Celebrity Reflection Review

Beware of Stateroom 9104 and overall review of Celebrity Reflection

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KellyGA
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jan 2015
Cabin: Deluxe Ocean View with Verandah 1B

RE: January 3, 2015 departure on Celebrity Reflection

WARNING re Stateroom #9104 (and #9106). These should not be booked!

The seas were so rough the first 2 days (Miami to San Juan) that the ship swayed continually and again after leaving St. Maarten on the way home. This stateroom is in the FRONT (forward) of the ship. Stateroom #9106 is one even further up. Both are unacceptable. It was noisy all night long with creeking in the ceilings and walls as well as noise coming from the bridge which was one over and over our heads. (We did have a great balcony and could see right into the bridge.)

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Deluxe Ocean View with Verandah 1B

Cabin 1B

Super noisy, creeking in ceiling, walls, flushing sounds from above, mechanical sounds coming from the bridge--made it hard to sleep often. Also, room moved up and down as well as side to side because of rocky seas and the location. I actually rolled out of bed onto night stand one night.WARNING re Stateroom #9104 (and #9106). These should not be booked! The seas were so rough the first 2 days (Miami to San Juan) that the ship swayed continually and again after leaving St. Maarten on the way home. This stateroom is in the FRONT (forward) of the ship. Stateroom #9106 is one even further up. Both are unacceptable. It was noisy all night long with creeking in the ceilings and walls as well as noise coming from the bridge which was one over and over our heads. (We did have a great balcony and could see right into the bridge.) The shipped never stopped rocking between Miami and San Juan (and St. Maarten until quieter waters off Bahamas). I fell out of bed rolling onto the night stand and banging my head on the 6th night after leaving St. Maarten. We also had to hold on tight to take a shower during these “rocky” days. (The woman in the room next to us (Stateroom #9106) had to go to the infirmary the first day of the cruise for seasickness and couldn’t get out of bed until landing in San Juan. They took the cruise to celebrate his 50th birthday and had never experienced this before. Many passengers were sick. We cruise often but had always been midship or towards the rear occasionally. We’d never been forward before. I changed from Royal Caribbean’s Odyssey to the Celebrity Reflection a day after Thanksgiving. Hence, I called the Cruise Web (which I’d found online) asking for a quiet cabin around midship and preferably Deck 9 or similarly between passenger floors so quieter. This very forward room is what they selected so I went on faith. I didn’t check and we’ve learned a lesson.

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