vickykay

Looking forward to “cruising” along with you.

So glad to near you have recovered and are doing well.  Thank you so much for the additional photos of Amsterdam, our favorite city!  We were supposed to spend several days there last Sept between cruises but husband needed back surgery so cancelled.  
 

Spent two days in Istanbul a few years ago on a Celebrity cruise.  Used a 

private guide (small group arranged thru our roll call). Saw so much!  Will look for the name and post on this thread once I get home ( out of town, home tomorrow).
 

Looking forward to your next review.

Spain day tours-excellent

What coffee drink is that?  Looks yummy.

Happy Birthday and looking forward to following along.  We will be on the Summit in Sept.

Greatest respect for special education teachers.  I’m a retired school psychologist and I worked at a preschool for infants and preschoolers with special needs so I know how hard spec ed teachers work.  Have a wonderful vacation!

Amazing photos!

Get well soon Norris!

Thanks everyone.  We’ve already booked Eden and Rooftop Grill even though our cruise isn’t until Sept 2024 on the Ascent ( we’re “refugees”from our cancelled Beyond cruise). 
 

Vicky

Hi everyone.  We have occasionally booked speciality restaurants on the first night on the S class ships for a nice discount ( once on board).  Does anyone know if this is available on the E class as well?  And which restaurants? 
 

Thanks.

Great review.  We typically dress somewhat on chic nights also. We both miss the formal nights.  Made the cruises feel special.  

Enjoying the photos- thanks for reposting.  Loved the Asian dress, looked amazing, and the matching outfits.

Very much enjoyed your review.  Would love to view the photos but as

hcat reported, only the last batch opened. Happy Anniversary!

I actually just received a phone call from Adela at Executive offices.  She told me of the many emails, etc that they have received and will be taking into consideration.  Also how much they appreciated our input as valued cruises, yadayadayada.  I did review concerns ( health, etc) and one of the reasons we cruise Celebrity is no smoking.  I also mentioned that there are many places for people to smoke and I really didn’t think people would cruise or not cruise Celebrity because vaping is allowed in the casino.  

Thank you so much for the link!

I also received a similar email response however she did state that she attempted to call me but was unsuccessful.  She had the wrong phone number but did give me her phone number.

Do you have along and review of your Azamara cruise?  Would love to read that.  Thanks.

Agreed!

This is the third time Celebrity cancelled cruises on us. We did rebook on the Ascent but at at a much higher cost).  They did allow us to “lift and switch” for the two cancelled Japan cruises ( although we were not able to for the second one smaller ship and no availability for the same category).

It would have been appropriate ( and the classy thin to do) for Celebrity to offer that again for all of us who were cancelled on the Beyond sailings.

Look at deck plans. You can usually tell where the bed is by the indentation.  Also, we always have booked bed by the bath but when on the Apex had bed by balcony after being moved from a cabin with bed by bath ( noise issue and plenty of cabins as was shortly after cruising resumed) and the cabin did feel “roomier”.

Oh no!  Our Sept 2024 Med cruise on the Beyond is now scheduled for the Caribbean.  😢😢😢

Lamb chops were always on the smart casual menu the first day ( Eclipse this past May).  My husband’s favorite!). He ordered the roast lamb and found it inedible ( tough and full of gristle). And he’s not at all picky). Our assistant waited replaced it but it was exactly the same.  Hopefully was a one off.  I can’t remember what I had ( excellent) but seems no longer on the menu.
 

We went to Pearl Harbor on our own the second day the ship was in 

port.  We booked the tickets as soon as opened.   

We were sorry we didn’t go to Eden when on the Apex a year ago.  Already booked on the Beyond Sept 2024.  Looks amazing!

We were a short walk from the Hilton.  Husband had to have a drink at the at the bar featured on Hawaii 5-0!

Good morning.   We stayed at the Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort.  Loved it.  It’s actually not on Waikiki but on a small beach about a ten minute walk from the hotels on Waikiki Beach.  We had an Oceanview Club Room which included a terrific breakfast and Happy Hour ( enough for dinner).  It was pricy but we were celebrating our 50th anniversary.   Be sure to book a north shore tour.