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 ...
Let’s start with the positives:
We haven’t sunk (yet).
Food variety in the main buffet is good.
Eden bar is very nice.
And now the negatives:
Celebrity continue to cost-cut on quality and ‘nickel-and-dime’ everything.
Consistently tepid food in the main buffet and, surprisingly, in the main restaurants.
Insufficient waiting staff in the bars.
Classic drinks package includes ...
Spectacular holiday. everything from the insane selection of foods through to very attentive staff across all departments. Captain and cruise director were engaging, funny and informative and what can we say about the wait staff in each of the 4 dining rooms and the cafe.
Our room attendant was just brilliant
This was our second Celebrity cruise and won't be our last.
You can take soft ...
+Ship is beautiful
+Food is generally good in buffet and MDR
+Fairly good availability of sun chairs
+Quick embarkation and disembarkation
+Great ports of call
-Drink prices extremely high. USD 11 for a 33cl beer and USD 18 or 20 for a drink. And those drinks where horrible. Tasted a bit of bitter water without even a fruit or any kind of decoration to make it attractive in any way ...
We sought to expand our previous experiences on Pacific cruises on the 2 Solstice ships by booking a similar 10 day voyage ex Sydney on the newer Edge. Despite its classy, even glitzy, appearance, we were disappointed with many aspects of the ship, especially the on-board activities or more correctly lack of activities and entertainment.
Apart from the variable (mostly live & loud) Theatre ...
Loved this ship and the overall experience. The staff, from Captain Matt down, pulled out all stops to make it a great holiday for guests. The four main dining rooms worked well for us, we ate mostly in Normandie, but in all four the food was generally excellent. The quality of food at Ocean View Cafe (buffet) was very good and varied, a great selection and special offerings from time to time; ...
Umm, so we’ve done 2 x princess. 2 x carnival and 2 x Royal Caribbean, and expected celebrity to slightly above these in terms of quality.
What we liked:
- glass windows, great views
- main shows good, not the very best, but good.
- electric window and blackout blind
- good gymn
What we didn’t like:
- biggest issue are lots of suite and aqua areas closed off to those ...
To start, the 'balcony' on my 'state room' was far from adequate. ...whoever came up with this design has little idea of what most pax require. One couldn't have the window lowered and the blind lowered at the same time....and with the window down, there was a double metal frame at eye level to impede viewing. But the worst was still to come on the night of day 1 around 0100. The incessant ...