Celebrity Equinox Review

A bit like the curate's egg

Review for the Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Celebrity Equinox
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justjr7
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jul 2011
Cabin: Ocean View 8
Traveled with children

At the beginning of July my husband and I along with our 17 year old daughter were privileged to enjoy a 10 night Eastern Mediterrean cruise on the MV Equinox. Having experienced the delights of her sister ship, the MV Eclipse in her maiden season in 2010 we had high expectations for this cruise. Indeed no sooner had my husband and I returned home than we started investigating a cruise for 2011. Had we been sure of our daughter's willingness to join us on this itinerary then I have no doubt we would have booked it before we left the Eclipse. You know what teenagers are like!

I will not detail here the attributes of Equinox as Cruise Critics own review of Equinox covers all the bases. Without a doubt she is a lovely ship and was a pleasure to sail on. What I will say is that unlike many reviewers we opted for an Oceanview stateroom. My husband is of the view that you only sleep in your cabin and whilst a balcony is lovely he considers it more essential on a Caribbean cruise (that may in part be due to the fact that our stateroom on the Eclipse was the one nearest to the front of the ship and directly above the anchor. Who needs an alarm call when coming into port when you have that to keep you awake?). Anyway I digress. As I said we opted for an Oceanview stateroom.

I must confess that I was a little bit concerned when I discovered that 3174 was the first stateroom immediately on the right just past the Passport bar on Deck 3, however was delighted to discover that due to the fantastic soundproofing we were undisturbed by any noise from events going on in the atrium or the Passport Bar. I was pleasantly surprised with the size of the window, which gave us a magnificent view, perhaps not as good as a balcony but almost. It was not until we reached Santorini that I realised that it was in fact a magnifying mirror.

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Ocean View 8

Cabin 08

Cannot fault our stateroom. Everything was ideal. Loved the bathroom. Bed must have been the comfiest on the high seas. Despite about location just beside the Passport Bar was pleasantly surprised as we were not disturbed by noise at all. First time we have booked an Oceanview but would definitely recommend.

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