Celebrity Equinox Review
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This is a very long and detailed review of our Equinox 10-day Eastern Caribbean cruise out of Fort Lauderdale from January 10-20, 2014. We hope it will be helpful to others and will answer many of the questions we see posted about the ship, ports, Celebrity in general, etc. There were 5 ports-St. Thomas, St. Kitts, Barbados, Dominica and St. Maarten- with 2 sea days in the beginning and 2 at the end with 2 formal nights (the first on the first sea day and the second on the next to last sea day).
Embarkation: We arrived at the terminal at noon. It took a few minutes to drive up to the curb and get our bags taken by a porter. This was the slowest embarkation that we could recall. The Elite line was combined with the Select line. It took about 30 minutes to get through the line and onto the ship. It seemed that they had less people working at the counter as many windows were not open. We were on board by 12:45 and headed to Bistro on Five for lunch with a glass of welcome champagne in hand. Usually, Bistro on Five is virtually empty but that day we had a 10 minute wait. This was the first time we had to wait for a table but by 1:30 the restaurant had emptied and many tables were available. By 1:15 an announcement was made that the cabins were ready and we went to our cabin when we finished lunch.
The Cabin: Our 1A cabin (8199) was port side just off the forward elevators with the bed by the oversized balcony (preferred the bed location by the balcony instead of the bath) just forward of the hump. Our attendant, Teddy, and his assistant, Roman, were wonderful. We saw them twice after the first day yet our cabin was always spotless, toiletries replaced and replenished without ever asking. The air-conditioning worked great and the television had many more channels than I recalled, free movies and on-demand movies for a fee. We gave Teddy a short list of what we needed the first day and everything was delivered promptly. That included our laundry during the week which was returned by the evening of the same day even though we didn't expect it back until the following day. Celebrity no longer automatically provides an ice bucket but Teddy delivered one once we asked. Our only complaint is that the bath towels were showing signs of age and ripped towels should be retired, not placed in the cabin. I have read about this in several posts on CC.
Cabin Review
The Cabin: Our 1A cabin (8199) was port side just off the forward elevators with the bed by the oversized balcony (preferred the bed location by the balcony instead of the bath) just forward of the hump. Our attendant, Teddy, and his assistant, Roman, were wonderful. We saw them twice after the first day yet our cabin was always spotless, toiletries replaced and replenished without ever asking. The air-conditioning worked great and the television had many more channels than I recalled, free movies and on-demand movies for a fee. We gave Teddy a short list of what we needed the first day and everything was delivered promptly. That included our laundry during the week which was returned by the evening of the same day even though we didn't expect it back until the following day. Celebrity no longer automatically provides an ice bucket but Teddy delivered one once we asked. Our only complaint is that the bath towels were showing signs of age and ripped towels should be retired, not placed in the cabin. I have read about this in several posts on CC.