Celebrity Reflection Review

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Extremely Good First Cruise Experience

Review for the Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Celebrity Reflection
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rosieday
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Aug 2015
Cabin: Deluxe Ocean View with Verandah 2B

This was our first cruise to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. The service and cleanliness of the ship was exemplary. The food excellent. First impression on boarding was a little disappointing. A we walked up the gangway, a complimentary glass of champagne was handed to us, we then had to gulp it down before entering the lift to our cabin. I feel it would have been more impressive to go the the main foyer on deck 3 for the champagne reception. Boarding felt very rushed.

We did not take out a drinks package as we found them far too expensive. The main restaurant is excellent, although we found it difficult to get a table between 8 - 8.30 pm, so I would recommend booking your dining times before you cruise. This often meant that we missed some shows (although that was not a bad thing). The only criticism I have is the entertainment. I had always imagined cruise ships to have glitzy showgirls and big shows every evening, including several acts....boy was I wrong. There was a 1 hour, 1 act show at two times during the evening, most of which were pretty poor. Celebrity have there own singers and dance crew who preformed a show 3 nights during the duration of the cruise. They were very good.

The cheesy cruise director and his assistant are both British and made the entertainment feel a little like Butlins or Pontins UK holiday camps (party dances, Mr and Mrs competitions etc). There was also music in the main foyer on some nights until 12pm, after this the ship felt a little lifeless, other than the disco in the Sky lounger which went on until around 2am I believe.

Cabin Review

Deluxe Ocean View with Verandah 2B

Fabulous. Extremely clean and comfortable

Port Reviews

Santorini

Santorini is very beautiful, however the queue for the cable cart put a damper on our day. We were told that if left too late to get back to the cable cart, we could expect a wait of 2 hrs. We had a 1 hour wait. We therefore felt we had to rush to get back to the boat rather than take our time exploring.

Taormina (Messina)

OK. We did find Celebrity excursions very expensive. The tour guide was information. This was an explore on your own trip

Athens (Piraeus)

Again expensive but tour was good. Free time also in Athens

Kusadasi

Not a fan of Kusadasi. Too many fake bags and cheap goods

Mykonos

On out own. Lovely white winding streets

Rhodes

Pretty town. On our own tour

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