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Thank you! 😊 I'm excited for sure. Looking forward to trying the four included MDRs and enjoying the garden space. I really like Central Park on Royal. I also look forward to exploring and enjoying the ship venues and quiet spaces while other cruisers get off at the ports 😉

Yes, I am really looking forward to the aft views. Will be on the 9th deck, middle as well. The goal was to be a little higher up from Eden as some people with aft cabins had complained about noise from Eden at night (on the Beyond). I think that is an accurate memory, hahhaha. I have read so much in preparation. I'm trying to keep it all straight in my mind. I was hoping to sail on Ascent when both Captain brothers would be on it, but I thibk I missed that by a few weeks. But, thats totally OK. Maybe next time 😉 This is the most I've ever paid for a cruise so it will be a while before this splurge happens again. Maybe down the road I can get one of those suites. However what I have booked sounds pretty sweet to me, hahhaha. 🥳💞

Thank you

Thank you. So beautifully written. I appreciate your kind reply. Enjoy your day and all the cruising to come 🙂

I am new to Celebrity and will be celebrating my birthday on the Feb 4 sailing of the Ascent. I've cruised many times during the years, but wanted a special cruise experience for my birthday. Sailing in a Sunset Veranda. Love the aft views, but usually, I don't spend that much on cruise cabins. I'm a bit of a frugal cruiser. So, this is a treat for me. The selection of the co- godmothers and the story of the co-captains makes me smile. The cruise director looks like he will be a fun addition. I enjoyed the videos of all of them telling their stories. Usually I plan rather active cruises with doing lots of excursions at destinations and activities on ships. But this time, I think I will be taking it slower, exploring the ship, and relaxing more. I've been to most of the ports on the itinerary so I'm not racing off the ship. So, experiencing Celebrity, aft views, and the beautiful new Ascent is more of my focus this time. Hoping for a nice birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 experience.

New to Celebrity. When do the "pre-cruise goodies", as mentioned above, usually go on sale? I've been checking daily for our February cruise. Thanks!

Oh, I was kindly acknowledging the person. The topic is indeed debated here a bit. Yes, I plan to continue with my plan to get to Diamond and Elite before my birthday sailing. Everyone has their own value of things and reasons for doing things. ✨️ My decision isn't only about what I get with Elite. Thanks

Hi there, which determination is that?

For our upcoming cruise on Seascape in early Decemebr, I was originally assigned 3:30pm. At midnight, I received an email saying that it is time for me to check in. We are at 29 days. It came right at Midnight. When I checked in 2 cabins that have 2 different booking numbers, I was offered the option to choose a check in time. The section in the check in page said, "you can choose a check in time if you want to change it". I was shocked because i didnt think MSC let us choose times. I chose the earliest that was available. That was 11 or 11:30. I forget right now. It's been a long day, lol. Oh, I booked Aurea experience. Not sure if that mattered, interms of being offered the option to choose a time. But note, only one cabin is Aurea. The other is Fantastica. But, our booking are linked. Happy cruising everyone

Thanks so much.

Thank you so much!

For a long cruise, since the cost is per person per day, the total cost to me would be a lot for a breakfast and place for my luggage to be sitting at the end of a cruise. I agree that it is great for cruisers to have options so they can buy what they want to experience. Cost is relative to the value each person puts on what they are paying to have. For me, what the Pass costs compared to what it would provide for me is not a good price to value ratio so I will pass. Happy cruising 🛳 everyone 🙂

For those of you that sail on Royal and Celebrity, does Celebrity get any good deals on cruise planner options during Black Friday?

Ok. Was checking since the site says Preview. LoL. Was hoping the real thing gor better, lol.

When does the actual sale happen versus the preview? Sorry if that was answered in the previous 8 pages 🫠

Thanks. I see that topic debated on here a bit. Happy cruising. 😊

Yes, I reviewed that document as well. I think that posters question was if the tier changes will continue to occur after sailing on the second cruise line (after the first sailing on that line).

Royal has started their Black Friday sale in the cruise planner so some folks with booked sailings are getting some "sales". Are you all with booked sailings seeing any better prices in your cruise planners? I thought Celebrity BF sale was supposed to start today? Not sure 😕 🤔 (Celebrity newbie here. I sail in Feb and was hoping for a slight reduction in specialty dining prices or internet as I did not book a package. Everthing that I could buy as an add on for my sailing is still the same price.)

Thanks for your question because I thought it all had to be done prior to my first Celebrity sailing based on what I read.

Thank you 😊

Thank you

Man, that's a long post. Sorry everyone. I just tried to include as much information as possible. 🙂

Hello. I have sailed on Royal and will be selling on Celebrity for the first time in early February for my birthday cruise. I treated myself to a Sunset Veranda on the new Ascent for this birthday cruise. I already did a status match with Celebrity during the booking process and my status is Select. For this birthday cruise, I would like to possibly have Elite status because I think that I will be sailing 2-3 more Celebrity Cruises on Edge class ships after this birthday cruise. I've read on here that it's easier and faster to get to Diamond on Royal than Elite on Celebrity. So, my plan is to try to get to Diamond on Royal before my upcoming cruise on Celebrity in early February So that my status will update to Elite for Celebrity before my sailing. Celebrity says yes, if my status with Royal changes up a tire before my sailing, my status with them will indeed update. Great. Getting to Diamond on Royal will only require 2 solo sailings in which I will get double points. The issue is that I am only available to do those two solo cruises in january. Currently I'm already booked on a cruise in December on a different line. So I cannot add another cruise to december. With the Thanksgiving holiday coming up, I don't think I can add a cruise to november. My question is for those who cruise a lot on Royal. How quickly do your points usually post to your account? And, will the status update quickly to Diamond once I hit 80? When I talk with the Crown and Anchor folks at Royal, they say the points take 30 days to post and that I should get all my sailings in by December in order for there to be time for my points to populate and my status to change to Duamond. I know that is a standard response. I have picked out 2 Royal cruises to get the points I need. My last sailing on Royal will end January 21st. That is really close to my cruise on Celebrity which is Feb 4. I've read on here that some people say their points populate in like one week after their Royal cruise ends. If that is the usual case, that will be totally fine since my cruise on Celebrity starts February 4th. i know that is super close though. So, I'm worried about this plan. For people who question why am I status chasing, again I plan to cruise on Celebrity for probably three or four more cruises after this birthday cruise. I don't plan to cruise with Royal again until maybe 2025. So if I can get to the Elite status on Celebrity now and start from there, I would rather do that by just taking two more Royal solo cruises then how long it takes me to get to Elite cruising on Celebrity. ***As an alternative plan, I can possibly fit in a last minute cruise on Royal the last week of November and just do one cruise in January. With that plan, my final Royal cruise will end January 12 which will allow a little more time for my points to post and status to update. Thanks everyone

I have no experience with this myself yet, but I have researched this topic a bit in preparation for my upcoming MSC Seascape cruise. From what I've read on here, MSC is a stickler about not giving out extra keycards for rooms. So the solution advised and shared from others with the experience of needing room access, for basically swapping rooms, was to get the wristbands for rooms they needed access to. So that's our plan for our upcoming cruise. Will someone with experience please verify this information for the OP as well as myself. Thank you

I agree. This post is confusing.