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I’ve recently been on Sun Princess with access to their suite areas, and let me reassure you they are VERY MUCH on par with X’s Retreat. The Signature Lounge and suite only Sanctuary area is outstanding !! And come September the whole paid Sanctuary area on Sun is becoming a Suite ONLY area and for the location and amenities in the area , personally think it’s matches that of the Retreat Sundeck on the Edge Series ships. The Signature restaurant is also outstanding.

I’ve tried my best to get some insights to what’s actually happening, but as always they lock down their crew telling them to “not” post anything on social media for the duration of the dry dock. I’m not giving up yet 🤣🤣

Celebrity are terrible at promoting what goes on in dry dock for any of their ships. in fact it’s non existent!!!! you’d think any company would want to “showboat” what’s coming, and not just leave it to a few guests post dry dock to post the odd update or two. in the times of social media I really think they are missing the point 🤷🏼‍♂️ #JustSaying here’s the latest shot of the ships outside virtually complete. I expected the rest of the Retreat Sundeck to have been done, but with the basketball court netting still there, indicates that maybe it hasn’t. 21 days in dry dock is time for a LOT of work to be done, but not a word from the company.

the Z's start from 1997 and in todays would that's already 25+ , and very much fall into the target market

its now moving to the "GEN Z's" as the target audience and currently the most social media savvy 😝

I use Extend Your Stay at the end of most cruises as its perk with zenith status. You have to sign off like you do with the b2b process and hand in your sea pass card, you get a visitor card as a replacement for the time you remain on board. You also get wifi access for the duration and you can have soft drinks along with food from the Ocean view. Your luggage will go off as normal (pit out the night before) and will be in a specific area in the terminal waiting for when you depart. They tend to like all those staying on to leave the ship by 2pm latest, and it's always a good idea to have a day bag if you chose to use the pools etc and then use the changing areas to shower etc prior to disembarking. One thing I would stress is this is not currently available worldwide due to immigration issues and a lot of countries like the ship to have a "zero" count before starting the next cruise, therefore you have to get off the ship and only be allowed back on when boarding starts for the next cruise, by this time EYS is not worth it, and therefore not offered by the ship. as others have already said, definitely don't miss out in Singapore.

.... welcome to CruiseCritic 😝 from the experience you have cruising with the lines you mention, you'll be perfectly fine and will have no issues finding your way around. Ive just been on Edge for 52 nights and the team are amazing and definitely has the best Captain in the fleet, who tag teams with a superb Cruise Director, always plenty going on.

What new "team" are you referring to? All new and recent promotions are from within Celebrity not Royal, its only Laura that's comes across. Keith was/is X and so is Katina, so they are very much as "upscale" as can be. All hotel, new build, F&B employees etc are all Celebrity.

That’s been the target market for several years, it’s just now been accelerated with the new CEO. Just gotta move with the times

What did you expect LOL!! We’ve all seen how “amazing” their website is 😁

Correct, and he didn’t leave mid cruise … 🙄

Maybe you can go into the “WonderVerse” and have a virtual meeting with someone to sort it out LOL 😂

They need to direct their efforts into upgrading their older ships, wifi, app and website before wasting money on this METAVERSE stuff. Clearly aimed at the “future” demographic with still a large amount of current X cruises not even owning a smartphone. 😝 oh wait a minute… all so they can claim to be the “first” cruise line to do it. blah blah blah ….