Celebrity Equinox Review

4.5 / 5.0
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Beautiful ship....but...

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Celebrity Equinox
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rtgirard
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: May 2017
Cabin: Concierge Class 3

Never sailed celebrity before....mostly norwegian, princess, and Holland america. They had good perks so decided to give it a try. Embarkation was not at all pleasant, apparently the coast guard decided to do a crew exercise...so we in conceirge class...were herded into a small, airless pop machine room for an hour!!! Celebrity didn't seem in control of the situation so just told us we would be boarding "soon". Liked that boat drill was quick and painless, not having to go on deck. Average age of passengers seemed younger than on princess. Entertainment was varied, and very good. Bathroom in stateroom was fabulous....lots of storage in drawers and cupbosrds. Not so much storage in closet hut we managed to find space for everything in the cupboard over the bed. Bed was comfortable too. Liked that they showed movies in small room 3 times a day. They would do well to add a "movies under the stars" screen...very popular on several other lines.

Cabin Review

Concierge Class 3

Cabin C3

Just returned from this cruise...overall a great time. Some positives..crew (particularly attendant Karen), stateroom, entertainment, food. Negatives...people in next stateroom who let their door slam shut a hundred times a day! They do close quietly if you bother to do it. Even though there were 1000 fewer passengers on this ship, than princess we were recently on, the pool loungers were jammed together...and the area felt very cramped...the whole atrium was small...making it feel closed in. Shops were on a higher end than other ships. The ship does not dock near shopping in 2 of the ports we looked forward to...st thomas and St lucia. We are booked for next may 2018 but are considering canceling reasons noted.

Port Reviews

St. Thomas

Did not dock near downtown or havensight mall

Tortola

Very few stores at dock.

Antigua

A few nice stores but LOTS of tour pushers!!

St. Lucia

Just okay

St. Maarten

Wonderful beach, shopping, and restaurants/bars.

Barbados

Just okay.

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