We chose this cruise because it hit the ports we wanted and we had 2 previous cruises on Celebrity that were good. It's a mid line cruise company.
First, never again 3,000 passengers. We would meet people and never see them again.
Second, that's art? A whole black room with pillars called a work of art. Blech! Goop dropping out of a picture frame, piles of metal welded together? Not ...
Edge sailed to NZ and Australia. Chose it for itinerary. We are 75 year old retired teachers who have sailed over 150 cruises. Poor use of space. One night there was some dancing in the Club and many couples danced. Cruise director was asked about reassigning one of the dance bands to the Club…no change. If you like to sit and listen to music, eat, drink, and have large amount of people almost ...
Positives:
• Beautiful, new ship. The bathroom is excellent; shower has a clear, perspex, bubble screen.
• The infinite balcony is attractive; the top part can be lowered if required. However, the bar across the middle is exactly at eye height when sitting and the glass is very dirty.
• Entertainment for the first half was excellent; the second half not good.
• Quality of meals ...
We chose this cruise because it linked to another cruise that would be ending and went to a destination we wanted to see. This was advertised to us as a 5 1/2 star ship. It is a 4 1/2 star ship with 3 1/2 star food and service.
Embarkation: The porter staff was gruff and borderline rude. We were told if we had alcohol in our checked luggage we had to remove it or it would be confiscated. ...
With so few opportunities to cruise from Fremantle we took the opportunity to fly to Sydney for a 4 day cruise to Melbourne. Hence the title "Booze Cruise". I must admit to being disgusted by ANY shipping line that condones drinking alcohol to excess. Passengers who purchased the alcohol package at $US80+ per day certainly decided to get their monies worth regardless of their loud and often ...
This is not a luxury five star ship whatever the travel agents claim, not now. It was back in 2008 when it was launched, but its been worked hard since then. Its evident when you embark through its nice white hull and enter its interior that its tired and overdue for a refit. We did venture up to the buffet on the first day and were surprised it was a serve yourself affair (a known novivirus risk) ...
The cost of sailing with Celebrity could not lead to expectations of Four Seasons quality accommodation, service, and food. I went with an open mind but at the end the highlight was finally getting off this tacky vessel which closely resembles a bottom end Vegas casino masquerading as “glamour”. Where do I start .... here we go:
Cabin - black scum line around the toilet bowl and congealed dirt ...
OH NO, DON’T GO! CRUISE FROM HELL! GOT SICK! PROFITS OVER PASSENGERS! Celebrity Solstice Alaska Cruise. Embarkation, guest services & excursions were horrible. (1.) Embarkation day was a nightmare. 3 ships in port. Arrived at 11:30 a.m. Didn’t board ship for many hrs. Totally disorganized. Port reps stated no Celebrity reps to assist. Check-in counter’s credit card machine malfunctioned. Waited ...
We have just completed a cruise on the Celebrity Solstice. We boarded the ship in Auckland New Zealand on February 17 and disembarked on March 21 in Sidney Australia (32 days).
I will try to leave my personal opinion out of this commentary and just relay factual observations of our experience on the ship. We are Elite + members with Celebrity so we are not new to the line. We also have very ...
We were so looking forward to our first ocean cruise and our brief time aboard the Celebrity Solstice exceeded all our expectations.
The ship itself is impressive; of a size and form on the same scale as those other two Sydney icons, the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. Check-in was straight forward and relatively painless as we followed all the instructions forwarded by Celebrity in the ...