"We have sailed in the past with Carnival, Ncl, P&O and finally celebrity - this was our 1st Celebrity cruise - and what I can say is that the service on celebrity is better than those other cruise lines.In the latter part of the cruise, due to the bed issue we decided to hire an alcove on the lawn...."Read More
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We hadn’t cruised for some years due to COVID and illness and decided to take this no-fly itinerary on ship we last cruised on in 2015 after a number of previous Celebrity cruises.
Our overall impression was that the ship was much more crowded than on past cruises and this was most evident in the Ocean View Cafe and the sun decks where finding a sun bed proved an almost impossible task, despite ...
A little bit about ourselves first. Me and my husband are seasoned cruisers, approx 20 so far with the last 8 being on the s class ships. We travelled with my sister and brother in law - cruise virgins.
Embarkation was a breeze we were on board by 11.30, no long queues, checked in at the muster station and then dropped off hand luggage in our staterooms. We had adjoining staterooms deck 8 just ...
We chose this cruise for its itinerary, our Steward, Waiter, Assistant Waiter and Sommelier where brilliant considering the amount of tables/cabins they had to cover, however they were let down by the choice and standard of food in the Main Dining Room, choices for starters usually 2 or 3 Salads 2 types of Soups and Snails and Shrimp Cocktail. Main courses not much better and frequently the food ...
After around 20 cruises, this was our first Med. - and our last. The Silhouette which we had been on twice before was very crowded, I believe the passenger capacity has been increased and it showed. Full sunloungers, extremely difficult to get a seat in the evening and constantly running the gamut of the numerous motorised scooters - not wheelchairs I must add. More smokers than I have ever ...
Started writing this review mid way through the cruise as a way of managing my disillusionment, which will give you some idea of how bad it was.
tl:dr version - horrified at how far celebrity has fallen, won't be coming back.
For context this was our 3rd time with Celebrity. And it will be our last.
I noticed a theme with these cruisecritic reviews, but dismissed it (as we had already ...
We choose this cruise as I was restricted to the date and amount of time I could have off.
We have sailed in the past with Carnival, Ncl, P&O and finally celebrity - this was our 1st Celebrity cruise - and what I can say is that the service on celebrity is better than those other cruise lines.
This was our longest cruise being 13 days - with 7 sea days including (departure day)
The sea ...
We had serious concerns about the drop in standards due to covid cut backs after our 2022 cruise but as we had booked this 2023 cruise we were hoping that things had significantly improved. However based on the issues below that have been reported to celebrity directly, we will not be cruising with them again:
1) Quality of white wines specifically and standard champagne were atrociously bad. I ...
This is only my opinion from being on this cruise compared to other cruise lines I have been on
Positives - ship was easy to board very efficient no problems occurred .
Staff as always there on hand so helpful and the long shifts they do they always have a smile and good morning/afternoon.
Spotless ship can’t fault the cleanliness and the space we had in a balcony suite
Negatives ( ...
Went everywhere I wanted to go . Especially the port that allowed us to visit Pompeii and Rome. Enjoyed the sea days in particular as we love to see the wildlife visible from the boat. Was disappointed that the Sky Lounge was closed on some occasions. Enjoyed the captains club get togethers. Was hoping for different shows but only had the same ones that we had previously seen in the last 2 ...
We chose this cruise as friends had been on it
Before and said how good it was. Having done many previous cruises with Royal Caribbean, Princess, P&O, Carnval and the first ever withThomson (Tui-now Marella), I was expecting exciting things: believing that Celebrity were the 5* cruise line (out of the Carnival owned ships). Currently onboard and whilst aspects of the cruise are good, there are ...