This cruise was a present from my employer for myself, husband and 3 year old disabled daughter.
The first night I got food poisoning from bad fruit. I was very sick the first night into the second day.
I was advised to go see the acupuncturist but it was so expensive ($400) AUS and the online doctor was just as expensive.
My daughter who is autistic was treated very poorly and my belief, ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Solstice is supposedly "better than ever" according to Celebrity executive statements when in reality the ship is in terrible condition. Balcony furnishings are rotting with the deck covered in debris (and never is this cleaned up while at sea or while docked.) Balcony walls & ceilings are patch-work painted as one might expect to see on an old cargo ship. Getting a pay per view movie on the ...
We like RCL but after arranging to cruise to Oz we were unable to find an RCL ship but thought Celebrity would be a great choice as it is supposed to be upscale from RCL. Now we never expect to travel without something going wrong but this cruise turned out to be one where nothing went right. Let me save you sometime if you are looking for a quick opinion. We would never get on another Celebrity ...
Boarding delayed due to extra cleaning from Norovirus on previous cruise. Virus on my cruise 22/10/17 and now on the news as again present on current cruise. "Extra Cleaning" however, bathroom had hair and grot around the sink and the shower had not been cleaned. My luggage was not delivered, up and down all first day looking for it, worried I didn't even have a change of clothes for 8 days...Was ...