We loved this itinerary and I have cruised with Celebrity several times and am Elite Plus in status with Celebrity. The service was great as always but the ship is showing a lot of age and our suite was beyond disappointing. I have stayed in other suites on Celebrity and other cruise lines and I must say this was absolutely the worse excuse for a suite I have ever seen. Celebrity either needs to fix the cabins/suites or sell the ship and replace it with a ship. Celebrity charges the same amount for their suites on this ship as the other ships, but the suite is far below even standard. Luminea was outstanding with the service and the food. The ship's staff were wonderful as all Celebrity staff always is. The two ships' excursions I took were outstanding and well thought out and planned. The entertainment was good a few nights and horrible on many nights.
I have stayed in other suites on Celebrity and other cruise lines and I must say this was absolutely the worse excuse for a suite I have ever seen. Celebrity either needs to fix the cabins/suites or sell the ship and replace it with a ship. Celebrity charges the same amount for their suites on this ship as the other ships, but the suite is far below even standard. Luminea was outstanding with the service and the food. The ship's staff were wonderful as all Celebrity staff always is. The suite was identical to the a balcony cabin we had on the Infinity.
Great place to experience a boat ride.
Wonderful city as the ship pulls up right in town and you have easy access to stores, etc.
The ship docks in a freight yard with nothing closer than 2 hours away making it impossible to go out on your own, forcing you to take a ship's tour which I almost never do.
Great city and easy to navigate using the street cars.
Manila is a great place for spas and history. The city itself is crowded and the traffic is horrible, so allow a lot of time to get around. Our ship overnighted which was wonderful.
This port would have been great except you are so far away from a lot of things making it so you have to take a ship's tour to enjoy Hanoi. You are 4 hours away from Hanoi.