JanNSteH

3 hours ago, doghog said:

A huge plus for Celebrity is there is no inside smoking. Fleetwide. 

Best thing ever!

7 hours ago, Gilliganluvsmaryann said:

This is day 3 of our 7 day Beyond voyage and everything has been phenomenal! Staff A+++, food five stars, the ship five stars. Will give more detail when we return. One piece of advice upgrade to premium internet before you board if you want to do anything other than browse the internet.

We were on the Beyond in March and we agree with you.  Our cruise was also phenomenal and the staff was the nicest of all the cruises we’ve been on and we’ve been on 25 +.  Staff is friendly and went out of their way to help you.  Always smiling.   For those currently on the Beyond, enjoy!

On 4/2/2024 at 1:10 PM, Saturngrl said:

I may be picky, but remain quite pleased with one little extra perk on Celebrity:  cloth towels in the public restrooms.  It is such a nice touch to make the Celebrity experience more luxurious than other mid-priced cruise lines.   

 

So glad Decoy is back!   

I totally agree with you.  The cloth towels were a nice touch as well as having an attendant in the bathroom working hard to keep the bathroom stalls and sinks clean.  Those attendants work very hard.   Very much appreciated their efforts!!!

Nice review.  We just got off of the Beyond several weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it as well.   We have also booked another cruise for July of 2025 and got the drink and Wi-Fi package as well.  I also don’t drink much but went through a lot of specialty coffees, bottled water and juices but spouse does drink.   Am also wondering if it’s worth it for the two of us to get the all included package.   While you are onboard, would you be able to find out the cost of bottled water?  Just wondering how much it would cost without a package.  Also just plain water not premium like Pelligrino.  Thanks in advance!

Leaving next week on the Beyond and have the basic Wi-Fi.  What’s the difference between that and the premium?

3 hours ago, JanNSteH said:

Thanks for the warning about the pushy vendors.  We will keep the ship sponsored tour and see the city.

6 hours ago, 2Long2NxtCrz said:

We're probably on the same cruise, you might ask others on our roll call. We've booked Dora for our excursion as she gets high marks and you're with the guide and driver the entire time.

 

If you don't speak Spanish, I'd definitely do a guided tour. Also, most of the travel advisories often sound apocalyptic even though the places are actually quite safe. I know we had folks scared of getting off the ship in Mexico last April in Mazatlan, but we had no trouble, just grabbed a taxi and went. As a caveat, my husband speaks fluent Spanish and we've traveled all over, mostly self-guided. You have to do what you are comfortable with.

Thanks for the tip.  I will go ahead and go on the roll call.  We are on the sailing leaving on March 11th.

Hi, We are set for the PC cruise on the Beyond in March.  One of the stops will be Cartegena.  We've been seeing travel advisories from travelstate.gov labeling it as a Level 3 which is to reconsider travel, contains area with higher security risk.   For those that have traveled there, how has it been for you?  Did you feel at risk?  We did sign up for a ship sponsored excursion so I'm wondering if this is better less risky since we are traveling as a group and not out on our own.  Trying to get feedback from our cruise critics who have recently traveled there before I decide what to do. Go or cancel this excursion.  Any input would be helpful.  Thanks!

2 hours ago, firefly333 said:

My close in cruises I'm getting that on a lot of days. Dec 3 I gave up as the only days I can get are the ones I dont want. Day 2 and day 7 I get that stuffed message too. And I don't want day 1 or 3. 

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These 40% lunches are going like hot cakes. 

2 hours ago, Cutigerlady said:

I was able to cancel my Izumi reservation and book it back within about 5 minutes for the lower price.  It took a few minutes for it to appear after I cancelled it.  I guess there is a risk someone else will grab it, but I was able to adjust mine without that happening.

 I’m guessing you got very lucky or timed it just right to be able to do the adjustment.

2 hours ago, firefly333 said:

My close in cruises I'm getting that on a lot of days. Dec 3 I gave up as the only days I can get are the ones I dont want. Day 2 and day 7 I get that stuffed message too. And I don't want day 1 or 3. 

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These 40% lunches are going like hot cakes. 

I’m with you.  Tried several times and am giving up on Izumi.  Keeps saying stuff which I take it to mean no availability left so can’t take the chance to cancel existing and re-reserve in the hopes of getting it at 40% off.

Hi, has this happen to anyone?

Heading out on the Anthem on 11/26.  Two weeks ago, RCL was running a special with 20% off so I reserved Lunch on Day 6 at Izumi.  Now today, I received another email for a Black Friday special where the same lunch is now 40% off.  

I was told that I can rebook or book another lunch at the 40% off price and then cancel the one that I had made two weeks ago.  Not working out for me because when I try to reserve Izumi, it's coming up as "stuffed", basically no availability.  So I call RCL and ask them to see if they can make an adjustment on the price for me and the person I spoke to said that the 40% off pricing is not even coming up on their end.  I said I took a snapshot and that I can send it to them but they don't seem to what me to send them the snapshot.  So, why advertise the special since there's no availability or that they wont make the adjustment.

Anyone else experiencing this?  BTW, the 40% off is only available for lunch at Izumi, Chops and Jamie's.  Dinners do not offer this special.

JH

22 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

I like to order the chops filet with baked potato sold in mDR for $19.99 and then get the lobster tail too.

Yumm!  Real surf and turf.  Not shrimp and beef.

3 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Anthem is on its way back from the UK, TA crossing now so the menus you see on the app will change once Anthem starts doing their weekly cruises to the Bahamas.

Lobster night will be night 6.  One lobster tail included in your cruise fare then additional tails are $16.99 unless you get lucky and are offered a free 2nd tail.

Thank you Sunshine!  Good to know that RCL has not eliminated it from the menu.  Haha, maybe we will get lucky and get offered a second but I’d be very happy with the first.  With rising costs, I’m okay with the additional cost for a second one.

First, I apologize if this has been asked previously as I went back several pages and didn’t see any postings on this recently.  Have read about some cutbacks but…

Looking for cruisers who have been on the Anthem recently (within 3-4 months.). Am heading out on this ship in about 4 weeks and was looking at the dinner menu on my Royal app.  Has Royal eliminated the lobster tail entree? I do see it offered as an option for an up charge.   In February 2023, we were on the Enchantment and lobster tail was offered as part of the dining room entree.  If you wanted extra, then there was an additional charge which was reasonable. How disappointing if lobster tail was eliminated and only available as an up charge ☹️☹️.
 

Bummer!  We were going to meet up with some friends in Port Canaveral who happen to be in the Orlando area at the same time.   Would’ve preferred skipping Nassau.  Been there plenty of times.  Just my opinion.

I received this information from my TA last night.  This kind of explains it all as it does match up with what's on my account online and explains why our names are "grayed" out so that we can't select times in any of the 4 MDR.  

Celebrity Select Dining

On our Celebrity Edge® Series ships, we may have reinvented the main restaurant experience with four restaurants, but we haven’t changed the way you plan your dining in these restaurants. Now, you can choose Celebrity Select Dining Early or Celebrity Select Dining Late, and you’ll be assigned one of the four main dining restaurants, while having the option to dine in the other three upon request. Choose Celebrity Select Dining Anytime, and you can dine in any of the four restaurants when you want. There’s nothing traditional about dining with us. With Celebrity Select Dining the choice of how you plan your evening meals is up to you.

2 minutes ago, micruiser2002 said:

Also maybe you can try emailing this department?  celebritydining@celebrity.com

From what I can see, I am not able to change anything so I will try emailing the department.  Thanks for your input and suggestions.  Jan 

14 minutes ago, micruiser2002 said:

It might be if they have put you in specific dining instead of Select time.  You can check your reservation and it might let you change to select or you may have to call and have it changed.  Then you should be able to make reservations online.  

Hi, am quite confused.  From what I've been reading a few have said that there is no assigned dining times and that we need to online and select our dining times within the 4 MDR venues.  When I look at my app, under Dining it says: "Celebrity Select Dining Early 6:00 pm.  Please refer to the dining reservation card found in your stateroom for location and time."  So does this mean that Celebrity has chosen a time, etc for us already and I don't need to do anything further.  If this is the case, that'll be great since we are a group of 12.  If not, I need to fix this now so that when we board, I don't run into any complicated issues as I'm sure it will not be easy getting all of us situated then.  Would rather fix it now than deal with it onboard.  Thanks.

13 hours ago, carbon said:

Went into plan my cruise. Scrolled down to bottom of page in dining.  Chose dining room and reserved. Picked from list of times available every 30 minutes starting at 6pm to 9:30

☹️Tried late last night and again now.  Just did as you suggested and was not able to pick times, etc.  Our names are "grayed" out so I can't get past selecting our names to even select a time.  Not sure if this is a glitch in the system or this means that all the dining times in the MDR are full.  

2 hours ago, Norwaygrrrl said:

Hi!

We are avid cruisers with Celebrity, and today I helped my elderly parents book a cruise (too bad I have to work and can't go this time). All went well; we printed out the booking confirmation that we received by email showing the details as well as the balance that is due. However, later, when I went back into the website account to add in some additional information (they will be celebrating birthdays), the balance showed twice as much as what it is on the booking confirmation we received in the email. The booking confirmation shows what we were told to pay at the end of the booking process; now it has doubled? I've tried to contact Celebrity, but to no avail. I don't understand how this discrepancy came about nor what to do about it. Has anyone ever experienced this? Thanks in advance for any advice. My parents are not technologically savvy and do not know what to do. 

Perhaps a glitch in the Celebrity system.  It’s good that you have a printed copy of your original confirmation.  If it all adds up correctly and you only added a few perks and the price doubled, I would definitely call Celebrity and speak to them about it.  

1 hour ago, carbon said:

Went into plan my cruise. Scrolled down to bottom of page in dining.  Chose dining room and reserved. Picked from list of times available every 30 minutes starting at 6pm to 9:30

That is very helpful.  Will give it a try.

7 hours ago, carbon said:

I just booked our times for October-November 2024, doing b2b. Just rotated our 7pm reservation through all 4 dining rooms. Hopefully we like it.

When you made your reservations for 7 pm, did the time interfere with any of the shows?

10 hours ago, dadofjessie said:

We were on the Beyond in February. I had heard such changes to MDR on the Edge class ships.  When I called Celebrity, I was assured up and down that I had a 6:00 PM reservation time and that when we got to out stateroom we would find a card with our table number and which dining room we were assigned. NO SUCH THING! Make sure that as soon as you get on the ship that you find the "dining" table near the guest services and book your reservations for what ever dining rooms that you want along with the times that you want. Alternatively, if you are early enough, you can do all this online. There is no such thing as 6 or 8 pm dining times on the Beyond. 

Yes, I was told that we have 6 pm seating as well.  There are 12 of us and we want to get 2 tables of 6 near each other so it will be nice to make sure our reservations are linked so that one table is not on the other side of the dining room but rather close by.  I will go online and try to get reservations with a set dining time and also, when we get onboard, follow up with guest services.

2 hours ago, keesar said:

There are no assigned times even though yours says 6 pm.  The restaurants usually open at 5:30 pm.  People will start lining up at 5:10 pm. Don't be surprised to see a line.

 

The dining areas are rather busy with high volume of voices.  The advice of 2 tables of 6 makes sense although there are long banquet style tables for parties of 12.  Talk to the head staff of the restaurant you are interested in dining. 

Thank you.  Once onboard, I will definitely talk to the head waiter.  

1 hour ago, jelayne said:

With 12 you may want to consider 2 tables of 6 near each other and rotate who sits together.  Easier for conversation, easier for wait staff and less noisy than 12 people at 1 table trying to talk.

 

As for the menus you can order the “exclusive items” from each restaurant in any of the 4.  You do not have to be seated in Cyprus to order their exclusive menu items.

Great idea!  Yes, that is what I think we should do.  Get 2 tables of 6 hopefully near each other and hopefully with the same waitstaff so that we can rotate per couple amongst the two tables.  

So if I'm sitting in Cosmopolitan and my husband sees a Lamb Shank from Cyprus, he can order that?  If this is the case, do we really need to switch to the different MDR venues each night?  Just figure wit us needing 2 tables of 6, it may be easier if we stay put in one dining room and order what we want from the others.