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Are there two tugs assisting, both forward and aft? Hard to tell on my tablet.

Oops! 😉

Cream of chicken soup has been gluten free on X for at least a decade. Not on my current cruise = now thickened with flour (cheaper). Lots of little things still going on that aren't noticeable right away (been glutened twice).

One of my "maybe" 2024 cruises IS on sale for fare savings of $460 but with no OBC. My current OBC is greater so I won't mess with it. Already applied most of the OBC during a previous flash sale, leaving just enough for gratuities. (Still have 10 more days to go on my current cruise before I decide whether to give X another chance....gluten free has NOT been up to previous standards.)

These were in my cabin upon embarkation in Civitavecchia Monday. Six, and they're oversized. Pink ones were reeeally sweet. White ones were overfilled but tasted better. Think they were ~$18 during a sale, maybe Memorial Day.

Gee, I wonder if the addition of 36 balconies will be deleterious to the vaunted fuel efficiency.

Woo hoo! Sommelier in Tuscan brought a bottle of my favorite to the table tonight! 🥰

They had it on Summit in February too. But seems to be radio silence about VC dinners since spring. And since all the VC varieties appear on the wine list, I doubt the cover story about supply shortage of it. I'm guessing it has just quietly disappeared, along with so many other special things. Oh well.

I think the VC dinner was one of LLP's creations but since her departure, the dinner and the VC & X association seem to have departed, too.

Great!

I get all the emails but I 100% find out about PUP opportunities by subscribing to this thread. It's failsafe.

They had one on last year's Connie TA but not this year. Tonight in Tuscan, they're doing Chef's Market Tour dinner for 25 people. Tour was today in Palma de Mallorca.

I haven't seen the dinner mentioned in quite awhile. Here on Constellation, I'm told there is a supply issue so the dinner isn't being offered. Same for the fleet, or maybe ship location?

Thanks, David. I'm sure I will. Ship is in great condition, wonderful crew, and although MDR isn't going to work out so well for me, Tuscan is outstanding (going way above and beyond). 🤗

On the Constellation now and so far, they've not had ANY of the wines I've tried to order. Their lists are irrelevant. The Tuscan sommelier is checking in "the basement" for me tonight.

Absolutely correct!

That close, you're fine. Enjoy (from someone who needs accessible).

Great balcony, wake view, and larger, accessible cabin. Shower will be messy (curtain) but no big deal. You may encounter noise from chairs scraping above. Never really bothered me. I'd prefer it to 9043, for sure.

Capt Vito just got on, HD Paul, CD Sue.

Why am I no longer surprised at any of the long list of tacky things that have been done to a formerly great brand? And I'm sure they aren't through either. I feel like I'm watching X being flushed (as in toilet) away.

If and when the menus change, I'll be looking for reviews. I hope people come back with specific reviews (deeper than "I didn't go hungry"). There are many lurkers here who know how it should be, vs not how it once was. I don't expect specialty quality in MDR, but I do expect moist chicken, chewable beef, and less pasta. I love that Night 1 above has Penne Primavera followed by Pasta Primavera on Night 2. How creative. Big sigh as I'm shaking my head.

Open an incognito window in chrome and google "best site for available cruise cabins," and it will be about halfway down the page. If you open three separate (ie, "new incognito page") pages, you can arrange pages side-by-side on your screen to compare open cabins on all three cruises.

Unfortunately, I disembark after 16 nights on the day before Thanksgiving. It took me a long time to reach zenith and I never thought I'd leave Celebrity. But food is one of the primary reasons I cruise. I have to cook gluten free every single day at home and look to cruising as my happy place where someone else does the cooking with all the restrictions GF entails. What X did to the MDR this past year is unforgiveable, especially with so much cheap, cheap, cheap pasta. It took playing undercover boss to discover the menus stink? Really? What insight, a true lightbulb moment. What in the world were they thinking to even try these boneheaded management moves in the first place? Celebrity has lost my trust completely and this horse has bolted (cruises booked with other lines for 2024/5). At least all my future X bookings were made while on board so will lose only $100 each. Well, I'm for sure taking two short ones on Summit but after those, at least for now, my plan is to just let the the 2024/5 bookings fade away at final payment. Certainly not giving X the courtesy of advance notice, much the same way they notified me in advance of their cuts. I sincerely hope the MDR food improves. I'll wait for reviews to come in before I pay money to find out for myself.

When cruising resumed in 2021, I was on Summit with less than 200 pax and booked 6 future cruises for the following two months. This showed up in my cabin with a thank you note. I got so much swag on that cruise (wine, ship model, raffle prizes, etc), I had to buy a duffel bag to get it home. Fortunately, I drove. Anyway, things have changed in two years.

Thank you for the picture! This version is new to me. Looking forward to using up a rather massive OBC this way on an upcoming cruise (any leftover will go to the crew fund).