Jump to content
Cruise Critic Community

Anyone on board Equinox now with January 9, 2022 sailing?

TourDeCruise

By TourDeCruise,
in Celebrity Cruises

 Share

Recommended Posts

judatt

judatt

Posted
Posted

It’s now 10 pm ship time and the bells just rang and the captain came on to announce that the authorities in St Croix contacted the ship and said they had changed their protocols and we would not be able to come to that island tomorrow. Instead we were going to St Marten. There have been no announcement of cases on board and the captain clearly said it wasn’t us but rather a change in the protocols for St Croix. So, our first change and first missed port but I find it incredibly positive that in the space of what apparently was just minutes the captain and crew were able to take lemons and make lemonade. We’ve been to st Croix a few times and we’ve been to st marten a few times. Maybe we’ll make an unexpected trip to the nude beach 😎

  • Like 2
  • Thanks 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Rayhorn

Rayhorn

Posted
Posted
18 hours ago, wattsde said:

Cafe al Bacio used to be aa quiet escape. Now that almost everyone has beverage packages, it seems to be mobbed in the morning. I literally had trouble finding a seat. Finally remembered that the Captains Club still has a lounge in the Tuscan Grill in the morning escaped there. Much nicer!

Thank you so much for reminding me about this. We never used to go to the CC continental breakfast but with the AI changing the cafe al baccio situation, that alternative for a nice morning drink (and great views) will be invaluable. Had you not mentioned it, I’d have never thought of going there and probably just ended up getting my coffee at a weird time so as to avoid the crowd. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Treasure Hunter

Treasure Hunter

Posted
Posted

This morning we are sailing into St. Croix ( US) all excursions are proceeding as planned. We will be on the retreat sun deck, Luminae is closed for lunch but the deck serves burgers, chicken sandwiches salad etc,  having a great time. Easy to get on the best machines in the casino and they are paying. Weather gorgeous. So far so good🤞🏻🙏

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
JamieLogical "Live from...." Rare

JamieLogical

Posted
Posted (edited)

When I was on a B2B on the Summit in November, I was able to get a sense of how many passengers were going to be on the second leg by talking to crew members on the first leg. Is it possible for any of you sailing now to get an estimate from the crew about how many passengers are scheduled to sail on the 21st?

 

Edited by JamieLogical
Link to comment
Share on other sites
TourDeCruise

TourDeCruise

Posted
  • Author
Posted
37 minutes ago, JamieLogical said:

 

Thanks! So might end up more in the 1800 range, it sounds like....

 

Hopefully less. Hopefully in the range of 1200-1600 guests like this cruise. I know there will be 2 less because our friends are canceling but have not done so yet.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
kearney

kearney

Posted
Posted
12 hours ago, TourDeCruise said:

 

The servers serve you there at the station, right? Not self-serve?

Correct... My last cruise back in December... each morning I would get up early and walk 2 miles (to avoid cruise weight gain).. and then I would stop by the Ocean view... our wine steward was there and by the second day he would know to get my my OJ and cappuccino ... as if I had been doing this for years. Nice thing too was with the ship less than half full.. I was one of the only people walking.    As a side note... I have an apple watch and the first day the watch told me I had done nearly 14 miles... so I had to make sure to count laps 🙂 . One day pulling into St Lucia... I was walking and the map looked like a drunks path.. 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
wattsde

wattsde

Posted
Posted
2 hours ago, JamieLogical said:

When I was on a B2B on the Summit in November, I was able to get a sense of how many passengers were going to be on the second leg by talking to crew members on the first leg. Is it possible for any of you sailing now to get an estimate from the crew about how many passengers are scheduled to sail on the 21st?

 

 

I asked three different staff members last night. They said the bookings were almost the same as this cruise. 2200 "booked", 1800 "confirmed" how many will show up ??? On this cruise with the same "booked" and "confirmed" number the actual people aboard is between 1100 and 1200 depending upon which staff member you ask. Apparently airline cancellations also played a big part in the low numbers.

  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
wattsde

wattsde

Posted
Posted (edited)

Just a random observation. At the buffet now you are not allowed to serve yourself and there are no longer trays provided. The servers fill a plate with your requested food and you can only have at one time what you can manage to carry in two hands. If you want more, you need to return to the buffet for additional items. The wonderful consequence of this is that I see significantly less food waste on this cruise than previous ones. Before I would see people load up trays with 6-8 items and the only eat two of them. Now (1) the servings provided by the staff are more reasonable and (2) the lack of trays makes "piling on" impossible. I hope this trend continues!

Edited by wattsde
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
kearney

kearney

Posted
Posted
8 minutes ago, wattsde said:

Just a random observation. At the buffet now you are not allowed to serve yourself and there are no longer trays provided. The servers fill a plate with your requested food and you can only have at one time what you can manage to carry in two hands. If you want more, you need to return to the buffet for additional items. The wonderful consequence of this is that I see significantly less food waste on this cruise than previous ones. Before I would see people load up trays with 6-8 items and the only eat two of them. Now (1) the servings provided by the staff are more reasonable and (2) the lack of trays makes "piling on" impossible. I hope this trend continues!

Trays? I honestly don't recall ever seeing them on a Celebrity ship.. are you sure it was Celebrity? Now we have only been sailing them since '16

Link to comment
Share on other sites
davekathy

davekathy

Posted
Posted
7 minutes ago, kearney said:

Trays? I honestly don't recall ever seeing them on a Celebrity ship.. are you sure it was Celebrity? Now we have only been sailing them since '16

I also don't remember seeing trays on any of our past cruises. Our last Celebrity cruise (unfortunately) was September 2019. No trays in the OVC on that cruise either. We only eat in the OVC once per cruise to eat our 'burgers and fries from the mast/pool grill. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
kearney

kearney

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, davekathy said:

I also don't remember seeing trays on any of our past cruises. Our last Celebrity cruise (unfortunately) was September 2019. No trays in the OVC on that cruise either. We only eat in the OVC once per cruise to eat our 'burgers and fries from the mast/pool grill. 

They don't even have a place to set your tray down...

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
kearney

kearney

Posted
Posted

I know this is a small thing... but what I really liked about Celebrity vs Royal...was their use of nicer plates and glassware. If I recall correctly, in the Windjammer they had plastic mugs for coffee vs X's ceramic.. and again..going from memory... the plates were also plastic vs ceramic (I am a bit foggier on that)... but for me the Riedel glassware in the dining room..is the best. Nothing like drinking out of a nice glass with a sharp edge... especially wine.. Probably just me..but one of the things that makes Celebrity a bit more special

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
  • Forum Jump
    • Categories
      • Welcome to Cruise Critic
      • New Cruisers
      • Cruise Lines “A – O”
      • Cruise Lines “P – Z”
      • River Cruising
      • ROLL CALLS
      • Cruise Critic News & Features
      • Digital Photography & Cruise Technology
      • Special Interest Cruising
      • Cruise Discussion Topics
      • UK Cruising
      • Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
      • Canadian Cruisers
      • North American Homeports
      • Ports of Call
      • Cruise Conversations
×
×
  • Create New...