jelayne

Yes to get the Captains Club discount you must call to purchase the upgrade.

The costs can vary by sailing for upgrades to wi-fi and beverage packages.  Also a flash sale can happen which can increase the discount.  
Currently for our January booking Premium Access is $33.99 per person per day, everyone over age 6 in cabin must purchase. Upgrade from Classic beverage to Premium is $13.99 pp pd.  FYI the martinis at the Martini bar are $17 so $7 over the Classic package.  Baileys is also above the Classic package limit, but not sure of how much.

As Elite+ you will 240 minutes of premium wi-fi, which if you log out when done can last quite awhile.  

The Apex and Eclipse are very close in double occupancy, with Apex at 2910 and Eclipse at 2852. 
The Eclipse is about 35’ longer but 7 ‘ narrower.  So pretty much the same size ship.  
 

For us the switch from the Apex to the Eclipse would be a cause to consider cancelling.    We have done 5 cruises on the Eclipse and it is a nice ship.  We prefer the E class ships with the 4 MDRs which expand the menu choices, the added lunch venues of Eden Cafe and Le Grand Bistro, the additional specialty restaurants.  The theater has newer technology and the shows are better and the Club and Eden offer 2 more places to see a show.  Plus the clean contemporary decor is more to our liking than the traditional heavy decor of the Eclipse. 
For many there not being a space equivalent to the Sky Lounge is a big negative with the E class.  We have done 40 + cruises on Celebrity and have probably been in the Sky Lounge no more than 20 times , mostly Senior Officer gatherings or Celebrity connections (pre pandemic) gatherings.
 

Having cruised Scandinavia I think  you will have a great trip no matter which ship.  
 

Not sure if it is a current menu.  Dinner on the Edge is a special event dinner offered normally once per sailing.  

Most specialty restaurants are not open for lunch. 
Raw on 5 and Le Grand Bistro (ala carte) were open on sea days as was Rooftop Grill. 

Are you thinking of Mixology 101?  It is still offered.  We haven’t done it on a M class ship but on the Edge it was held in the World Class bar.  Group of 10.

We usually have the emailed final statement within a couple of hours.

We book on board when possible for the reduced deposit of $100 pp for cabins below suites.  The last 2 bookings would have had a $900 NRD each had we booked direct with Celebrity or our TA.  

3 hours ago, KC Cruiser 54 said:

All I know is that the Concierge said that…

 

1. The exemption allowing two of 3 passengers to upgrade could only be given onboard.

 

2. the Elite + discount to upgrade could only be done pre-cruise before boarding. 
 

Seems like a Catch 22 to me. I’m pretty sure they could have given the discount if they wanted to. 

The onboard Concierges are great.  However  just like the shoreside staff who aren’t familiar with how things are done on board, I doubt that someone working on board would be very familiar with how exceptions to the beverage package rules are handled by the reps working in the call centers.

56 minutes ago, thebutlerdidit said:

The juices and smoothies at the Spa Cafe are exceptions. If you don’t have the Premium Beverage Package you’ll pay full price.

Same for the energy drinks.

The Captains Club detailed list of benefits does say that the upgrade discount is for pre cruise purchases. 
 

5 minutes ago, KC Cruiser 54 said:

As I said, the Concierge onboard, explained that precruise, the exception for a recovering alcoholic would not have been granted. and that a situation like this can ONLY be done onboard.

There have been numerous posts on here and other platforms that the recovering alcoholic and pregnancy exceptions have been done pre cruise.  
 

Did the Concierge handle the exception for the sister?

Everything is ok on our bookings, no problem accessing both via app and website. 

1 hour ago, Stu UK said:

Also Royal and above have thermal access

Since the poster moved to a Sky Suite I restricted my reply to the Sky Suite category. 

1 hour ago, SusiejaneUK said:

Thank you for all your responses and advice..  Don’t want to sound ungrateful at all (and after all we have paid for the upgrade) but if we have paid for Wi-Fi,  drinks package that is ported with us, but the thermal spa isn’t ?? To be honest this was our first Aqua experience so never experienced the thermal spa but doesn’t seem equitable that one element you have paid for is excluded when you paid for it with your original booking,

 

 

You trade off the Aqua Class amenities (Thermal spa access) for the amenities of a Suite:   a Butler, Luminae, the Retreat Lounge and Retreat Sun Deck, priority boarding, priority tendering, etc.

You can dine in Blu on a space available basis.  

The only Sky Suites that have access to the Thermal spa are the Aqua Sky Suites.  

21 minutes ago, Tom and Ingrid said:

Isn't tipping "built in" nowadays? Or are you wondering about additional tipping?

 

Gratuity Policy: $18.00 per guest, per day will be applied to guests sailing on all Inside, Oceanview and Veranda staterooms. $19.00 per guest, per day will be applied to guests sailing on all Concierge and AquaClass staterooms. $23.00 per guest, per day will be applied to guests sailing in The Retreat staterooms.

The daily gratuity can be added when booking and is paid at final payment.  Otherwise the above amounts will be added to the on board account daily.  

40 minutes ago, kaysha2004 said:

The rep was wrong.  I've gotten a reprice on fare and my TA told me the taxes went down too.  That was included in the overall reprice.  On the flip side, if the taxes went up, it didn't increase  for me.

Those days seem to be gone.  
 

On 10/7/2024 at 7:00 AM, vwlmember said:

Just know that the night time entertainment is not as lively or as widespread as Royal.  The Martini Bar is the place to go after 9PM and is quite fun.

Our last cruise in the Beyond the Club was going strong well after 1:30

If between the time you book and the time of your sailing the taxes and port  also could go up , but your booking is not repriced to the higher amount 

Looks like you have a active post seeking the same info.

I guess people are having too much fun to be on CC.

While the trio terms and conditions don’t say anything about a surcharge for LeVoyage the other specialty packages have a $20 pp surcharge for LeVoyage. 
 

Didvtge $147 include the 20% gratuity added at check out?

The earliest walk off handling your own luggage that we have experienced was 6:45.  

I would cancel the bid if you think you will be cancelling.  

3 hours ago, drakes2 said:

Both excellent locations deck 10 will give you a better view as higher up and close to pools. 8336 is smack middle of aft possibly larger balcony the middle ones are bigger on S class ships.  Personally I'd choose 10.

Middle SV on the E class have larger balconies due to the curved back of the ship.

4 hours ago, Spudd said:

I agree. Been on both, and Celebrity felt more "nickel and dime". $4 for a coke on C, $2.50 on P. Having to upgrade to premium wifi. Many drinks that would be included in Princess Plus (e.g. a basic martini) were over the limit for the classic drink package. The prices of the specialty dining on Celebrity were double what you'd see on Princess.

You can get a basic martini on the Classic package, what you can’t get is the large specialty martinis with tge Classic package without a upcharge.

2 hours ago, In The Water said:

Our experience regarding the reserved seats in the theater has changed over the past year.  On previous cruises, when we were in a suite, there were reserved theater seats (center section of the balcony) ONLY on formal nights.  On those nights, the butlers greeted you as you walked into the theater and escorted you to the reserved section.

 

We were recently on the Silhouette from August 28^th – September 9^th 2024 in Aqua Class.  Upon entering the balcony section on the first night (not a formal night), we encountered the roped off center section of the balcony.  I asked the attending Celebrity employee why this section was roped off on a non-formal night.  He explained that the policy had recently changed fleet wide, and this section of the balcony would be roped off every night for the suite passengers.  That said, at exactly 7:00 or 9:00 when the show was set to begin, the ropes were taken down and anyone was allowed to sit in that area.  On our cruise, we politely waited at the top of the stairs, and once the ropes were taken down, we proceeded to select our seats.  Interestingly, there were always at most only 10-15 suite passengers seated in the reserved section prior to the ropes coming down.

The roped off area every night started when Celebrity introduced the Premier access passes.  Like many suite guests we have only used the reserve seats once.  Not in a location we like.  
Since with Premier  Access it is an extra person per day charge those purchasing that package probably use those seats more as they paid extra  over and above the cruise fare for that privilege.