Champagne Cruiser

Following along. We are on the Joy in November. 

Hi Jim,

Great to hear from you. Clean eating is now a way of life for us, and probably back to shorter cruises. Our last two: 18 nights Sydney to Honolulu and 25 nights transAtlantic with a b2b around Ireland, Iceland etc were great and we are glad we did them when we could. We now spend over half the year in FL. Send me links to your last few cruises   You can Email me at

Best to Toni. 

Unfortunately we have never been big Luminae fans, but would like to sail Suites. DH ordered off the MDR menu most nights on our trans Atlantic last year. I don’t understand why they can’t include Everyday Favorites and in Luminae it should be grass beef: Filet Mignon,  Wild Caught Salmon, Organic Chicken, Organic vegetables etc. The quality of the actual ingredients should be better than the MDR.  That would put Luminae a cut above the main sailing experience. 

Thank you. We have sailed Aqua many times and love Blu and I know they will try to meet our requests.  I was just surprised to see Blu did not by now use the same indicators as MDR which would have made it easier.  We had to cancel our last two cruises for health reasons and I booked just a 5 night on the Infinity in March (a far cry from our 18 night and 25 night cruises of not too long ago).  Fingers crossed this goes well and we actually cruise this time. 

Thank you, I found it. I was very disappointed to note the menus did not indicate gluten free, dairy free, etc. we might be better off in the MDR although right now the Verandas and Concierge are priced higher than Aqua Class where we are booked. 

Hi all,

We are facing some new health issues which is curtailing our cruising. I had to cancel our cruise for this fall and moved it to one in March 2020. We have cruised all classes but I seem to recall that Blu might be the best fit for us. I have searched here but was unable to find any Blu menus. Can someone send me a link’ so i can do more research before final payment is due?  

Thank you so much  for any help.

I am enjoying your review. Is the reason the Equinox is docking at the Navy pier because the pier downtown has not rebuilt since the hurricane?

Yes. The only category you can’t get a higher  level is Suites. 

I, too am interested in the answer to this question.  We are Elite, and  after reading the reviews of the Edge and the Edgification, we have no interest in sailing on the refurbished ships. 

Thanks, I just turned it on 

Anyone know why so many upgrades are not being done to the Equinox.  We sail in October and it looks like the sky suites are not being touched and no hot tub on the Retreat. Deck, no changes to sone lounges, no change to Oceanview Cafe etc.  Why bother calling it Revolutionized?

Looking forward to your review. We love the Equinox. 

Try https://www.escapewaikikitours.com/

we used him for an all day trip around the island but he will customize any trip for you. Great guy, very knowledgeable. 

I always clean the glasses on the ship and in hotel rooms with very hot water and soap. If the hotel gives me styrofoam coffee cups for the Keurig in the room I use these. I too saw the hidden camera episode on how the hotel maids were cleaning the glasses and since then I always clean them myself. 

Thank you for posting pictures. My first impression of the cabin is “this is not Modern Luxury!”  It looks very spartan and bland. I truly hope they will not continue this lack of color scheme on all the other ships. And please enlarge the safe!

Thanks for posting.  It looks like an M class ship. 

Wow!  Thank you so so much. Amazing pictures. I have 2 observations and perhaps it is only the way I viewed the pictures :

- Cafe al Bacio looks like it had less seating than on the S Class ships

-Retreat pool looks like very little loungers have shade

I loved the new double loungers in the Solarium and the bathroom and decor in the Sky Suite( our preferred cabin category although not always in our budget)

Thank you for posting with the pictures

Not being able to order off the MDR menu in Luminae leaves the Edge out for us. DH almost exclusively orders off the MDR menu.  Bummer. 

Looking forward to your review. 

All the Celebrity ships have the pizza on trays. 

I dislike the “Champagne” on the classic package. I do like the Chandon which is included in the Premium Package.  Also, you can get Evian and San Pellegrino on the Premium Package as well as better wines. For me, the upgrade is worth it. 

Interesting. We have always gotten the envelopes at Guest Relations for giving out our extra tips and written the persons name and a short note of thanks with our names and cabin number. 

Please bring back the old search function. (Actually bring back the old version completely). I was able to put in my CC name and up would come all the threads where I had participated. Now if I go to my profile and search I only get my latest post.  I am not able to see the entire thread. And my Roll Call for Celebrity Infinity Nov 10, 2018 is missing. 

Yes I was on the Roll Call and it was active It is now not listed. That is my complaint. Please CC if you are monitoring these boards put back the old version until the new one is working. Better yet, leav3 us on the old version.