fstuff1 Posted August 7, 2023 #1 Share Posted August 7, 2023 I'm currently on the Summit. It's back to plastic water bottles fleetwide but the bartender couldnt tell me why. This started a couple of week ago. Anyone know why Celebrity switched back to plastic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basenji56 Posted August 7, 2023 #2 Share Posted August 7, 2023 I hate the aluminum cans. Between the wetness and my surgically reduced grip strength, I often can’t get then open 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted August 7, 2023 #3 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) X now uses TRUE just like, wait for it, RCI...Just a coincidence? Edited August 7, 2023 by NutsAboutGolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted August 7, 2023 #4 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 minute ago, basenji56 said: I hate the aluminum cans. Between the wetness and my surgically reduced grip strength, I often can’t get then open I do think people are more inclined to fill them up at least one more time vs tossing them than they are with plastic...We're at least one couple who does that 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare horseymike Posted August 7, 2023 #5 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Someone may have cut themselves with those aluminum water bottles, the edges of the cap were quite sharp . 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostchild Posted August 7, 2023 #6 Share Posted August 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, NutsAboutGolf said: I do think people are more inclined to fill them up at least one more time vs tossing them than they are with plastic...We're at least one couple who does that We didn't have drink packages last month. We bought 2 water (in the aluminum bottles) and reused them the entire 12 days cruise. Those bottles were great for the shore trips. We just refill them at the cabin bathroom tap. Water taste great to us. At home we have reverse osmosis water, and we use aluminum water bottles as well. The ship's tap water, I think, is also reverse osmosis water, so it just tasted like home water to us. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted August 7, 2023 #7 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) Many cruiser eat at the buffet but complain they're anti-buffet because they were taught trashing food is wasteful, yet, many things we do are MORE wasteful. I mention this in context because lately all over the media and celebrities preach "don't use single use plastics" like water bottles. An recent example, SFO had already banned and LAX just banned plastic water bottles at the airports, therefore it could be bad optics for X Edited August 7, 2023 by NutsAboutGolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Scottishclover Posted August 7, 2023 #8 Share Posted August 7, 2023 When I was on the Beyond the other week you sometimes got water in glass bottles.We were on the Classic Package. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestLakeGirl Posted August 7, 2023 #9 Share Posted August 7, 2023 It’s way too soon to come to the conclusion that Celebrity has gone back to plastic fleetwide. Maybe the aluminum ones just weren’t available on your sailing 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted August 7, 2023 #10 Share Posted August 7, 2023 I wonder if they're having supplier/provider issues? The aluminum cans were co-branded for Celebrity. Did they used to have Celebrity co-branded bottled water? I just don't remember, but many if not most companies do that. It's pretty simple. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwokpot Posted August 7, 2023 #11 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Just now, WestLakeGirl said: It’s way too soon to come to the conclusion that Celebrity has gone back to plastic fleetwide. Maybe the aluminum ones just weren’t available on your sailing When we were on the Apex from July 7-19 at one point the ship must have run out of aluminum bottles and they were also giving plastic bottled water along with glass bottled water. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m8zenblue Posted August 7, 2023 #12 Share Posted August 7, 2023 I do hope they have gone back to plastic ! Those metal cans are difficult to open, possibly cut yourself and the water taste like can. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m8zenblue Posted August 7, 2023 #13 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 minute ago, markeb said: I wonder if they're having supplier/provider issues? The aluminum cans were co-branded for Celebrity. Did they used to have Celebrity co-branded bottled water? I just don't remember, but many if not most companies do that. It's pretty simple. Yes, there was a X brand plastic water bottle a couple years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted August 7, 2023 #14 Share Posted August 7, 2023 6 minutes ago, m8zenblue said: Yes, there was a X brand plastic water bottle a couple years ago. Yup. They were all “Rain” metal bottles, only the labeling/images on the cans were different. They used to be all silver with custom X branding and at some point they switched to the presumably cheaper regularly labeled RAIN cans which have a lot more blue in the background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_G Posted August 7, 2023 #15 Share Posted August 7, 2023 38 minutes ago, basenji56 said: I hate the aluminum cans. Between the wetness and my surgically reduced grip strength, I often can’t get then open Don't feel bad. I have no surgically reduced grip and sometimes I struggled to open them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted August 7, 2023 #16 Share Posted August 7, 2023 In Alaska, they even had some cartons, kind of like milk cartons. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basenji56 Posted August 7, 2023 #17 Share Posted August 7, 2023 7 minutes ago, Big_G said: Don't feel bad. I have no surgically reduced grip and sometimes I struggled to open them. I much prefer the modern pop tops. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BytownMatt Posted August 7, 2023 #18 Share Posted August 7, 2023 With a few edits they can re-use the text from the cartons for the plastic bottles... BYE, BYE OCEANS Here today, gone tomorrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_G Posted August 7, 2023 #19 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 minute ago, basenji56 said: I much prefer the modern pop tops. I'm not a fan either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m8zenblue Posted August 7, 2023 #20 Share Posted August 7, 2023 10 minutes ago, Big_G said: Don't feel bad. I have no surgically reduced grip and sometimes I struggled to open them. Yes, my wife has severe arthritis and we had to get servers with a towel to open them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39august Posted August 7, 2023 #21 Share Posted August 7, 2023 We had those "milk carton" water containers a few years ago on Equinox in the Caribbean. I liked them a lot. Didn't love the cans, but at least they were biodegradable. Don't like that X is going back to plastic. Of course, I don't like a lot of things X is doing lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_G Posted August 7, 2023 #22 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 minute ago, m8zenblue said: Yes, my wife has severe arthritis and we had to get servers with a towel to open them. We had an LOL moment when I was struggling to open a can. The tiny girl bartender said, "Give me that," took the can and twisted it open. In her broken English adding, "Turn bottle not cap!" Life never stops giving lessons. 😁 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHEZMARYLOU Posted August 7, 2023 #23 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Big_G said: We had an LOL moment when I was struggling to open a can. The tiny girl bartender said, "Give me that," took the can and twisted it open. In her broken English adding, "Turn bottle not cap!" Life never stops giving lessons. 😁 Just like opening a champagne bottle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloAlaska Posted August 7, 2023 #24 Share Posted August 7, 2023 So disappointed if this is the case. I hate those plastic bottles. If they have the water cartons like those on NCL I’d be much happier. I don’t like the plastic part of the plastic bottles, the sound they make when people scrunch them, the look of them. The use of those plastic bottles really cheapens the Celebrity experience. I’m travelling with my mom next month and if it’s the plastic bottles she still won’t be able to open them. She has arthritis and a bunch of other problems with her hands so she will just ask the bartender or me to open them for her. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHEZMARYLOU Posted August 7, 2023 #25 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 hour ago, cruisestitch said: In Alaska, they even had some cartons, kind of like milk cartons. I would absolutely hate this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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