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  1. I booked Apex for next year and was told by telephone with Celebrity if I went for set late dining I could go where I liked at that time. I felt that this would be chaos so decided to change to anytime dining and reserve the restaurants of our choice.
  2. We were on the same sailing but on fixed late dining no problems with waiting for table or service both were excellent the food was not cold where we were sat, there was a queue on the first night but once we knew table location if we went just after 8.30 straight in. Bars were busy but we are not big drinkers and mainly had drinks at dinner table, no problem with table service for drinks in main dining. Wi-Fi was dreadful. Could not send or receive pictures only basic texts or emails.I did go to I lounge but did not upgrade as we could use inclusive data on phones whilst in port so did not bother. It was our 6th cruise with celebrity and though the food was good, not as good as pre covid. A few items on menu not actually as described e.g. Pasta with scampishrimp only had 3 prawns no scampi, cod and clams, no clams. Roast potatoes was one single potato and hassleback potatoes were roast potatoes. We often asked for extra potatoes which we received no problem,we prefer table service to the buffet but lunch in the buffet was good with plenty of choice. Sushi on 5 was excellent. We were not impressed with the Crown grill on Princess. The only speciality restaurants we visited on the last two cruises. Overall we found Celebrity to be slightly better than Princess with regards to food both in buffet and main dining. Both ships were equally crowded. The medallion app on Princess was far superior as was the internet. Both comparison are on post covid cruises, not disagreeing with op but wanted to show our point of view as well particularly with regards to main dining room.
  3. Just returned yesterday and burger was only on lunch menu, did not see on dinner menu. There were several changes on the app from before we went to when we were on board. Lobster did not show on app but appeared during the sailing and was on the printed menu on second chic night
  4. We have visited Camara do lobos on a few occasions once we walked there and then the restaurant called us a taxi to return to Funchal I do not recall seeing a rank. The other occasions we were on the hogo bus. If the time scale allows this year we took a tour with Madeira happy tours who I can thoroughly recommend, we were in a mini bus just 6 of us and it was reasonable prices wise and a fantastic day out. You may not get that long there but tbh if not having lunch there you do not need that long as it is fairly small.
  5. We went on a cruise last year with Unforgettable Croatia, and can recommend. We were on a signature cruise and had a fantastic time. Breakfast & lunch on board, there was always bread and salad before the main course and dessert. You could help yourself to tea and coffee and various biscuits whenever you wanted and there was a water cooler to refill water bottle. We had two evening meals on our trip. We were picked up at Split airport in a very nice vehicle and taken to the hotel we had booked for a couple of nights (I booked direct with hotel and did not use the hotels offered), we were collected from the hotel on the day of cruise departure and taken direct to the ship and then at the end of the cruise taken to our apartment in Cavtat (booked apartment myself as well) all the transfers were included. I booked this cruise for 2020, changed to 2021 and then finally changed to 2022 all this was done without any problems so even though they are agents as such the service in our experience was very good. The crew also wore Unforgettable Croatia shirts and other things such as drink bottles were embossed with the company name so it appeared they had chartered the boat. We had jet ski rides, paddle boards and a selection of flotation aids on board. We had a mixture of nationalities but all English speaking, American, Canadian and British. The boat was very comfortable we had a small balcony and plenty of room in the cabin similar to a normal cabin on a cruise ship. We also stopped for a swim stop before lunch and then each afternoon we were in a different Port, there were organised tours included in most places but we did not always attend them choosing to wander ourselves. The national park was a coach ride away as was the oyster farm both were excellent trips. Our cruise director was Croatian very interesting and we learnt a lot about Croatia.
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