Celebrity Solstice Review

Tenders were a real drag

Review for Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Celebrity Solstice
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FrankA
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Mar 2017
Cabin: Ocean View 8

We have cruised nearly 40 cruises. 17 on Celebrity. We traveled with 4 other couples. 3 from England and 1 from Minnesota. We are from Boston area and are 69 years old. We've been on this ship and all of the other sister ships in this class before. The ship is in excellent condition. There isn't a lot of action type attractions on this ship. We're not young but we're not dead. We still like to do things like the flow rider, rock climbing walls, water slides, zip lines and the like. If your like us you might want to try a different ship class. We feel the lawn area really under uses the space it takes up on this ship. There isn't a lot of usage by the passengers. We also feel the ships with the steak house use some of this space better than the ones with the glass blowing venue. This one has glass blowing. The cabin was very good. The cabin steward was excellent. We had outside cabin 3108. Adequate storage, clean, pleasing and with a sufficiently sized bathroom. Casino was good but table stakes are to high. Blackjack minimum was $15 at lowest stake table. Casino would be more fun with more people playing. $15 keeps to many people away. Happy to say there were no automatic shuffling machines.

We had anytime dining which became fixed dining because they only had 2 tables for 10 people. We had a choice of 6:00 or 8:00 only and 6:00 was already taken so 8:00 it was. Table was against a wall so waiters had trouble getting to inner guests on wall side. Service was average for Celebrity which is better than most. There were a few errors or omissions but most were handled well by the staff. Sommeliers and drink waiters were good. Food continues to be of a lower quality than we expect from Celebrity. Especially noticeable in meat quality. This has been noticeable over the last year and half or so. Tuscan was the only specialty restaurant we tried. It was excellent but not worth the full price the charge over and above the meal you could have that you already paid for. We only went because they were offering a discount to get people to go. We didn't go to any of the other specialty restaurants for that reason.

Entertainment was average for the cast review shows. Magic and comedian guest entertainers were very good.

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Ocean View 8

Cabin 08

The cabin was very good. The cabin steward was excellent. We had outside cabin 3108. Adequate storage, clean, pleasing and with a sufficiently sized bathroom.

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