chrismakris

Hello all, We are a couple in our mid 40’s and we have been cruising together for a few years now and we are starting to find that our regular cruise line is not meeting the standards we are accustomed to from them. We are looking at switching lines and have contemplated switching to a higher end line and cruising every 18-24 months instead of once a year. Siversea has caught our eye and we have a few questions from the experienced Silversea crowd. 1. What is dress code like at dinner? We’re a little more business casual than dressed up but not a dealbreaker. 2. Are the included shore excursions of good quality? We like a wide range of activities from beach getaways to learning about destinations we are visiting 3. Is there entertainment on board and what can we expect? 4. Quality of food? 5. Tipping? Is it included in the price? I don’t see it included when doing a booking. Im sure I’ll have more questions but thank you in advance and any advice is greatly appreciated.

Just got off the Solstice doing the itinerary. It was a great time and great itinerary. We did the Singapore to Hong Kong route and if I could go back I would do the reverse way. We found that the long day in Hanoi at the end of the cruise was a little much even though there was a sea day after as the last day. As for excursions, you’re not in any actual cities and will have to travel to get somewhere. Also I found there’s more to do in HK and would be better for a pre cruise stay over Singapore.

Any chance there was a bartender named Andre on the sailing? When we sailed the Solstice in December He was mainly in the casino bar when we were on it. Hoping he’s on there again.

Under the: Intended temporary residential address in Viet Nam we put Celebrity Cruises the next box asks us to input a “City/Province” What do you put in? Thanks in advance

What is the best currency to bring with us for the following places: Singapore(4 days pre cruise) Thailand(2 ports) Vietnam(3 Ports) Hong Kong(2 days post cruise) Thanks in advance

Not trying to be disrespectful. Hope it didn’t come across that way. But we’re definitely taking the savings. Just noting that it’s a little shady to call it 35% off after you have raised the prices.

I actually have a different take on this. We have an Asia cruise coming up in November and have not booked any excursions as of yet. My GF had jotted down ones she wanted to go on. We were happy to see that a few of the ones we wanted to go on were at the 35% off price however we noticed that Celebrity had raised the prices by about 15% on these excursions as well. (My GF had jotted down the original prices) The real savings is about 20% on these excursions. While we’re happy to save the 20%, the promotion is a little deceiving for excursions.

My partner and I have had room 1120 on deck 10 the last three cruises we have been on as well as our next one coming up. You can still see forward pretty well. We like it cause it’s right by the elevators and another plus is that the door is a few extra feet from the hallway so people aren’t walking right by your door. A little less noisy.

We’re Canadian so the prices on some items are cheaper than buying at home. Our two 1 L bottles of Crown Royal were cheaper than 2 750 ml bottles

We always end up with about $800 in OBC from X. We use it on 3 things: 1. Upgrade drink package(you’re in a suite so it doesn’t matter) 2. Specialty Restaurants. I can’t justify paying upwards of $60 to eat at another venue on the ship 3. Duty Free liquor We normally don’t spend too much on anything else so these three things eat up all our OBC. If it’s a longer cruise then laundry is another option.

We’ve done 2 sailings on X since Covid. One in July on the Silhouette and this past December on the Solstice. What I have noticed is that there is a definite cutbacks on certain things, I didn’t notice any drop off in the 2 of the most important things and that was the service and food. We’ve never done room service and I don’t eat lobster because of an allergy so I can’t respond to those issues. I have noticed an increase in pricing that is making me wonder whether to continue cruising but since I’ve come to realize that since I will be an Elite Plus after my next cruise I can drop down a category to veranda and with my perks still be way cheaper than an all included package in concierge. Somas long as Service and food remain the same we’ll probably stick with Celebrity.

Not sure. But those are the only rooms left which seems odd for a late November 2023 cruise. That’s why I was wondering if there was a scheduled dry dock or maybe somebody is maybe planning to charter.

Yeah. I was concerned that it was going to be in during our cruise. I guess it’s either really popular or someone has booked up a ton of rooms. I mean, there’s not even a roll call for the cruise.

Anybody have any idea on any upcoming dry docks for ships? Just checking because for our Solstice cruise in late November 2023 it only has 10 accessible rooms left. Seems odd for it to be sold out so early but maybe it’s just popular. It’s the only thing I can think of.

Does anyone have information on when Celebrity is releasing their next round of new schedules? I know it’s coming up soon.

Leaving in 2 weeks and are just curious for those that have sailed in Europe in the last few weeks whether or not you can book 3rd party excursions. We are looking at the following countries: Italy Croatia Montenegro Greece Phoned Celebrity and they were no help.

Going to be sailing in 2 months and booking onboard for 2023. Just curious if we can book for other people as well who aren’t sailing with us while we’re on the ship. Don’t care if they get anything extra.