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I looked on the app for my next cruise. Attached is a screen shot. This is the description for The Retreat Lounge or as it is referred to on the Constellation, Michaels Club How can you watch the big game, read the latest best sellers, or catch up on the news? I have never seen a TV. There aren’t any books, and there isn’t any newspapers. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Has Celebrity ever had goose? I have seen other types of fowl on the menu, or buffet but never goose. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

For those that love Chocolate the Milk Chocolate Pill by Daniel Boulud is a must try. It is often overlooked or not noticed because it isn’t on the desert menu. It I was on the 2nd to last night of a cruise that the bread server suggested to us. She asked if we ever tired the Pill? We asked what it was and she told us that it was the desert by Boulud. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

From my experience on the Edge class ships reservations for some of the popular restaurants go very fast. If you do get the plan make all of your reservations ASAP. Don’t plan of making a reservation for the next day if you liked the restaurant because it will be booked. Do some research before the cruise and decide what you want and a backup plan. Find out where you can make the reservations and head there once you board. Eden gets fully reserved almost immediately. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅!

Thanks for all of the replies. I was curious as we are thinking of booking the Constellation only because it has a Mardi Gras cruise. I was looking at the deck plans and was curious where it would be held. With the prices of suites getting outrageous we will book either AQ or lower. If we don’t book AQ we would probably go to the Elite breakfast most mornings. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Where is the Elite breakfast held on the Constellation? I have tried the search and looked at the deck plans. The Tuscan grill is on deck 11 and the only other would be Qsine on deck 3. Those 2 restaurants switched locations from where they are on the Summit. On the Summit it is in the Tuscan grill. thanks Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

There us to be shelves and towels racks before Kelly did her magic. I don’t think she ver cruised on a ship. She also removed the larger walk in closets with lights that came on when opened. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Wher did you order the onion rings and mozzarella sticks from?. I never seen them on the menu in Luminae Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

More like IKEA. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Everyone doing a B2B gets 30 free minutes of wifi to do their survey. They will give you a code and once you activate it you have to use it. I think you have to do it within 2 days. I don’t know if it can only be used for the survey. We always had wifi so it wasn’t needed and not an issue for us. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Besides the chair not being able to fit under the desk. The drawers are very shallow. She also eliminated all of the shelves in the Bathroom And this was our balcony furniture in a SS on the Summit. The SS is now classified as a AQ SS it is a SS. It has an angled balcony making it larger. The SS also is larger in length by a few feet. It is Cabin 6132 Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Was watching one of those TV shows high lighting a cruise ship. Every show has to have some built in phony drama. Part of the false drama was the chef standing on a pier inspecting the vegetables and getting upset because he couldn’t accept the lettuce because it wasn’t fresh enough and it was on the menu that evening. He then had personal going thru hoops to find some lettuce. Pure BS. We were on a X ship and there wasn’t much in the bourbon selection that was in the premium package. . Excuse was a supply issue. I showed them a picture of the bourbon at Costco that had plenty of Woodford. No supply issue for them. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

When you go to the cashier they have your name and cabin number on a prepaid list. In Nov we waited in line 45 minutes to get our cards. They only had one cashier and I feel sorry for those that were playing in the casino and wanted to redeem their chips. After about 30 minutes another cashier was added but they only had one machine to register the cards. We got there about the time that they started to sell the cards. When we left the line was longer. It wasn’t a good system. If you do win and it is for casino play it is automatically added to your card. You don’t have to go to the cashier to redeem. This was on the Silhoutte, other ships may have a different and hopefully a better system. We purchased the cards at a discount before the cruise. We bought 3 thinking we would get the 4th one free as part of our CC perk. We were told that because the cards were discounted we didn’t get extra card. You need to figure out the math if you get a free card. We paid $24 for the 3 cards. It would have been $39.99 for 3 to get the 4th free card. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

We you purchase the card(s) you are entered into the game. You get the cards at the casino cashier. Everyone with a card is playing. When the game starts a card number will be generated to choose the contestant. If you aren’t the contestant you are still playing the game. They do this 2 times during the session and once again for someone to spin for a free cruise. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

We are on a different sail date and booked this tour at 50% off during the Black Friday Sale. Destination highlight: Panama Canal Locks and Culebra Cut Cruise Keep checking the tours for your cruise. They offer discounts and even if you booked it you can rebook at the lower price if there is a sale. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Google the area. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

The end of Nov is a bad time to roll out a new ship. We recently got off of a cruise close to Thanksgiving. We drove from Mi. I swear that every licensed vehicle was on the road. It was bumper to bumper for 1200 miles. Hotel prices were outrageous. We booked hotels in a year in advance as that is the earliest you can do it. When we were checking into the hotel we could hear the clerks telling people that they were sold out. Watching the news air travel seemed worse. Weather delays and holiday crowds. I made a mental note not to book any cruises during that time and to stay home. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Use to get one for the preferences in a SS. On our last cruise in Nov we didn’t receive one. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Taxi or Uber. Faster and cheaper. Don’t waste your time or money on their shuttle as others have already posted Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

From our recent experience we will no longer pay the outrageous prices for a SS. The little extra touches that the butler provided are no longer there. We met the butler on the first day by accident. We were leaving an our cabin and he was in the hallway. He said if we wanted anything call or ask the cabin attendant. The first morning we called for americanos. It was delivered, but after that we didn’t do it again. Not worth the bother. We didn’t see the butler again during a 10 day cruise. We wondered if he was going to show up on the last night with his hand out. The benefits of being in the Retreat and Luminae don’t justify the cost. We spent very little time in the retreat areas and in Luminae we ordered many nights from the MDR. I think Luminae on the Edge class is getting to be larger than the 4 MDR dining rooms We do have some cruises that were previously booked in a SS and are at a good price. After those if we book any more it will be in a veranda or maybe AQ depending on the price difference Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

I was debating booking a B2B cruise on the Xcel. The prices were way too high for a suite and the other prices weren’t cheap. It was late at night and I decided to wait until the next day to investigate more and decide what we wanted to do. When I looked at the cruises again the next day the prices went up $200 pp per cruise because of their new sale promotion. That made my decision very easy. They will sail without me. It was high enough to begin with and who knows what other cuts, and changes will happen by the cruise dates in Mar 2026. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

If you are looking to buy a watch and collecting them don’t buy any on board. Buy from a land based seller to establish a relationship with the dealer. Watches that are in demand, and rare are reserved and sold to their best customers. They want to be sure that they are not selling them to a flipper. Years ago I become acquainted with Lucky at Goldfinger in St Maarten. He is an authorized Rolex dealer. I have bought a few watches from him and visit every time we are on that island. When I would be talking to him looking at the watches people would constantly run in and rudely butt in asking if he had any SS Daytonas. I would tell them that they were too late as I bought the last two he had at a 20% discount. He never had any SS but did have some In the precious metals. He had a waiting list for the SS and those were for his best customers. He would have always have at least 300 Rolex watches now it is none. Today stores on any of the islands have any Rolex, or Patek warches to sell. They may have some on display but they for show only, or reserved for their best customers. There is one store on St Maarten that is an authorized Patek dealer that had some previously owned Pateks. They are being sold on consignment and a hefty deposit had to be paid to try them on. if you really want a pre owned watch try this place https://pduggan.com Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Blu serves breakfast and dinner. For that I would pay max $30/day pp over a veranda for the AQ category that also comes with some other amenities. If it was a separate dining option I wouldn’t pay anything. The MDR, and buffet would be good enough. happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Are you talking about Tennessee Whiskey 🥃? I think it is pretty good. 🤷‍♂️🤗 Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

The ships water is great. It is a lot better than the tap water in FL, and a lot of other states. Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅