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I noticed this banner today also when browsing excursions for our up coming cruise in June on the equinox.

I wonder if they're rolling it out by then also.

Because I think it's about time that I am now on a level playing field with traditional diners in being able to use my OBC for tips. I would never in a million years "stiff" the staff. Celebrity finally caught up with all the other cruise lines that treat the two the same. I shouldn't get punished because X is useless at accounting

Don't you know it's typical of cruise critic to assume the worse of people and of course, preach from their high horse?

God forbid if people wants to spend their obc on gratuity and have select dining....just like the traditional people have always been able to do.

Yeah, wait until they see the number of folks with Select Dining going to guest relations and removing their tips from the automatic daily deduction, thus stiffing the stateroom and waitstaff. Trust me, it will happen more if the Select Dining tips are not prepaid.

As If traditional dining people can't do the same.

IMHO seems to me that this coincides with the "rumors" about Celebrity going all "Select Dining". The lower sections of the dining rooms are empty so much of the time, after first seating that they have had to open that up to Select. Many more folks are doing Select than fixed dining times. I don't und erstand why they still have fixed times. If you like to dine at 5:30 or 6:00 or 8:30 then do it.

 

Let's see what happens.

 

Pat C

If this rumor was true it would be great as it would open up a lot more tables.

Just wanted to post up a new thread to let others know that if you're like us and have more OBC then what to do with w/o wading through the discussion of personal preferences.

You can now call up celebrity and have them remove the prepaid gratuity even if you have select dining and be charged to room later on the cruise date and use OBC to cover it.

I called today (1/23/16) and the (in)famous system would not let the agent do it without switching us to fixed dining, then remove the grats, and switched us back to select.

Got the booking confirmation that we have select dining w/o the pre-paid grats.

Hope this helps.

Hm. I wonder if it's possible to call and have the prepaid tips line item removed from invoice since we are not past final payment yet and have plenty of obc to take care of it later in lieu of cashing out in the casino which is no longer possible

The extra items on the breakfast menu might be worth it if you're into it.

We loved all the extra stuff when dining on the balcony very morning.

I'd look into tmobile.

You can get a no contract plan for 1 month then cancel.

Based on the region you mentioned it should be all covered and their international coverage (free text and data) is extremely generous.

Last March 2015 on a whim we did the intro to scuba through celebrity in st Thomas and it was excellent.

The outfit that celebrity partnered with was really organized.

Us newbies did not have any certifications so they gave us the crash course.

After confirming that you can do a few crucial things. They then took us 4 at a time for our 1 tank dive at about 40ft deep.

After our 1 tank dive was up. We could snorkel around the dive boat while they took the others.

Hope this helps.

We did his cruise last spring break (last week of March 2015) and there was 0 rowdy spring breaker to be found.

To be frank. Most college kids are too broke to fly down for a 7 days cruise.

Do they also have the cellular iPad or is it only wifi version?

Thanks

Joe,

Sucks that you got a crappy TA,

I'd recommend that you check prices now (with perks) and what you paid.

If you are outside final payment, you can still rebook and get all the perks if the prices are lower that is.

In my case, I have rebooked a few times and saved over $1000 AND actually gained another $100 OBC ontop of the $300 usually offered so it's worth a try.

Don't forget to pack your monocle and walking stick along with your formal wear.

It's still amazing how people can be affected by what others wear.

Mind your own business, dress how you like.

How was the MDR service, how long was your average dinner if you don't mind me asking?

Does anyone know if a laptop will fit in the safe in a Constellation Veranda Cabin?

I couldn't fit my macbook 12" in the safe but I could fit an ipad.

But after a while I left it all out and didn't feel that it was in danger of going missing, but ymmv.

My husband and I are taking our first Celebrity cruise this spring, so naturally I have been perusing these boards to get a "feel" for the cruise. I must say, I'm a bit apprehensive now after reading so many posts coming from seriously grumpy passengers. I know that most don't post here but I don't want to spend my hard earned money on the same ship as some of these folks. So tell me, what do you LIKE about Celebrity?

Don't worry about the grumpies on the board, just do what you want, enjoy the cruise, believe it or not, most people on the ship will have never heard of cruise critic or care to.

We just took our first celebrity cruise last spring and loved it, the relaxed ambiance is a nice change from carnival

Isn't it sad that some people's dining experience can be "ruined" by what other people's wear?

Instead of concentrating on the food and company, they're too busy being a busy body with a swivel head.

How shallow are these dress code ****s?

Sounds like you're better off booking for 2 and letting the other be a no show.

How dare celebrity be a realist in this changing world.

What will my valet do now that I wear a dinner jacket instead of tails?

What is next, wearing these new fangled contacts instead of my monocle?

Oh the humanity!

I mean seeing how other people dress or not dressed totally changes how the food taste.

>.>

I'm not sure why you all are up in arms, dress up if you want, no one is stopping you from going in a tux.

Unless you judgmental people wants to pay for other people luggage fees, I'd suggest you just worry about dressing yourself.

Long story short, we had 1 prior sailing with celebrity when booking for europe next summer and forgot that we were eligible for the C3->C2 upgrade,

which would have equate to about $1000 over 2 B2B.

Anyway, is it possible to call and ask for the "upgrade" to be applied and be charged again on C3 rate at the time of booking but keep our C2 cabin?

I would say about an hour but we did not get coffee or dessert at the end of our meals. The service was very good and meals were delivered fairly quickly. We were originally traditional, late seating but switched to select after the second night. The dining times were comparable.

Thank you for answering, let's hope the service stays that way.

Last march we were on the summit with select dining and each night, dinner was a 2.5 hr event!

How long would you say your average dinner in the MDR was?

If they don't have the bag special can you request and pay full price? I rather not pay by the piece... On our b2b 7 days next summer in the med.

Did they recently upgrade the satellite connection or something on the equinox?