A step backward—-SeaPass card needed to get a pool towel

[cruisestitch]

😢😢🙁😢😢This is on Edge.  I hope not to be followed on the other Celebrity ships😢😢😁😢😢

Edited November 20, 2018 by cruisestitch

[MizDemeanor]

I really don't follow the rationale for this. I can def see it on port days when people take towels for excursions to minimize the impact of towels not coming back and having it be a built in penalty, but on sea days, while on board??? I don't get it. 

[WonderMan3]

Aren't beach towels provided in all cabins from your first day onboard? Or is that just in suites? We've always had beach towels in our cabins but we've only stayed in suites so I don't want to presume about other categories.

[cruisestitch]

Beach towels in cabins are for taking ashore.  They are now (on Edge) going to the system seen on Royal Caribbean where if you want a pool towel, you need to show your Seapass card.  

[Oville]

And you got this info where?  So much for this forum being really upbeat.

Edited November 20, 2018 by Oville

[Pennstateman]

Seems a tad fishy 

[WonderMan3]

5 minutes ago, cruisestitch said:

Beach towels in cabins are for taking ashore.  They are now (on Edge) going to the system seen on Royal Caribbean where if you want a pool towel, you need to show your Seapass card.  

 

Well, if you are going to the pool then that means you are not going ashore. So use the towel provided in your cabin. Your room attendant will replace it when they make up the room so you have it available if you go ashore the next day. Crisis averted.

[Oville]

11 minutes ago, Pennstateman said:

Seems a tad fishy 

😉

[CorgiToo]

This could solve the problem of towels being used to "save" lounges. It may prevent people from taking two or more towels during the course of the day without bothering to return the first (damp) one. However, the logistics of using the pass to get that towel and return it may be tricky.

[hcat]

Not surprised...Celeb has become Royal in many ways...Just another step down...

 

Hope they will have staff to give out the towels and sign them in...pain the neck!

Edited November 21, 2018 by hcat

[hcat]

Just now, CorgiToo said:

This could solve the problem of towels being used to "save" lounges. It may prevent people from taking two or more towels during the course of the day without bothering to return the first (damp) one. However, the logistics of using the pass to get that towel and return it may be tricky.

I use  at least two towels at a time.  One to cover the lounger and one to dry off..they can easily sign out at a time!

[WonderMan3]

If this is true it may only be on the main pool deck. I shared a photo earlier today from the Retreat where each chair had a few towels stacked on it.

[Oville]

It will be interesting to see what the source is and is it that big a deal?

[hcat]

Well on Royal you have to line up to sign them out and back in..  And they do make mistakes..costly if they charge u for a used towel....

[ATLgirl15]

I noticed this too and thought the same thing.  It’s in the Celebrity app for our upcoming Edge sailing.  In the “hints and tips” section the last item is about checking out pool towels with your sea pass card.  We’re only sailing 3 days and will be in the retreat so I’m not worried about it personally but it did seem disappointing for this to be the new trend.

[Oville]

15 minutes ago, hcat said:

Well on Royal you have to line up to sign them out and back in..  And they do make mistakes..costly if they charge u for a used towel....

Never on Royal did I wait in line.  

 

Again, we’ve all enjoyed the info others have supplied since Lloyd started this forum, now we are getting negativity by a very few.

Edited November 21, 2018 by Oville

[cruisestitch]

I've been an "Edge skeptic" since the very beginning.  I have a cruise booked so I can see for myself.  

The information about needing to check out pool towels is on the Celebrity app for my upcoming cruise.

 

I know already that there are things I will be missing -- there is no card room, there is no library.  According to the daily planner for the upcoming cruise there is one trivia a day.  

 

If I find that the room can't be fully darkened, this will be "one and done" for me.

[hcat]

1 hour ago, WonderMan3 said:

 

Well, if you are going to the pool then that means you are not going ashore. So use the towel provided in your cabin. Your room attendant will replace it when they make up the room so you have it available if you go ashore the next day. Crisis averted.

If you do not bring the used ( wet)  towel back to the room...you get charged for a purloined towel!

 

 

Edited November 21, 2018 by hcat

[hcat]

43 minutes ago, Oville said:

Never on Royal did I wait in line.  

 

Again, we’ve all enjoyed the info others have supplied since Lloyd started this forum, now we are getting negativity by a very few.

 

Sharing info  is a positive...and  although not a big deal, the towel program is not a Modern Luxury Advancement....

 

 I have my own workaround for this issue..so no reason to dwell on it!

[WonderMan3]

10 minutes ago, hcat said:

If you do not bring the used ( wet)  towel back to the room...you get charged for a purloined towel!

 

 

 

Same as when you bring your damp towel back with you from your excursion ashore. Not a big deal to carry your towel back to your room. 

[hcat]

Just now, WonderMan3 said:

 

Same as when you bring your damp towel back with you from your excursion ashore. Not a big deal to carry your towel back to your room. 

 

Guess I've been spoiled by Celebrity  over the years and have to adjust to Royal C ways again.. .no biggie

 

 

 

 

[Jeremiah1212]

If it keeps lazy people from leaving wet towels laying all over unoccupied chairs which makes people think they are being saved...I don’t have problem with it. 

[vtcruising]

I saw this a few days ago, but was reluctant to post it because the app has had some incorrect info that later was corrected. A couple of weeks ago the app said that room service was $7.95 for all room service. A few days ago, it changed to the same policy as now (non-suite cabins pay $4.95 between 11PM and 6 AM). The cabanas were $99 port days & $199 sea days a couple of weeks ago and now are $400/day port or sea days.

 

The towel thing may turn out to be real, but thought I would find out next week on a cruise. The app is great for many reasons, but it is still labeled "beta" so they are still testing it. There are glitches, but hopefully after a couple of months of actual cruising , it will settle into being a great tool.

 

Here is the wording on there right now. Those on the early cruises will report back on whether it is enforced.🙂

 

[Oville]

54 minutes ago, vtcruising said:

I saw this a few days ago, but was reluctant to post it because the app has had some incorrect info that later was corrected. A couple of weeks ago the app said that room service was $7.95 for all room service. A few days ago, it changed to the same policy as now (non-suite cabins pay $4.95 between 11PM and 6 AM). The cabanas were $99 port days & $199 sea days a couple of weeks ago and now are $400/day port or sea days.

 

The towel thing may turn out to be real, but thought I would find out next week on a cruise. The app is great for many reasons, but it is still labeled "beta" so they are still testing it. There are glitches, but hopefully after a couple of months of actual cruising , it will settle into being a great tool.

 

Here is the wording on there right now. Those on the early cruises will report back on whether it is enforced.🙂

 

I’m wondering if in this Beta mode Celebrity is building off a RCI app which of course would mention the towel checkout/in procedure.  Time will tell.

[vtcruising]

44 minutes ago, Oville said:

I’m wondering if in this Beta mode Celebrity is building off a RCI app which of course would mention the towel checkout/in procedure.  Time will tell.

Interesting - I hadn't thought of that...