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The E Class Solarium doorway to the elevator is a hazard due to water and slick floor regardless of the age of the individuals using the solarium. This should be a bigger concern than who may be using the venue. I'd add that our child and myself were often one of a handful entering the pools after 4:45/5 pm ish during Easter Break last year and the year before, and not the reason for people taking leave for other parts of the ship. We hope it's the same on our upcoming cruise. Regardless we hope to avoid encounters with cranky guests of any age.

I hope you greeted him with an enthusiastic "We've been waiting for you!" While the butler is no doubt in an odd role given the number of suites and just a perpetual greeter, that you now have only just met makes the firing of the butlers all the more idiotic.

This also says room service is from Blu!

Yikes. Appreciate the info. We have several bookings for Eden and others at the $45 rate or whatever was prevailing for the others (Rooftop was and is less) at the same time during an upcoming 10 day on Beyond. We intend to keep the bookings, but good to know as the Luminae menu adjustments hadn't been made at the time of our reservations.

Looking forward to following along. Thanks in advance.

@David Kane is there still a max departure time requirement for the valet service? We have return flight departing at 1:30 pm, which is not ideal though direct and on points.

Same. Thanks @abbydancer2003

Do any of the Oasis or the new Icon ship have this issue at RC, or is it unique to Celebrity and Edge class builds? What about the M and S class when they were new or now? Hotels eventually get downgraded or a lesser flag, planes and cars get ripped part, new parts or recalled or more, but ships just continue to sail like there is no issue at all.

@bnurick did you make a chart of the Luminae menus to help you select your specialty dining days? Would you share them? I think I recall you writing about that for a prior cruise last year. I have a bunch of Eden and a Rooftop reservations for our March cruise, but they were built around the discontinued menu. Thanks.

David, thank you. On the topic of the shows in the theater, we observed the shows being packed on Apex last March. The ship was full. So, the production shows are probably not performed enough to meet demand.

The cruisedorks on YouTube just traveled on Ascent in a forward facing cabin. Lots of video.

Priceless. Thank you in advance. Love watching the Dorks. Have a great time..... Glad to see you're continuing your story....

Disappointing to see a burger in place of the filet on the kids menu. Our son likes burgers, but even he would say he has plenty.

Was the iPad ever returned?

Huge bummer. I'm sure you'll follow-up, but would let HD Christophe know and use the QR code form. I'm presuming the maitre'd was MIA, which doesn't make sense. In other news, @kwokpot reported on Ascent that Eden Cafe is now open on port days. Is that the case on Beyond, too?

The steaks and fish look good. Expanded days for Eden Cafe should be big news. The food is fresh, whole grains, proteins, etc.

Following along, and we have the March 22 sailing booked (and repriced after a surprising dip for a day in pricing or the SS over the summer). But, like most of the regulars here am concerned / apprehensive given everything. Looking forward to your report, and appreciate your time. Regardless, I hope you enjoy the time with family and friends ahead of writing on here.

With regard to speciality restaurants, those menus tend to be stable and reservations can be hard to get on board. FWIW, the general menus always follow the same order, and the sea days will have Eden Cafe open for lunch.

Great topic. I noticed a sound issue on Apex in March 2023 from the back of the balcony, but am not technical enough to describe it as it was done so above. Appreciate the thread.

There's a long list of bullet points and other statements about what the Butler will do used by Celebrity to this day. The expectations and promises were not made by paying customers. Rather, they were made by Celebrity.

I know I'm preaching to the choir, but the games being played by LBH are what I think the typical Celebrity cruiser wants to avoid during their trip.

It may make sense to be proactive about seeing if the games can be on the big screen. Last Sunday the Cruise Dorks (a YouTube couple originally from Philly) seemed to suggest the Eagles were not on the big screen in the Rooftop Garden and during the sailaway soccer could be seen in the background. (I have no idea what game would have been on around that time). I've streamed live Peacock events to my phone off the coast of Florida on Apex with Starlink and the premium package with no problem.

Thank you. You seem to bring very generous considering the creaking and malfunction with the folding doors.

Based on what I've seen - The Retreat Room Service menu featured in the app for this week's sailings has the same Premium Breakfast menu as is featured in the "Room Service" section. Nothing about it being from Luminae and no similarity to the Luminae breakfast menu also available on the app.

Just FYI - The current face of the butler team is the housekeeper that cleans and has no method to communicate or coordinate with the rest of the team... that's not a butler and a lot closer to every sky suite passenger is on their own, schedule dependent, to interface with any other service or product on the ship, e.g., by waiting in lines, waiting on hold, retrieving VM messages, having to use a corded phone and not being on the balcony, retreat sundeck or anywhere except bedside or in the toilet room (but the retreat team attendant may be available to keep it clean). Setting aside the fired butler and their services, also missing seems to be the "Luminae room service breakfast menu" that is promoted with the Retreat as a stateroom amenity at time of booking a sky suite (including for the Xcel sailings in 2025-26). Breakfast may be worth around $25-40 / per passenger, per day if it's a Luminae multi course and dish meal made to order.