twangster

I'd suggest you look at some YouTube videos. All of the Voyager and Freedom class have the same aft. This class has an obstructed view aft including all suites and balcony cabins. Deck 10 isn't as bad as deck 6. There are no suite perks to speak of, other than on boarding day being able to use the suite line at the terminal. An extra CAS point per night does not apply for an RU bid (only if you upgrade normally). Other than that the benefits of the JT suites can be found in the cabin itself. Slightly bigger bathroom, slightly bigger cabin. Slightly bigger balcony.

Yes for Oasis and Icon, but not for Quantum class. There is no 11-11 on Quantum class where service is limited to happy hour only. On this class the suite lounge is not located with Coastal Kitchen.

I dislike the cruise fare for 1 offers. Even solo has to pay for a ghost guest. In other news I booked 2025 STACKED WITH SUNSHINE OCEANVIEW OR INTERIOR ON SELECT SAILINGS 5/29/2025 25JJA105 $350 It was a cruise fare for two offer on my sail date, so just port fees and taxes.

Bottles of water are available in the suite lounge for full suite guests. However hours of availability and the process to request then varies by ship class. They are not sitting out to grab whenever. The coffee machine can make specialty coffees of a limited variety. I like the coffee but that is a personal preference.

In addition to the 11 night Tokyo to Singapore in Oct. '26 there will also be... Mid Feb '27, 12 nights Singapore to Tokyo Late Feb '27, 12 nights Toyko to Singapore Nice B2B for 24 nights right there.

The dry dock is after that, at the end of the month.

Are you suggesting it's a terrible decision to follow shipping regulations that require dry dock visits for required maintenance? It is a mandatory shipyard visit required to maintain a certificate to sail. What would you have them do? Ignore maritime regulations so you can cruise over Easter?

Looks like she will dry dock at the end of March 2027 followed by a non-revenue repo.

It looks like the Whiskey Tasting isn't watered down any longer.

A TA can also be an advocate for when things don't go perfectly. Most cruises are booked and people sail them normally. That isn't always the case. Sometimes a ship is chartered, sometime a ship is redeployed, sometimes war in a region happens, sometimes a crane falls on a ship, hopefully there aren't anymore pandemics, but during the pandemic a TA was invaluable, etc. It when things don't go smoothly that a TA can usually better navigate the path to resolution while you sit back and relax.

Azipods rule. Enchantment's propulsion drools.

I suspect the Cruise Planner page has some mismatched descriptions versus packages. On this overview page the Whiskey Tasting shows Pellegrino water bottles and has a "per package" price listed which appears to be the approximate price of a water package. Yet once you click on the Whiskey Tasting, it shows a "per person" price more in line with what I expect a Whiskey tasting to sell for. So I don't think this is some kind of weird exchange rate issue, but an issue where the Whiskey Tasting on the overview page has been mixed up with, or blended with the water package.

For the first time the Stacked offer arrived by mail today. Yesterday I noticed the offer when checking online. I still don't get emails though. I've carefully curated my cruising so I'll get a difficult block in December. No more cruises! (on top of what I have booked).

On a recent cruise only the top 40 Pins had CK/SL access. On that cruise, this meant 71 of 111 Pins did not have access. On a March cruise on a smaller ship without a CK, the top 30 Pins had SL access. Just like the initial metering of D+ access for Concierge Lounges eventually became an outright ban, I suspect Pinnacle access to SL/CK is on the same trajectory. The loyalty program will continually evolve and not everyone will love every change.

How far away is the sail date? Sometimes distant bookings have high prices that eventually go lower. Ship and sail date?

Latest Stacked with Sunshine offer - no PCN. Only Miami, Tampa, Port Everglades, Los Angeles and Galveston.

It's not even a motivator to force passengers to shore. If you are sitting by the pool on a ship you can drink until you can't anymore. Not being able to bar hop on the ship is hardly motivation to give up and go to shore. If you have a drink package and you can't bar hop on the ship? No problem, park yourself by the pool and drink. It's simply done to be annoying. Someone in a position of power was being passive aggressive and created a policy just to stick it to the the cruise lines and cruise ship passengers. It doesn't protect Cayman families. It doesn't prevent drinking on board. It won't stop someone from getting drunk. It was done because they don't like cruise ships and they could.

I am Pinnacle on Royal. At the time they first matched status to Zenith on X I had 140 points with Celebrity. When they introduced the status match they didn't give me 2,860 Captains Club points to take me to 3,000. They simply me made Zenith with 140 points. I get some, but not all Zenith perks. I'm a fake Zenith, a Zeennacle. I've sailed a few X cruises since then and now have 197 points. I don't mind, it's pretty great really. Before I was capped at Elite. This is much better.

Only one bar can open while at anchor. On the entire ship. One bar. Another ship opened a second bar last year. They were fined tens of thousands. On my last visit in March the ship opened the pool bar. We sailed away at 6PM. At 5PM you couldn't get a drink anywhere except at the pool bar. Schooner Bar was empty. R-Bar empty, Vintages empty, Pub empty. It sucks. Finally at 6:30PM they opened bars after we sailed away at 6PM. The Caymans hates cruise ships. I won't get off the ship there. I try to avoid cruises that go there. In March we were going to Panama so I accepted a crappy day in the Caymans to get to Panama.

I'm not sure if its the site or the front end processing through Cloudflare but it's been problematic for me for a while but I was on a ship using Voom so wasn't sure if that was involved.

I was seeing Adventure offered recently.

There are not very many cabins that hold 5 so if they are available now and that's what you want you may want to commit soon.

I've had situations where there is one of a cabin category and while I poke around looking at this or that someone else snags that one cabin. When I decide to pull the trigger it's gone. I snoozed, I lost.

Looks like they are in luck. I see availability for two or for a solo in various cabins types.

I love the X Pin to Zenith match. I miss the DP340 solo cruiser discount I get with Royal so I'm still not booking many Celebrity cruises though. I looked at a transpacific on Celebrity. An interior on Edge is more than a Junior Suite on Quantum or Voyager. Guess which two I booked? Quantum and Voyager. Full drink package, full internet package, Michael's club access, using suite/zenith queue on boarding day, laundry, etc. No suite restaurant though but I wouldn't be surprised if this eventually goes away on Royal, so it is what it is. It's odd to me, and to the bartenders on board, they wont give us Zenith colored sea pass cards. It's not a big deal, just an odd thing to draw a line in the sand over. I still get all the perks I'm supposed to, it's just a weird line to draw IMO. It's like "this is just to remind you that you are not a real zenith". Oh well.