The overall impression we were left with during and following this cruise with Celebrity X was one of total dissatisfaction and based on this experience we will be exploring other cruise lines in respect of our future cruise choices. We shall certainly not be returning to Celebrity X. The quality of our dinning experience is an important aspect of cruising for us yet this cruise ship fell a long way short of providing anything even close to the standard we were expecting. There are restaurants on the ship which are not available to general passengers unless they pay an extra supplement on top of the cruise price though having spoken to more than one passenger who availed themselves of this 'extra' and heard their disappointment I am heartily pleased that we did not bother. The supplement in question was around $50 per person which meant an additional charge of $100 for two people to upgrade their dinning experience. This in my opinion was way to expensive especially when you consider that Celebrity are saving on not having to provide the meal you are already entitled to that evening in the standard restaurant. Incidentally we noticed the supplement was reduced to $25 per head as a 'special offer' on the last two nights of the cruise which must have been annoying for those who'd forked out $100 on the previous nights. The standard options for those who did not want to pay the extra supplement were twofold:

1. Dinning in a free for all self service cafeteria serving what I consider to be 3 star fare.

2. Dinning in the San Marco restaurant on what I regard as 3 star uninspiring food. Read more