Celebration Elite Cruise review 8/20-8/27

[aces4free]

Quick little recap of my recent Carnival Elite casino cruise on Celebration. This was my second Elite cruise. My father and I stayed in 12353, balcony stateroom. 

 

We chose the limo pick up and drop off as part of our Elite benefits. We had the private car service pick us up at Hard Rock Seminole and drop us off at the cruise terminal. We had bottles of Malibu Coconut Rum and Grey Goose as our chosen alcohol. Our mixers were pepsi and root beer. We also had DOU Everywhere on ship.
 

Throughout the week, we got several gifts in our rooms. They included plate of cookies, fruit/cheese basket, Carnival branded mugs and etc. On the last day, we were able to get a Amazon Echo Dot at the casino desk.

 

During the cruise, the casino team comped me a dinner for 2 at steakhouse, dinner for four at Rudi’s, and a $149 facial massage at the spa. I racked up almost 34,000 casino points on the cruise. I played primarily blackjack sprinkled with some roulette. I had brought $3000 with me onboard and cashed out for $34,000 at the end of the trip. It was a blessed run, to say the least. I played primarily at the $100 table. 
 

We chose to do the VIP group excursion with the Elite team at Senator Resort in Amber Cove. It was a very low-key event. The attendees just chilled at the beach and there was a good lunch Buffett spread. 
 

There was a drawing every night for the Elite cruisers at the casino. There were several different games. Sadly none of our cabin names were drawn for the daily drawings. 
 

Overall, I enjoyed my second Elite cruise. The big win certainly helped! I got a bounce-back offer on the 6th night, for a Suite stateroom and DOU everywhere for a future sailing. I enjoyed utilizing the Platinum benefits, especially the special guest services line and free laundry.. 

 

Let me know if you have any questions! I’ll try my best to answer them down below.
 

 

 

[aces4free]

 

[kwokpot]

Congratulations on your amazing win! One question about the Elite benefits. Is it true they no longer give you the option to choose between the selected excursions or spa credit? 

[UGACamper]

Thank you for your review. We’ve booked our first 3 Elite cruises for next year and are super excited about literally everything! Congrats on that big win! 

[jiggs]

That must of been a heck of a start, turning a bankroll of 30x your bet to 340x your bet is a great run.  Congrats.  Sounds like a fun week!

[kwokpot]

46 minutes ago, jiggs said:

That must of been a heck of a start, turning a bankroll of 30x your bet to 340x your bet is a great run.  Congrats.  Sounds like a fun week!

What's more no W2-Gs!!!! 

[aces4free]

10 hours ago, kwokpot said:

Congratulations on your amazing win! One question about the Elite benefits. Is it true they no longer give you the option to choose between the selected excursions or spa credit? 

I believe it’s true. Few weeks before the cruise, we were given option of joining the Elite excursion or $150pp credit at a Carnival excursion of our choice. No mention of Spa credit was provided.

[kwokpot]

20 minutes ago, aces4free said:

I believe it’s true. Few weeks before the cruise, we were given option of joining the Elite excursion or $150pp credit at a Carnival excursion of our choice. No mention of Spa credit was provided.

Thank you. I least you're given the option of taking a different excursion than the handful they usually allow you to pick from.