cricketgirl

Thanks for your permission 🙂

People seem to either love or hate the infinite verandas. We MUCH prefer the infinite verandahs to a traditional balcony. If hot or rainy, simply close the IV and you can still sit in the balcony chairs and use the extra space in your room, and also look through the floor-to-ceiling view of the ocean. With a traditional balcony if hot or rainy you just don't go out there (i.e. less room in your cabin) and have to look through sliding doors, the balcony area with (unused) chairs, and also the balcony glass rail to see the ocean. There may be times in inclement weather when the IV is locked and cannot be opened, but these are times when the weather is bad and we certainly don't want to be standing outside on a balcony in those conditions anyway. Sometimes they are locked when crew is cleaning the glass, but only for an hour or so and this is typically while you are in port anyway - at least from our experience. The IVs also provide privacy where a traditional balcony does not - no one can peek around and see you with an IV. If not extremely hot or cold, you can sleep with the balcony down and hear the ocean and feel the ocean breeze all night - we loved being able to do this! Don't let others scare you off because we are all different, just know that positives for some are negatives for others. Be sure to google infinite verandas and watch a couple videos to decide if these are right for you. They are certainly not right for everyone, but we LOVE them!

We are booked for the New Year's sailing on Acsent and this sailing also does not have specialty dining reservations open yet. I just keep checking once a week or so and will continue to do so until it becomes available. I called Celebrity about a month ago asking about this and the rep had no clue when they would make them available.

Couldn't agree more - makes you feel as if you're staying in a Super 8 motel...

If you eat in the Eden Cafe for lunch, try the potato salad - it's delicious! At least it was on the Edge and Apex. 😉

Thanks for this info and your opinion. I've been on the fence about the suites given their inflated cost (from what they used to be at least). I'm not the least bit interested in Luminae and prefer the main dining rooms, especially on the Edge class ships. No interest in a butler either. Although specialty coffees delivered to your room every morning sounds wonderful! I've considered a suite on an Edge class ship solely for access to the retreat pool area, but hard to spend that extra $ just for a pool. Perhaps a better option (for me) is continuing to shy away from suites and booking cabanas as the pool.

It's been a year since we've been on a Celebrity ship and I'm hoping someone who has sailed recently can chime in as to the size of beers that are served. 24 oz cans, 48 oz cans, or aluminum bottles? Also, are hard seltzers offered yet? These are so popular now I keep hoping they will have these as an option. We'll be on the Constellation. Thanks in advance!