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Celebrity Cruises introduced Celebrity Select Dining, a new flexible dining option that allows guests to choose when they dine in the main dining room on a day-by-day basis.

The program also includes a pre-cruise, day-by-day flexible dining reservation system. Through this industry-leading technology, Celebrity’s guests can go online to choose their desired dining time — anytime between 6 and 9:30 p.m. — for each day of their cruise, up to four days prior to boarding.

Reservations also can be made onboard with the main dining room’s maitre d’. Pre-cruise reservations are strongly encouraged to ensure the best dining experience. Guests can pre-book their dining times online at www.celebritycruises.com

All dining times are subject to availability, and guests who elect Celebrity Select Dining must pay gratuities. During the booking process, guests will choose either Celebrity Select Dining or traditional dining.

Guests will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. Guests who choose to customize their onboard dining times will have the choice to either dine with only their own traveling companions or with other guests on the cruise, and Celebrity will work to accommodate this choice.

Guests sailing on Celebrity’s newest ship, the 2,850-guest Celebrity Equinox, beginning with the Sept. 26 sailing, will be the first to experience Celebrity Select Dining. Online booking for pre-cruise, day-by-day dining reservations for this sailing opened Aug. 31. Guests who are already booked on Celebrity Equinox departures on or after Sept. 26 can choose to switch to Celebrity Select Dining. The flexible dining program is not available on Celebrity Xpedition. Celebrity Select Dining is available for all other participating ships beginning with the sailing dates noted below and continuing through all cruises currently open for sale.

Celebrity Select Dining’s online day-by-day dining reservations will be available for all participating ships as of Oct. 15, for sailings beginning with those noted below and continuing for at least two months from those sailing dates. They are Celebrity Solstice, Jan. 10; Celebrity Constellation, Jan. 17; Celebrity Century, Jan. 23; Celebrity Millennium, Feb. 1; Celebrity Summit, Feb. 13; Celebrity Mercury, Feb. 15; and Celebrity Infinity, Feb. 28. For sailings not available for booking day-by-day online reservations as of Oct. 15, guests will be able to place their day-by-day reservations no less than 30 days prior to their sail date. Those planning to sail on Celebrity Eclipse, the third ship in the Solstice Class, which will enter service in April, will be able to elect Celebrity Select Dining on a date that will be announced later.

Individuals who elect to take advantage of Celebrity Select Dining before cruising will be required to pay (before cruising) Celebrity’s recommended gratuity amounts for their waiter, assistant waiter, dining room management and stateroom attendants. If guests wish to change from traditional dining to Celebrity Select Dining after they have boarded, they can do so within the first 24 hours of their cruise, on a space-available basis. Guests who choose Celebrity Select Dining while onboard or who are otherwise not eligible to be charged prior to sailing will automatically have gratuities added to their onboard portfolio account. Celebrity Select Dining is subject to availability. Only groups of 20 or less can be seated at one time. Celebrity ships that offer specialty restaurants in addition to the main dining room already offer online pre-cruise reservations that can be made up to four days prior to boarding. Guests who dine in Celebrity’s specialty restaurants are charged a per-person reservation fee.

For more information, visit www.celebritycruises.com/celebrityselectdining