CruseKrazy

I understand the OPs angst about pricing. It used to pay to wait until July 4 or Black Friday to book with Celebrity. Last July 4 we got an excellent price and substantial OBC on the cruise preceeding the one the OP is venting about. By Black Friday OBCs were no longer being offered and the price had gone up. RCCL share prices have recovered nicely in accordance with the increased pricing trend.

It’s all inclusive vs a la carte for drinks. We have 2 upcoming cruises, 1 of each type. We will see what the better deal for us is. I suspect Celebrity is making millions off these drink packages.

Last July 4 Celebrity was giving substantial OBC. By Black Friday there was very little. Their share price has recovered nicely.

OBC on Celebrity dried up last fall. The demand for cruising has gone nuts so up go the prices and down go the discounts. Luckily we booked 2 upcoming cruises well before this and have plenty of OBC on each. In future, booking on board and RCCL stock benefit is all we will have unless demand dries up again as our TA only gives cash back discounts.

Yes, but to be clearer, the strong cross winds meant the ship in order to keep going straight, would have to be be turned on an angle. Hence it would coming in somewhat sideways and could very well ground out on one end in the narrow channel.

Great, many of us who are travelling already before boarding may not access to a printer.

Thanks. I did not think it would be possible. How much does a travel router cost?

Anyone know if you can run a wifi hotspot on a Starlink connected iPhone on board? Tks. Dave

Oceania for us next time.

The two cruises I am monitoring, one in 2024 and one in 2025 have now gone up a few hundred dollars each for a standard balcony net of removing the prepaid grats from the all included fare. It’s only a few percent but a fare increase nevertheless.

I think X may be trying to put pressure on TAs to throw in prepaid grats. This is the way it worked when we booked O cruises years ago.

For the 2 future cruises I am monitoring the price for all included is the same as yesterday as well as the small obc but the prepaid gratuities are no longer included. Will continue to look for a price drop.

Hi Ken, I miss read the date of this trip on the Celebrity board. Our friends board the CB today in Quebec City for a b2b return back to Quebec. We are booked on Celebrity Edge for the Apr 24 sailing to Honolulu like you the one did this past April. Enjoy your cruise! Dave

We got an extra $450 obc which was also available on their July 4th sale this year. It’s worth waiting for.

Maybe?

RCCL share price has doubled in the past year. They must be doing something right.

LNG is becoming cost competitive with bunker fuel. This should help in the transition. https://splash247.com/lng-bunker-costs-now-competitive/

Looks like some verandas are wider than others e.g., Centre ones and 2nd ones in on the left and right. Wonder how this can be if cabins are the same size? Perhaps they’r not?

Got the additional 50$ on 2 cruises we had booked last week after a long wait on the phone with our TA. Celebrity trying hard to fill their ships.

Great, thanks or the info. Will do. Dave

Just curious if you have your onboard account in US or Canadian dollars? I recall a thread years ago where the person recommended staying in US dollars and paying with a credit card that does not charge a currency exchange fee rather than have the cruise line do all the purchase exchanges to Canadian dollars. Anybody have experience in this and a recommendation? Thanks. Dave

O is our favourite cruise line followed by X. If you want peace and quiet, choose O. If you want excitement, choose X. Our favourite ship is the Marina. Going on Beyond soon so we shall see if things change. Both lines are superb!

We were actually planning to go to Sanibel Island for 2 weeks after exiting Beyond on Nov 4. Our friends own a house there and called us to cancel our visit. Their house is intact but it will take a long time to restore infrastructure. Now looking at another cruise or may just fly home. Strangely enough Beyond does not cruise out of Fort Lauderdale until Nov 8. Is there a 4 day TA promotional event on I wonder?

We booked an October cruise on Beyond in May of this year. The price now for the same cabin class has more than doubled. I think pricing trend depends on how well the cruise is selling. Ours is 90% plus sold now. My two cents.