My wife and I are huge fans of Celebrity Cruises. We use them as the standard by which we compare all other vacations. Our usual stateroom preference is a Sky Suite as it's the perfect size for the two of us. The Equinox recently went through the Celebrity Revolution where all rooms and areas were updated. However there were some areas that you could tell had yet to be rejuvenated. Basically ...
we choose this cruise because of our dear friends of 35 years. They had reserved this cruise several years ago and my DW and I thought we would rejoin our adventures with them. It was difficult to book a cabin 9 months out. Little did we know this itinerary was the inaugural cruise for Celebrity's to visit Greenland. Our last Inaugural cruise was the Infinity cruise to Antarctica in 2010! ...
I haven't cruised in a long time, so I wasn't sure exactly what to expect. I will say I was largely impressed with the experience on the Equinox and the good certainly outweighed the bad. I broke my review down into the good and the bad. All the "goods" weighed equally to me. The "bads" I listed from what I see as bigger issues down to more minor knits.
The good (in no particular order):
The ...
First off allow me to be clear- I am not what you would call a cruise veteran. My only prior cruise experience was 37 years ago. Of course things have changed in this time. But I do not feel that changed for the better.
I am going to address the food first. The main banquet dining on Deck 14 had a huge variety, but the quality was pretty poor. I was rather shocked by this given the reputation ...
I think we spoiled ourselves a little when we booked this cruise. I was concerned after reading many of the latest reviews of her but honestly we did not have the issues that mamy have complained about, but maybe we have different standards. We had suite 1130 and the only thing I wish I would have known was that our balcony would always have light due to the staircase next to us.
We ate at Blu ...
We took this cruise to travel with Canadian friends to Alaska, we’re from the UK. Sadly the main problem is the fact we’re from different countries, we were not able to book dining to eat together. There seemed to be no solution to not being allocated a dining table together other than queueing for up to 40 mins, despite having our bookings linked. August was not a good time to escape noise, ...
We chose this cruise because it was an easy drive from the NE and we loved the itinerary. We have sailed with Celebrity many times but felt they missed the mark on this one. Embarkation was a breeze. We arrived 15 mins prior to our scheduled time and were able to get right onboard. We had completed the online check-in (which was very easy) and were able to get right into our room. This is where ...
Wanted to be able to drive to port and see Bermuda again so we chose this 7 day from Bayonne to Bermuda. Embarkation and debarkation went extremely smooth. Sent you to muster station as you boarded very quick check in. Dropped off bags and picked up sea passes. Started to explore ship and wanted to get a drink(non alcoholic) and noticed shortages right away. No diet soda or ice tea at the buffet, ...
This is only my opinion from being on this cruise compared to other cruise lines I have been on
Positives - ship was easy to board very efficient no problems occurred .
Staff as always there on hand so helpful and the long shifts they do they always have a smile and good morning/afternoon.
Spotless ship can’t fault the cleanliness and the space we had in a balcony suite
Negatives ( ...
1. directions to the terminal are clear ( you can find out at the entrance of port everglades which terminal is infinity)(you will be stopped at the port entrance to check your id)
2.embarkation is very smooth ( row by row , area by area)
3. went main dining room 4 times , food temperature is always right, each time only took me about 45 min to finish , service is quick
4.buffet station ...