Celebrity Equinox Review

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Equinox..Not all it's said to be

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Celebrity Equinox
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Camsnana
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Dec 2010
Cabin: Deluxe Veranda 2A

Where to begin: Boarding was fine. Husband was yelled at by a Celebrity person while he was waiting for me outside ladies room. Boarded without problems. We were NOT WOW'd by the Equinox. Yes it was clean and new, but very UNDER whelmed. Thought RCCL ships put that ship to shame. Went to Ocean View Cafe for lunch as rooms weren't ready. NO SEATS..waited for 20 min and decided to eat standing up. Is it a surprise to Celebrity that most people go to the Ocean View when boarding? Also note: Waiters in Ocean View "do not clean tables"..had to ask other staff to clean the tables. And they do NOT wipe entire table. I guess they don't think that there are crumbs, etc under salt and pepper shakers. Gross.

Following days were about the same. Never a place to sit during breakfast in the Ocean View. Had to wait min of 15 min to find a seat. No waiters walking around with coffee or juice, so you had to make 2 or 3 trips to get everything that you needed. Several days if we went to eat after 9am, they were out of bagels,out of spoons, out of coffee mugs (had to use paper cups). Pancakes were like rocks and blintzes were still frozen inside. Was told to come back in 5 min so they could cook blinztes. Went back. Took down the sign. Out of blintzes. Rest of breakfast buffet was ok. Omelets were good. One point I must make: One morning I was standing in line for cream cheese. An older man couldn't get the cream cheese off of the spoon. He took his finger and pushed it off, LICKED the spoon and PUT IT BACK ONTOP OF THE CREAMCHEESE. I told the server in back of the cream cheese what he did. He smiled (I guess he didn't understand English) and put the spoon back INTO the cream cheese. Needless to say, for the rest of the cruise, I opted for the pre-packaged cream cheese. GROSS !!! Breakfast in the dining room was cold. Decided to eat in Ocean View.

We had main dining in the evening. Our waiter, Dragan, was awesome. But, unlike our previous Royal Caribbean cruises, the waiter had several tables and his assistant waiter wasn't much of a help to him. Again, on RCCL, you had a waiter that served your bread from a bread tray. On our table, we had a chrome bread basket, which had 8 pieces of bread. So everyone at our table had to dig to the bottom to find what they wanted. After touching ALL the bread, and germs all over each piece of bread, I had enough of that!!!Gross.

Cabin Review

Deluxe Veranda 2A

Cabin 2A

Good storage room over the bed. Larger shower. Toilet is tight between sink and shower. Lovely balconies. Quiet room. Nice TV.

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