Celebrity Constellation Review

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Celebrity Constellation - Northern Europe

Review for the Baltic Sea Cruise on Celebrity Constellation
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Mike W
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Aug 2007

Travel to Dover was a bit of a problem due to motorway accidents, we travelled the day before and stayed overnight otherwise we may have missed the ship as traffic was so bad at the weekend. Embarkation was really good, after we parked the car and got back to the terminal, it only took minutes to board. we were shown to our cabin, deck 8 concierge class where we found chilled champagne and fruit waiting. First impressions of the ship were a little disappointing, certainly the ship did not have the wow factor.

Sailaway came and went and we settled in for 14 nights.To be brief the weather was brilliant and despite initial disappointments with the ships appearance this turned out to be an excellent cruise. The staff were really polite and friendly, service was very good, food quality was way above the food we have had on recent cruises (e.g. Sapphire Princess, Arcadia, Brilliance of the Seas etc.) It was by no means gourmet but certainly there was a good choice,it was well prepared, hot and tasty. If you were not happy, needed more or less vegetables, meat, dessert etc. it was never any problem. The drinks were served speedily and wine poured as appropriate. The general feel of the ship was of a higher quality than other cruises. Snacks afternoon teas late night bites etc. were served by smart staff wearing white gloves. The self serve area also had an up market feel, cotton napkins were used and there were plenty of staff around to help with bringing food, coffee, finding a table inside or out.

Classical music was played everywhere by either soloists or classical trios/quartets so, if thats to your taste, this cruise will be for you. Personally I found the "entertainment" to be on the poor side. This really let the cruise down. Apparently most of the members of the cruise review went AWOL so the shows suffered as a result. The shows in the main theatre, that I saw, comprised of, a classical violinist (good)a couple of soloist singers (one average at best, the other poor) an Irish comedian, a pianist, a pick pocket and a juggler non of whom would win a talent show in the UK. These shows were on at odd times, we were on second sitting,some nights the shows started at 10.45pm after dinner and some times at 7.0pm before dinner. We found these earlyshows to be inconvenient.

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