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Crown Grill is the best! We recently had it 3 times on the Royal, and it was just as good as pre-pandemic. Sabatinis we usually do once per cruise because I have to have my burrata and calamari, but Crown Grill is always superior.

The line outside is for luggage drop off. Then you go inside, up escalator, and get into the security line. Once through security, you get into the check-in line.

Nice! I loved Nespresso when we were in Europe.

In Horizon Court, the salad bar is extensive. One day, they may offer a Ramen bar, and another day they may offer a Mongolian barbecue bar. The grilled shrimp is scrumptious. Stir fry is excellent. Lots of Indian food.

We had the same experience. They really need to fix it, so you can select multiple people at a time for the Enclave pass purchase.

Not happy about this. I can sorta understand paying a little more to choose your stateroom, but that’s enough of a difference. Making it non-refundable, too, is going too far IMO.

Same as others have said, they aren’t doing one anymore.

We love eating at Horizon court for dinner on Princess. We get to choose exactly how much we want, what we want, and eat at our own pace. Though there aren’t quite as many options as pre-pandemic, it’s nothing like what has been reported on Celebrity with cutbacks at dinner. There is still tons from which to choose. I do hope that they go back to their full selection like pre-pandemic, but for now, your friends will not suffer if they eat there at night.

I love both, and I don’t see why they can’t offer both. Princess and Carnival do.

Darn, ok; thank you.

I’m gonna be on the Solstice. Is the Solstice using the old system or the new one?

Great; thank you guys!

I’m getting a mix of answers. I want to be able to put my Sea Pass card in and transfer money from my account directly to a slot machine like I do on Princess. One of you said that is possible. Have others been able to do this, too? Can you choose to put cash into the machine if they don’t let you transfer money to a slot machine directly from your account? I just want to avoid paying a fee. Thank you all for your input!

Does Celebrity allow you to charge your slot play to your stateroom acct without a fee like Princess? Or do you have to put cash into the machine?

Thank you for taking us along on your roller coaster journey that had such a wonderful result! I’m boarding next week and am excited to have all the info you shared!

It will always be the Patter to us. It’s a way cuter name.

This is news to me. Princess docks outside of town when in Marseilles??

My Celebrity ratings 1-5: Food- 3 Itineraries- 5 Ships- 4 Entertainment- 3.5 Food is very important to us, so we prefer Princess.

I used Scootaround, and though I had several problems with my scooter, Scootaround did replace it twice and provided timely customer service when I reported problems. I’ll be using them again.

It’ll be interesting to see what you think of Celebrity. Celebrity pax rave about it, but then I’m seeing lots of complaints on their forum, too. We had a very mediocre experience on Celebrity a few years ago and highly prefer Princess. Maybe you’ll love your Celebrity cruise, though! Come back and let us know!

Ok, thank you!

That’s a wretched experience! I’m shocked NCL didn’t get you to another port. Thank you for sharing your awful experience, so others can be saved from a similar one. I hope you get the rest of the money back!

Did they have the cooked to order steak option at dinner in the buffet? How about the stir fry station?

I know I read this a year after all the fun, but I had oh so much fun following your 2022 adventures! You’re a great storyteller, and it’s fun to see the US through the eyes of someone from Europe. Can’t wait for your next one!

I saw a minor display of them on ours in July one year. We live in Alaska, and I finally saw a full display of them in person last week.