Cruise Junky

3 minutes ago, Cruise till you drop said:

I think you’re proving my point 

 

These lines (Azamara, Oceania, Regent) aren’t the same and people aren’t moving on because they’re dissatisfied with Celebrity, they’re moving on to move up to a different class.

 

As for Princess being cheaper, I also believe this to be true but I haven’t seen many posts about people moving to Princess as they have their share of issues as well (back to the grass is greener comment)

I think we’re not reading the same thread. People are moving to Azamara, Oceania et al to get what they once got on Celebrity.  

Just now, Cruise till you drop said:

I would have to agree with that.

 

I think this thread is all about “the grass looking greener on the other side”

 

Let me fill you in on something.  It’s not

You’re saying Azamara, Oceania, Regent aren’t better than Celebrity?  That’s where a lot of people seem to be moving to. And while Princess & HAL might not be “greener” they’re cheaper.   So why pay Celebrity prices for Princess product?  

48 minutes ago, TommyD3 said:

Have taken over 165 Celebrity cruises over the last 30 years.Double Zenith. Kids are triple Zenith with over 200 Celebrity cruises each.

Have about a dozen Celebrity future cruises booked. Will not book anymore for about a year to see what the future changes are. If they reduce the Zenith benefits I will cancel all future bookings !!!

Was onboard the Equinox last week. Other than the Zenith lunch on the last day, I was not impressed.

MDR food has dropped significantly (best entree the entire cruise was flank steak).

Early seating started at 5:30, had guests strolling in even at 7:00 !!!

Will stop cruising if conditions worsen. Seems like the Presidents goal is to drive the line out of business !!!

Holy smokes. Given your history on Celebrity, this speaks volumes.  

5 minutes ago, vjmatty said:

For an Alaska cruise I’d stick with Princess regardless of what’s going on with Celebrity’s issues. They have naturalists on board as well as access to certain glaciers that other cruise lines don’t, depending on your itinerary. 

Yes, agreed. We’ve done Alaska a couple of times so Glacier Bay isn’t a show stopper, but I would like to go back.  

I booked 2025 on Azamara.  I’m also in the market for a spring Alaska cruise that I was eyeing Solstice but now leaning towards Ruby Princess or Koningsdam.  We’ll see.   

21 hours ago, Denny01 said:

Neat! But I think X is doing this in many regions…the Caribbean is a bit of a challenge, but we had booked the Iceland cruise with Norway as the follow-up. Had to cancel the 2nd leg to join our kids going to London…oh how we suffer!

 

Doing a Sydney around NZ and added the S Australia Wine cruise to Tasmania since it’s such a long flight over. 

 

Would love to do the Around Japan followed by the TP back to cut down on the flights, but doing Japan early Spring for the Cherry Blossoms! 

 

Enough. Love to do B2Bs to make up our own itineraries. 

 

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I’d like them to sell it as a 50+ day cruise so I don’t have to do the work in finding them. Have a couple per year that are also sold in segments and call them Grand Voyages.  

I’d like to see more sailings that can be grouped for a long unique itinerary. Eg Solstice next year….Vancouver - Honolulu - Sydney - Singapore - Hong Kong.   
 

celebrity tends to do shorter repeats. 

My cruise is offering for $2.99. 🤷🏻‍♀️

41 minutes ago, tigervixxxen said:

Holy cow, I just checked and my sailing is offering $2.99 upgrade to premium wifi

Me too. Is there a massive difference in speed? 

We love the Sheraton on Main Beach. We bus to broadbeach and walk to surfers.  I’d also do Brisbane itself for a few days. Especially if you want to go to the Koala sanctuary.  Great city.  

Great timing. Hubby tried his tux 🤵 on last night to see if it still fit after spending the last 10 years in a garment bag.  We’re thinking of a Cunard Cruise.  Would not take it on any other line anymore 

1 hour ago, ccqueenanne said:

 

I think it was the 4th of July sale where I grabbed the 50% discount on Classic to Premium upgrade for my cruise earlier this month. My May 2024 cruise wasn't eligible for that sale, but I'm hoping to see that offer come up again.

Yes, that’s the sale where you could upgrade for $9.99 pd pp. good deal. 

Don’t tease us with a good time. 😂😂

Thanks for the heads up. I debated cancelling excursions I’d booked under the Memorial Day sale because the Canadian dollar has dropped since then but I saved $55 Canadian. May now book a dinner package.  

15 minutes ago, ATWCruiser said:

Is it me or am I noticing ATW 2025 is not selling as well as expected?  There is still availability across most categories.  For me, the intinerary is not as good as ATW 2023 or ATW 2024.  I wonder if Oceania will discount these ATW cruises or will they start discountng the segments? Not sure how that works as I haven't paid attention to the flow of prices.  Wonder if that is one of the reasons why Oceania decided to move to Vista for ATW 2026 (rumour) to get people excited (I am) and maximize profit (they got me).

I remember on release saying it was an unusual itinerary for someone’s first world cruise but would be good for repeat ATW cruises with not visiting Europe.   I guess more people want Europe which I would expect to be back on the 2026.  

45 minutes ago, Robert de Beaumont said:

Did they push through a recent price increase on the so-called “premium” options? 

Yes, they did. Surf and turf was $39.99 last week 

So, a year ago today we got a glimpse of the 2025 world cruise…taps fingers impatiently. 😂😂 

If I get one more email about sailing the Caribbean, Bahamas or CocoCay I’ll scream. They put all their darn ships there and now you can’t sell them without a daily sale email. 🤦🏻‍♀️   

As of right now, we’re clear but who knows what next week will bring.   

On 8/17/2023 at 4:17 PM, ToxM said:

Riviera is going to Asia I believe - if I remember correctly from the future cruise presentation I went to in December. 

 

I am curious to see if the rumours about a different ship doing the ATW in 2026 are correct. if we have an O class going to the South Pacific I would be very interested, I can’t afford to shell out on a PH and decent airfare for that region, but would happily slum it in a verandah on an O or A class. Anything below PH is a hard no for us on an R class - I would consider a solo fare on an R but I don’t think Marital Unit would be very happy 😉

Found an Australian article that speaks to Riviera being based in Australia which fits with the Sydney port schedule but she could be doing both australia and Asia. 
 

Vista is on the Darwin port schedule in April which fits with a world cruise timeline. There is also an Oceania “unknown” ship in Sydney about 9 days before which is also likely to be vista.   

3 minutes ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

For us, the value was in the included airfare.  On the Med cruise I just booked, the cruise only fare for a suite was $8900pp for 11 nights.  The business class airfare add on was an additional $2800pp.  When I did a mock booking for business class on Delta for similar dates the price from Atlanta to Venice was $4400 pp and the return flight from Rome to Atlanta, also in business class was $6700pp.  There's no way we could every get business class airfare for $2800 on our own.  

You know to look at a multi city booking right? And not two one ways?   

I loved it. We stayed I. Brisbane and took the bus. Don’t miss the babies 

Too early for April. You may get Maui but Kahului 

1 hour ago, ptcflyer said:

Question:   I booked Seattle to Vancouver followed by Vancouver to Honolulu followed by Honolulu to Sydney on Celebrity Solstice.    Celebrity is saying this violates the Jones Act.   It does violate if you only take into consideration the first back-to-back.... Seattle to Honolulu without a "distant" foreign port.....  but should they consider the fact that my beginning is Seattle and my end point is in Sydney with a Back to Back to Back Itinerary? 

You are correct. Booking the first two legs would be a violation. Adding the third puts you in the clear. Speak to their manager and ask what part of the PVSA is being violated by sailing Seattle to Sydney!   Someone likely didn’t see your Honolulu to Sydney booking.  

55 minutes ago, Pinboy said:

For what it's worth because I notice CCers getting " over-heated " :

1---To those who are complaining about the current state of food:

Two couples we know were recently on Celebrity-- One on the Beyond, the other on the Reflection-BOTH said the food and service was excellent throughout the cruise.

 

 

 

When did they sail? It seems like this menu is only a couple of weeks old so if they sailed more than a month ago, their opinion could be irrelevant