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Here is a suggestion: No more Blue Chip offers! From various posts it seems even non-gamblers are receiving emails about free cruises on Celebrity. I never opened the one I had in my inbox last year, thinking it was a likely scam and there've been no others since. Recent posts indicate Celebrity is still comping cruises while their food options are declining.

Emailed shareholder claim a week ago and nada! What # to call? In addition to your extensive list of requests requiring a call to Celebrity, the one category Captain's Club cabin upgrade should be available within the online booking process!

Thanks for this great report! We went on the Eclipse from Buenos Aires around the Horn and up the Pacific coast of South America to San Diego in 2019. This is one cruise itinerary I would love to repeat especially after seeing your photos!

I don't understand the rationale behind the cutbacks in meal offerings in all venues on Celebrity. With what sounds like a significant decline in both quality and quantity, who would want to book another Celebrity cruise? It will be "one and done" for newbies and "no, nay, never, no nay never no more" for those of us who've loved the brand! Therefore, bookings will decline and revenue as well!

The times we've had dinner in the OV were pre-covid after a busy port day of touring. Even then it was barely occupied. When few guests dine there, it makes financial and environmental sense to have limited offerings.

Love this thread "detour". Pre-covid my girlfriends and I took an annual trip to the Shaw Festival and a winery tour in the Niagara-on-the-Lake area. We prefer the lesser-known wineries, especially those in The Bench. Cab Franc is a must taste for me. On many Celebrity cruises, Peller Estates Ice Wine is available!

745 Please, please another 50 aka 5 PUP activity NOW!

I seem to recall that the "drink of the day" advertised in the Daily is also included in the Elite HH.

There was an article in our paper about the lack of snow in the Alpine regions of Europe this winter, which implies low water levels for summer. Not looking forward to a 3k pp bus trip.

Seriously, if tap or ship water is a problem, as others have posted buy a 12 or 24 pack of your preferred brand, tag it and have it delivered to your cabin with the rest of your luggage. At least Celebrity doesn't charge for distilled water! HAL did at the cost of $5! Probably best if the OP does cancel since he's upset about much more than not being able to have water as he prefers.

When our corkscrew was confiscated before a flight to Europe due to its 1/2 in. knife-like foil cutter, I panicked and our first mission when we arrived in Frankfurt was to find a corkscrew. Hard to come by so we purchased a Peugeot branded model for @25 euro! Never used it because every bottle of wine we bought in Germany, France and Switzerland had a screw top!!!

Ten of us are boarding in Amsterdam with an overnight there on Avalon Expression arriving there from Paris via Thalys. Booking for the train opens 120 days out and the most reasonable fares are at that time. All of us have visited Amsterdam previously. Part of the group is planning on visiting the Anne Frank House the afternoon we board the boat, but then I saw Daisi’s post that there is an afternoon excursion on boarding day. Should the others proceed with the plan for AnneFrank that afternoon? Any insights into boarding day for Avalon out of Amsterdam?

I recall that my now deleted email about this webinar stated PUPs would be credited January 14!

Hmm. We will be on The Silhouette next month. I can mosey up to Deck 8 and try to get a peek into one of those cabins!

I have seen photos of these forward facing OVs with a 2 club chairs and a small table between them right in front of that slanted window! But most pix show dead space there. Since the Eclipse is not revolutionized, I fear that we will have dead space when we sail her in cabin 8101. If so, I will ask our room attendant if it is possible to please bring down a couple of chairs from the conference room!

A Heads Up (although this has likely been discussed previously on this forum)! I didn't know that a cruise booked using the Future Cruise Certificate cannot be transferred to a TA unless the future cruise is booked within 30 days of the date the FCC was bought! Booked a cruise on 12/8 and submitted my request to transfer the booking yesterday. Immediately the email response came from Celebrity denying the transfer because the booking was more than 30 days past. I'd never noticed that the date of booking on our reservation was not December 8th but September 12th, the date the FCC was purchased on an Alaska Millennium cruise!

Our only river cruise thus far was on Avalon from Nuremberg to Budapest in November 2019. Since we'd previously visited both Budapest and Prague on land vacations, we opted to take the train to Munich post-cruise. Here's where we stayed and recommend all! Budapest: Hotel Palazzo Zichy Munich: Hotel Metropol Prague: Golden Wheel Hotel I highly recommend the extra cost excursion to Cesky Krumlow! Question re: airfare with Avalon. Can we call Avalon directly? Or must we work through our travel agent?

When do you set sail? We are on the Silhouette as of 2/27! If that is your cruise, join our roll call!

Some recent photos of forward-facing OV cabins on S-class ships show two club chairs and a table in front of the window. I really hope that this arrangement exists across that class fleet since we've booked 8101 on the Eclipse!

Thanks for the offer, Elvis! Basseterre"s cathedral has 8:30 Sunday Mass which is where we'll be if no priest aboard!

Yes, and we are counting on those 5 points to bring us to 745! So just 5 more needed by our next cruise!

If Celebrity really loves us loyal cruisers, we'll get a gift again this year! If Celebrity really loves DH & me, ours will be worth 50 PUPs since we need just 5 points to reach Elite+ by 2/27!

Re: Anniversary Even if not the exact date, select a night during your rescheduled cruise to celebrate. Probably not the first or last as those nights are more challenging for the waitstaff. Let Celebrity know your "new" anniversary date. On our last cruise our anniversary was a couple of days after we disembarked so we celebrated the fake date on the ship and were given a few surprise treats by Celebrity.

For some reason, Celebrity holds cabins that sleep more than 2 as unavailable when they in fact are open. Because those cabins holding 3 or 4 have the bed by the bath on S-class ships, those are the ones DH and I prefer, but we call Celebrity or our warehouse TA to request them. Suggest that you make the call knowing exactly which cabins you want to book and save yourself online search time.

I am disappointed that she won't be revolutionized for our 2024 cruise. We've sailed her 50 nights starting in 2010 when she was just a few months old. It's time for a change from those red/orange tones in the cabin even if her internal configuration, e.g. building the Retreat, remains the same.