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The Blue restaurant for only Aqua guests and Retreat guests which a lot come down to eat with us actually. My husband and I love all the food offerings in the Blue Restaurant also the wonderful spa is a fantastic perk for only Aqua class. Take a look at the Blue restaurant. Michelle

We are also going on a casino comp for Wonder in September 30th 2024!

We have been on the Wonder with casino comp in January 2024 and going on the Beyond on a Sunset veranda with one for us and one for one of our daughters and newish son in law on August 24th 2024 to the ABC islands for 8 days! Yeah! Michelle

Aqua Class is way better to us for the food and perks! No need for specialty dining. In Aqua class you have complimentary access to spa area for the entire trip which is also so worth it! We have been on the Retreat once and didnt like all the sauces smothering the meat, etc. I do love some sauces but not these and lots of fish that I llke but my husband doesnt like fish at all! We were able to have breakfast on the balcony with the big table and chairs! Which ship are you going on? There are large, medium, and smaller ships? Michelle

I loved the indepth review of the Icon! Sounds very different from the rest, unique, and a great time had by all! Thanks to all of you for excellent indepth reviews! On our Jan 14th Wonder for our 40th Anniversary we met up with the Icon at Coco Cay. It was very fun to see. The people that work in Vintages that we saw every night got to go over to the ship and go through it. They told Bill and I so many wonderful things. How very exciting for all of you! All of your pictures took us all on a treasure hunt through the entire ship, etc. So happy for one and all! Thanks so much! Michelle

Hello Mary! My husband and I want to thank you so much for all the fabulous pictures of the ship, the many shows with awesome pictures and reviews, and of course the pics of the main dining rooms including meals. We are sailing on the Ascent for Thanksgiving 2024 in a Sunset Veranda on deck 8. This ship is going to be so much fun. We can't get over all the different shows, food, and drinks! We are way more excited now! (It's my daughters turn with their Mother-in-laws so we always go on a Thanksgiving day cruise!) You did a wonderful review! A huge thanks Michelle and Bill! Happy Sailing!

So exciting for you and all of us to be on the Wonder looking forward to it! Happy holidays everyone!

Thank you so much for blogging! So happy we will be on the Beyond on August 24th 2024 for the 8 night ABC islands in a Sunset Veranda! Michelle

My husband and I love the Navigator! We enjoyed our sailing last year! Your pics brought back a lot of great memories! Michelle

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Thanks so very much Cruisellama but I upgraded to premium for $6.99 last week on this Beyond cruise and so surprised that on our Ascent cruise over Thanksgiving in 2024 have the $6.99 and we snatched that up also (not our year to do Thanksgiving our daughters are with their in-laws) I havent seen as many deals on Celebrity that Royal has right now. Hopefully tomorrow! We are going on the Equinox on January 18 2025 out of Pt. Canaveral and that cruise does not have the $6.99 premium upgrade yet and decided to get into the Aqua Class which was all included including the tips at that time which we also really enjoyed everyone of the people in Blue so much in 2022 and decided to upgrade from our Sunset balcony! We had been in the Retreat once on Equinox in 2022 also and didn't care for it near as much as the Blue dining! There is something always for us whether it's on Royal or Celebrity there is more than enough ships and entertainment, food, etc. that we love them both! We did also stay in Aqua on Solstice in March of this year and had a great time also! We upgraded that time from a casino comp from a balcony up to the Aqua Class on Pacific Coastal! We just love to cruise! We are happy Equinox will be in Pt. Canaveral so we can drive there from Atlanta area! Thanks again! Happy cruising! Michelle

Thats so exciting! We will be on the Beyond on August 24th for and 8 day going to the A, B, C islands! We have a sunset veranda on deck 8 my favorite!

Getting excited for this cruise! This will be our 40th Wedding Anniversary! Can't wait!

We will also be on this cruise! We are celebrating our 40th Wedding Anniversary!

Everyone might want to check their celebrity cruises for 2024 i got the classic drink packages and upgraded for $6.99 each! Fantastic deal! They did not work for our 2 cruises in 2025. We just got off the Harmony and had an awesome time! Really love that ship like the first time we sailed on it!

Safe travels everyone! We are so excited to be back on the Harmony on Sunday! We are going to the Taylor Swift concert at the AMC movie theater first on Friday here at home! Went to our first and only Taylor Swift concert in 2012 with Ed Sheeran. They were both great! Looks like weather maybe a little rainy but thats okay with us! Hope everyone has safe travels! See everyone on Sunday! Almost finished packing... Michelle

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Well I guess we were spared now that they have a 45 day temporary funding! That's great news so we can fly down as planned in 14 days! That's a huge relief!

We are super excited getting on to the Harmony one last time until it moves back over to Galveston. We are using our casino comp too! Can't wait to see Grease again and my favorite water show of all! We are thinking we will now drive down if they have a government shutdown! That's the one bad thing! Fingers crossed but not looking good at the moment! We booked many months ago! We are just glad that it's finally almost here!

You will have so much fun! We loved the Navigator back at the end of last September!!! We are native Californians through and through!

We were so impressed with all the very wonderful shows everywhere. If you did not get to the 8 pm show by 7:40 no seats at all. The Pheonix in the in the Music Hall for many great shows we loved. The comedians were really great. The staff was great too. We really loved the Giovannis Wine Bar menu for a lunch and early dinner with our Bogos on 2 nights and our 3 night dining package with another night. So did not go to main dining room at all. The book was really something. We loved the casino especially me because i actually made prime this cruise. Hard to do on the penny slots ha! This has opened a new cruise experience I feel. My husband did the scotch tasting which was great. And we did the awesome Women in Wine tasting that we had done on our Navigator in September. We had a balcony cabin that was on Deck 7 so I was always dependent on the Elevators too. The ship was full but we met lots of people and truly had one of the best times period. Thanks for posting the menus for us. We just fell in love with Giovannis Wine Bar so didn't go to Main dining. We loved the hibachi. It was such a bigger room like 3 times the size. We went twice. I could go on and on. We just got back on Sunday. Happy Cruising everyone! Michelle

We received a paper offer on second day of our second Celebrity cruise saying we have been awarded a free balcony and pay for taxes/port fees only cruise on the Celebrity Solstice in an aft balcony. Many people have received this offer on the Solstice too only for cruises in Jan through Mar 2023. We are both so excited as it is a Pacific Coastal cruise that we booked immediately on board. Being native San Fran Bay Area people we are very excited to cruise under the Golden Gate Bridge. Always been on our Bucket list. Cruise goes out March 25th to April 1st.

What a great idea to remember Royal's private journeys. Alaska is on our short bucket list for sure. Excited to go on the new Odyssey on January 28th and after March Solstice to go on the new Wonder on May 21st. So nice to be cruising again. We absolutely love it! Happy Cruising! Thanks for sharing again your blog and awesome pictures. Michelle

I'm so glad you had a great time! We had a great time in late September. We also stayed at Hotel Maya and we had pictures at the same spot as your picture was Our room was right there also on the first floor walked right out onto the grass. The view of the Queen Mary is breathtaking. Also the restaurant at Hotel Maya was sensational! We walked straight across the lit up bridge in your picture. We caught the fabulous ferry to Catalina island for Thursday before our cruise left on Friday! That was a must! So much history and great views, and just an overall great time. We loved going down to Mexico again on one of our favorites the Navigator. We are going going 2 days ahead of time to LA in March again but cruising out on the Celebrity Solstice with a free cruise voucher out of LA from our 2nd Celebrity cruise on the Equinox in August on our 8 day Equinox they gave many on our ship in August but only on the Solstice in January through March 2023. We are doing a Pacific Coastal this time which we are very excited about! We have a great nonstop from Atlanta on Delta each way again! Delta credit cards really pay off is all we can say! Celebrity Solstice leaves out of San Pedro pier which will be a new adventure also. Your pics you shared were beautiful! Thanks for the memories! Michelle