My wife and I are very regular cruisers (two or three times a year) and mainly loyal to Celebrity which suits our lifestyle and who have an excellent loyalty program. We have sailed on most of the Celebrity fleet including Eclipse about 4 times previously.
We had not done a transatlantic before so we gave it a whirl on Celebrity Eclipse as it included destinations Boston, New York, Bermuda, Bahamas, and Miami.
Our overall summary of this cruise is that it was not up to our previous experiences on Celebrity due mainly to: Worst Cruise Director; Poor Entertainment and entertainment staff; Non visibility of officers and senior staff around ship; Impersonal feeling given by staff/crew; and also various further cut-backs made by Celebrity.
Taxi from Railway station to Docks was very good and quick
Ship was berthed within walking distance of NY City
Beach was excellent
Beach was very good