Macbook Airs. I've bought Airpods, Ipads, and Apple watches on board before but you never know what they will have. I too use my OBC for the purchases because in some cases they were older models, but since I'm not using "my money" it didn't matter to me.

Thanks for the pics. The sofa folds out for the additional bed?

Out of curiosity, was this recent? Our experience has always been that it is $30 for dinner. The last time we brought friends to Luminae was 2022 though.

Agree with the above posters. It’s too bad Celebrity IT can’t differentiate suite versus non suite. I always check the latest check in time when travelling in a suite so that others may get the earlier times.

When we were there in 2022, we brought some AUD from a prior trip. And we came home with the same AUD as credit cards were accepted everywhere, including at the small vendors like you're talking about.

Looking forward to hearing about that. We once did what was billed as a walk in St. Kitt's rainforest. What they didn't say was that the walk was up half of the mountain. I was expecting a leisurely stroll and ended up having to use ropes in some places to climb to the next level.

Thanks for the information. We will be in room 701 in December. Did you take any pictures of the room that you can share?

There’s a switch to make to glass go from clear to opaque.