Celebrity Solstice Review
12 day Eastern Mediterranean Cruise - loved it.
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Just recently returned from a 12-day Eastern Mediterranean trip, over all we had a great time. The Solstice staff were engaging and happy to make the stay on the ship as enjoyable as they can. We did not partake in the specialty restaurants but we heard that food there was great. We thoroughly enjoyed the food at the Grand - our dinner seating was at 6:15 pm, we were the fortunate ones as some people that were at the late seating were not happy at all. The staff at the restaurant was attentive and interested in how the food was - they were happy to get you a new entree if we were not satisfied with the dinner. The maitre de was great as we had to move tables third day in as we not satisfied with the location.
There are plenty to do if you so chose, I loved the 'Glass Show' - gives you a better appreciation for glass making. The staff there was to demonstrate and educate - they had a lot of adversity to overcome - wind, rain, and since it was electric heating system they were frequently putting the glass they were making into the ovens in order to keep the glass at a steady temperature. The entertainment was first class; the live music was great especially Top Notch. The DJ; however, had a bit of a problem as he mixed up his British Invasion with his 80's. Our suite had a bit of a problem regulating its room temperature, found that the temperature dipped to cold in the middle of the night (the housekeeping staff was nice enough to bring me two blankets - really helped). Also, credo goes to the steward for coming to the room when I couldn't open the safe in the middle of the night and the purser, Nadine for her due diligence for getting us our onboard credit.
We took advantage of express debarkation: it was a bit disorganized at first because everyone that wanted to leave early was all gathered in one area just outside the elevators where the theatre was located (front of the ship). The staff did not know what deck we were supposed to leave - until he had word from the captain. There was about a 15 minute wait and then we had to lug our luggage to the back end of the ship. That was the only glitch. Loads of taxis waiting at Barcelona, Spain.
Cabin Review
Inside Stateroom 9
We stayed inside cabin on deck 7 - aft; I had requesting mid ship (not granted) as I get motion sickness quite easily - not a good place to be the last night at aft. Very noisy whenever the ship docks, I can tell you the exact time when they docked. The room was nice but design space is not well thought out. There is a large couch which takes up a lot of space, I had difficulty fitting my medium size luggage into the closet as the couch was next to the closet. Unable to move the couch - heavy may have been bolted. The closet itself is small. My husband's large size luggage was placed underneath the bed. It could not accommodate mine as lifejackets were also stored there. Not enough shelving units, and inside two of the shelves were warm. I do not know why. Since our tv was wall anchored we had to watch tv on the couch and not in bed. As mentioned before, the room temperature dropped in the middle of the night.