Celebrity Solstice Review

What a wonderful week

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Tink56
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jul 2013
Cabin: Deluxe Veranda 1A
Traveled with children

What a great week we had! We were a family reunion of 18 people, ages 5 to 82. We loved this itinerary and loved this ship. We are first time Celebrity cruisers, but this is now our favorite line - there were so many wonderful things about our experience, with rare negative issues. Also, a huge thank you to all the CC'ers who shared their experiences on this board since all that info really helped me be the cruise director for our party. :)

Food - We found it to be really very good to outstanding. We could always find something we liked in the buffet and at Epernay. We did not eat at any of the specialty restaurants because we really didn't see the need. Wait staff was simultaneously warm and efficient. We did select dining so we didn't get to know any of the waiters, which was too bad because I would have liked to get to know some of them better, but with a lot of kids in our party, the buffet worked for us better on most nights. We did dine at the main dining room on the two formal nights and we were able to get reservations for two tables of 9 on both nights. Though I suspect because we didn't reserve until onboard, we were given a 5:45pm spot for the first night and 8:15pm for the second. Both worked well for us but if we were picky about timing, it would have been in our best interest had we reserved earlier. Our whole party decided the yummiest thing onboard was the fresh salmon you could have cooked to order in the buffet.

Ship - This is our third cruise (first on the Diamond Princess and the second on HAL - Eurodam) and this by far was our favorite ship. What an elegant ship! It feels more like a huge modern yacht than anything. There were so many distinct spaces with totally different "feels" to them. Our cabin was spacious and well designed - nice, modern bathroom too. The gym was always crowded but zumba classes were fun. I think partly because of all the kids in our party, we spent a huge amount of time on the lawn, which was really a special place. The adults could sit and talk and watch the scenery while the kids ran around and had fun. We were incredibly lucky with the weather with no rain except on one sea day - otherwise just non-stop sunshine.

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Deluxe Veranda 1A

Cabin 1A

Nice room but you are smack in the middle of the dreaded Celebrity "X". Not a huge deal but you couldn't see anything when you were lying in bed. What a first world problem. ;)

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