cruisestitch

I was not but I did meet a couple who were.  So tragic.

The bar in Oceanview

1 hour ago, clairebearinaus said:

Seeing as this old thread has been bumped, I'm going to hijack it to ask my own question about the Concierge class welcome lunch.  It's a hypothetical at the moment, as I'm waiting to hear if I've won my move up bid.

 

On my cruise, a welcome lunch won't be possible as boarding starts at 2.30pm for an 8pm sailing.  Would Celebrity offer an alternative perk for Concierge class?

No.  There is no alternative perk.

On Celebrity you do not reserve seats for shows in the theater.

The sky lounge should be available throughout your cruise, according to crew on this one

Thank you for solving the mystery of equinox.
 

Today I learned the answer to another mystery.  I was at the future cruise office at 10 AM the day the cruise opened for booking and was told there were no available accessible rooms for me except Aqua class.  Not my favorite, but I booked it.
 

I have since learned that there are accessible rooms available, but just not for single occupancy🤪🤪😩🤪😩

The issue on this ship, which also occurred earlier this summer on silhouette, is that Parkwest has reserved the sky lounge for their exclusive use on sea days.  They have invited some big spenders to these private auctions.   These are not the same as the public auctions you see everyday on the ship.  We are sailing through scenic waters and we are not allowed into the sky.Lounge.

The result on silhouette was that I gave the three Cruises the worst ratings I have ever given on any cruise survey. And I will be doing the same here on Eclipse..

As long as you are booking the cruise yourselves, you can also book for other people at the Future Cruise Office, both on Celebrity and on Royal

1 hour ago, Provence55always said:

We also upgraded to Aqua from Concierge on an upcoming cruise and as far as I know we are still entitled to Concierge lunch on embarkation day.

Sadly, no.  You won’t be on the list of lunch attendees once you move to Aqua

Be aware that there is no special lunch for Aqua any day of the cruise, so your sea day MDR experiences would be the same whether Aqua or Concierge 

Your travel agent has misadvised you.

6 hours ago, mlbcruiser said:

We know some some peope who just returned from their Sept. 29 Celebrity Beyond Cruise yesterday - with Norovirus, unfortunately. Just wondering if this has been a flareup among a number of ships recently or just one of the unlucky sailings?

 

I realize Norovirus hapoens everywbere, all the time. Yet I also recall a few heavy outbreaks among ships several years ago. Hope it's not the case currently!

No way to know where they picked it up—in the terminal, the flight home, the gas station, the parking garage…..

10 hours ago, suec12 said:

confusing - I'm reading? 30% discount on 90 minutes - where is the word FREE?

Could you have misread it?

32 minutes ago, Xcelsior said:

I’m interested in hearing what others thought of this sailing.  It was my least favorite Azamara cruise.  Quality seems to have slipped.  Itinerary was great though. 

What Azamara cruise? This is the Celebrity board

Of course you are right, because Celebrity doesn’t go there I forgot about it

1 hour ago, LizzGo said:

Simple question: Is there a special lunch for Aqua class on embarkation day? I believe Blu is closed, correct?

No special lunch and Blu is indeed closed

The Art Auctioneers

39 minutes ago, suec12 said:

No more free internet for Captain's Club elite members?🤨

Where did you get this idea?

41 minutes ago, Harrisonkid said:

It appears that the Longshoremen have agreed on money terms  but not to the automation of the ports and that issue has been tabled until January 15,25. If that does not get addressed then I assume most winter cruises are gonna in play?  Also ,another Hurricane is heading into Fla and I’m guessing all ports will be closed for at least 2 days and more if damaged . Any info on this would be greatly appreciated. 

There are four ports in Florida.  They won’t all be affected.

3 hours ago, fstuff1 said:

Heard she's going to be in drydock Nov 2024 but Google didn't find anything under Silhouette drydock 2024.

 

From her schedule, she's in Spain on Oct 31 but her next cruise is 11/16.

If drydock, anyone know how extensive?

ie: New beds?

 

I'm on her in April 2025.

New beds are not part of this upcoming dry dock. They will be replacing some of the cloudy windows in sky, lounge and elsewhere and replacing tiles on decks four and five.  This from the Hotel Director last month.

3 hours ago, disneymadhouse said:

If we don't have a drinks package, are any drinks included with dinner in the main dining room please? 

Thankyou

Tap water, coffee, iced tea, hot tea, milk,

1 hour ago, Schmoe38 said:

Did you happen to get a chance to find out how long Park West is staying on Eclipse?

 

Randy

I have been told that this is the last cruise until the end of February at least but after that, I have no information

Yes they are here

12 hours ago, snow bunny said:

Thank you cruisestitch for answering questions.  Can you comment on the bands that are playing in the atrium area?  Dancers here and wondering what the bands are like, we board on Nov 7th.

 

snow bunny

I would say that the bands are the standard celebrity bands.  Enjoyable but not memorable.

8 hours ago, TGfromTX said:

If you get the chance, can you see if there are any free art activities like sketching or painting onboard? There were sketch classes on my last cruise and I've seen rooms with easels in photos online, but I cannot figure out which ships that set up. 

Also, how accessible have events been?  Are you having to show 30 minutes before to get seating?

The only events where crowds have been a problem were the trivia’s which have had to be relocated from Sky Lounge to passport bar due to Park West taking over Skyland. Once they are not doing that anymore, there should be no problem Getting a seat for trivia.  
 

I will look for sketching and drying events, but I think so far I have only seen adult coloring, which is kind of, shall we say, childish

13 hours ago, Willwils said:

Are they showing any baseball playoff games on a big screen TV somewhere on board? If not, are the MLB games on the in room tv?

I have only seen American football on the tv screens when i have gone past the bar that has lots of tv screens on deck 4