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With Mauii dropped is this still worth doing.....?

Tx

is it the best time to sail to Hawaii in 2025 with Maui been dropped from the itinerary..........

we considered this but having second thoughts

Tried a E Class ship prefer solstice class.....

Great updates....great pics.....as usual......smashing

think its time to reflect as to what this group is all about.............

https://www.abraham-hicks.com/about/

that's why we are resisting...apart from the canal it looks average

very strange....now only a couple of shore excursions showing for AH....was a lot more before.

When booking excursions we can reserve the ones which does not say 'ONLY ABRAHAM HICKS GUEST ARE ALLOWED TO BOOK THIS EXCURSION!

Just checked excursions on our next cruise 11 March 2024 Celebrity Silhouette. Many excursions reserved for Abraham Hicks guests on board. We have never been on a Celebrity Cruise whereby its I suppose a kind of charter, I'm not sure as there could be 2 AH guests or 1k AH guests.

I assume they will participate in their own seminars etc?

we have always cruised S class ships and did our first E class in October.

Liked it but did not love it as we prefer the pool area on the S class, we missed the Ensemble lounge on S class, OH preferred the layout and the shops on S class. We did like Eden on E class, we thought the four restaurants on E class were nothing special and we prefer the MDR on S class. OH likes the library on S class and overall we decided we prefer S class.

So for us there is nothing out of the ordinary that would pull us back to E class and in fact had an E class future cruise booked but switched it over to the Equinox for a much less cost.

Each to their own............

we have $1600 for an upcoming cruise...I asked where it came from and was told we had a FCC which covered the cost of the cruise and there was excess left over so that was automatically made into OBC.

Has Celebrity started or finished cruises in Dubai? We really enjoyed our couple of days after our recent cruise.

Thanks

On 11/15/2023 at 6:34 PM, KKB said:

This is odd saying they would charge you...I have regularly asked for tech assistance & NEVER been charged any thing....

yes....we had the basic package and for an upgrade to the premium package to allow me to download the app I required they wanted $25 for an hour...personally thought for one app they might have waived the fee

5 hours ago, Cruise a holic said:

As far as S class ships, Silhouette and Reflection our favorites.  Love the lawn club grill.  The M Class, the Summit was redone so it is nice.  Overall we loved the Apex and especially if you are suite class.  The edge was nice, but the Apex new and improved.  Sailing on the Silhouette in January-Hope to try the newest edge class ships soon.

What is new and improved about the Apex? Thanks 

Further thoughts.

We missed the Tuscan Grill on Edge. The position of the two hot tubs at the main pool is crazy and I could not be bothered climbing stairs to get to them.
 

We always sail aft therefore we had a balcony otherwise we would not sail without one.

As for the stop in Muscat we took the free shuttle that was laid on to go to the Souk however we found the majority of the people to be selling the same similar stuff. We wondered who they sell to when there are no tourists.

I think Celebrity should have thought of a separate coffee/reading area because I’m sure some people sit at Cafe al Bacio for hours…….this applies to all ships.

We had booked this cruise a couple of years ago when it was first released and had the all inclusive deal. I must admit the basic internet package is pretty poor as you can’t even view pictures that has been sent by family via WhatsApp. You can’t access the App Store on the phone and I needed an app on the second last day so asked the internet guys if they could assist and they could for $25 for an hour. It’s all about the money folks…..

But everyone has a preference and our next door neighbour mentioned he wasn’t going back to the older ships….I wonder if he will be in the same frame of mind after 52 days on board….

Currently having a couple of nights in Dubai after our 14 night sailing on the Edge through the Suez Canal.

The good stuff….The people on board were great very friendly having a great time. Can’t remember being on a Celebrity cruise where we could go to the pool around 10am and still have loads of beds around the pool area or solarium. Really liked the Cruise Director. Enjoyed spending time in Eden listening to the acoustic acts.

Enjoyed the food at the Buffet. Enjoyed our ports and sailing through the Suez Canal. Did not enjoy Muscat. 
 

The bad stuff….We thought the meals in the four main restaurants were pretty average. In one on the restaurants I was served chicken. After eating the first piece I discovered the second was raw in the middle. Sent it back manager apologised. Next day I had the belly ache pretty bad. Manager called me in the room to apologise again.

So overall we thought the cruise was really good…But the jury is still out on the actual ship as personally we are not sure if we are keen on the Edge Class of ship. Maybe we are so used to the Solstice class but we just feel the layout of the Solstice class works better for us. We missed the Ensemble, we enjoy the MDR, we enjoy the pool area as it has a lot more shaded spots than the Edge, we prefer the Sunset bar area on the Solstice class, we just think the Solstice class ships flows better.

Pretty tired right now so will post more no doubt…

we have always booked AFT however it will be our first time on a M Class ship and we thought we would try a sweet 16 cabins

cruise ports..thanks

From what I am hearing on the news regarding what's going on within Israel and at the Northern border with Lebanon..........two words.......Powder Keg

i had a sv cabin booked on the constellation but with the current sale we decided to switch to a sweet sixteen cabin and we saved 1100£

can anyone confirm full refurbishment taking place spring 2024?

thanks

thanks any preferred cabin you would choose ? sailing would be into montenegro and dubrovnik

This she is due refurbishment spring 2024 as it was previously postponed

Does anyone know?

Thanks