My wife and I just booked a 11 night Panama Canal and Southern Caribbean cruise for mid March 2026 on Asent in a Aqua Sky Suite deck 10 port side towards the front of the ship. This is our first time booking a suite and our last cruise in 2023 we sailed on Celebrity Equinox in Aqua Class deck 11 I believe. Our first cruise with Celebrity and we are spa people and definitely enjoyed it. Our only complaint was our stateroom was dated but the Equinox is a older ship showing her age a bit but she was headed to dry dock for some up keep before being re positioned to Europe I believe but still it was a great time. Do you think with the cut backs that Celebrity has done in the recent past that the suite experience is still worth the cost? I know they don't have a butler per cabin anymore or much if any OBC given and alot of the little things like fresh fruit in the stateroom daily or canapés etc I herd are non existing? The retreat looks great as does the ship from videos I have seen. I guess ounce the cruise is over I will be able to judge would I spend 18K for 11 nights to have a premium / Luxury experience for my wife and I. Thank you for the video and narration.
I haven't sailed Retreat before so I can't speak to how the suite experience was or what has been cut back. I'm sure your travel agent matched you with the best option for this vacation.
My wife and I just booked a 11 night Panama Canal and Southern Caribbean cruise for mid March 2026 on Asent in a Aqua Sky Suite deck 10 port side towards the front of the ship.
This is our first time booking a suite and our last cruise in 2023 we sailed on Celebrity Equinox in Aqua Class deck 11 I believe.
Our first cruise with Celebrity and we are spa people and definitely enjoyed it.
Our only complaint was our stateroom was dated but the Equinox is a older ship showing her age a bit but she was headed to dry dock for some up keep before being re positioned to Europe I believe but still it was a great time.
Do you think with the cut backs that Celebrity
has done in the recent past that the suite experience is still worth the cost?
I know they don't have a butler per cabin anymore or much if any OBC given and alot of the little things like fresh fruit in the stateroom daily or canapés etc I herd are non existing?
The retreat looks great as does the ship from videos I have seen.
I guess ounce the cruise is over I will be able to judge would I spend 18K for 11 nights to have a premium / Luxury experience for my wife and I.
Thank you for the video and narration.
I haven't sailed Retreat before so I can't speak to how the suite experience was or what has been cut back. I'm sure your travel agent matched you with the best option for this vacation.