Celebrity Solstice Review
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This Celebrity cruise was our fifth but the first in the Mediterranean and it was great. We flew direct from Philadelphia and landed in Barcelona at 8:00 am and took the Celebrity shuttle at about 10:00 to the ship. We were registered in 10 minutes and boarded at 11:00 am going straight to the Ocean Grill buffet for lunch. The rooms were ready about 2:00 pm and the luggage delivered about 5:00 pm. We selected the 6:15 dinning time and had great service with Gusti at table 229. When I asked him what one special dessert was but ordered another, he brought both.........he knew I wanted to try each one. The show that evening was run by Alejandro who was bilingual as the majority of cruisers were Spanish speaking. So we were at sea for two days, which was good as we adjusted to the 6 hour time difference.
There were several talks about the Port by Lisi and Lenora Mill, from Geo Washington University about the artist Titian that were very helpful.
We had a balcony on deck 8, which was good as we had cabins above and below us, so never much noise. It was 6 decks up to the 14th deck where the Ocean grill buffet was located. We generally ate breakfast and lunch here and found a lot of variety. Plenty to eat and good quality as they changed the dessert selections each day although they had pears only on the first day and the apples were just OK, not crisp. The dinner service was excellent and our waiter was always interested in taking care of us. He often made suggestions regarding the Ports and asked us what we liked. It is interesting on the next to last night they honor all the staff that work on the food and beverage and by recognizing them and when they asked the question who has the best waiter every table hooted and clapped and so that is an indication of great service. We had plenty of choices and every night had a chicken, dish, salmon or steak as the set menu and then usually 6 or 7 options for your entree. Many were unique and we enjoyed trying different foods we did not normally eat. One night we tried the Murano due to a free credit there and it was excellent and the service and food quality was above the main dining room, which was great anyway.