We embarked in Singapore for an Asia / Australia and Australia New Zealand cruise.I echo many of the comments made by others on these sailings, We are regular Celebrity cruisers and so we knew what to expect - we thought!

Overall we had a very good experience but there was a marked difference in the 2 sailings. Here goes with the excellent the good bad and the ugly! The worst first.....

The Singapore to Sydney sailing got off to a bad start - No health declaration when we boarded which was unusual - but the sickness was already on board, passengers stranded ashore in a storm in Singapore and chaotic handling of the situation.Other ships were still embarking. Then a long delay leaving Singapore because some people hadn't handed in passports although no-one explained why they had to and it took hours before the ship announced who needed to go to guest relations! The lifeboat drill was the worst I have experienced ever - I always had my doubts about just watching the tv. Only around 25% could see the screen which didn't matter as there was a fault and we were just told to watch the video in our staterooms.Then there was the debacle over tendering in Bali - approx 1½ hours from the time given for priority tender guests, and then another hour whilst they loaded the catamaran. The return was ever worse, an hour outside the terminal in searing heat with no shade and then a very slow tender service. Our daughter was very ill because of the heat and thanks to Aussies in the line who assisted us. There was a lack of attention to detail on this sailing, small things but irritating when compared to excellence on other ships. Read more