Celebrity Reflection Review
Our fourth cruise on Reflection - mostly positive
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[I'm going to keep this shorter than my "regular" reviews]
We chose this cruise to celebrate my birthday, bringing 3 friends with us. There being 5 of us total it made more sense financially on a per person basis to book a Suite (we stayed in Signature Suites on prior cruises and loved them) and we chose the Reflection Suite More about that later. Our friends had never been to Europe so this was, as one put it, "the trip of a lifetime" and I have to say all the ports were terrific, each very different from the other.
The ship itself is beautiful and with the Reflection Suite you get everything included - everything - including a special stripe down the side of your Sea Pass card that indicates your are in the Reflection Suite. Our Butler, Joey, was friendly and efficient and our Suite Attendant, Francis, was as well. Our dining experiences in both Luminae and the specialty restaurants were all very good to excellent. Unfortunately we did not have a good experience with Michael's Club: we never heard from the MC Concierge, Bogdan, save for the first day, and got the feeling that he was completely overwhelmed. The MC bartender, a woman from Jamaica, gave us a really weird vibe so we only went there once. All in all it was disappointing as on prior cruises MC was a fun place to enjoy a nightcap.
Cabin Review
Reflection Suite
As there were 5 of us on this trip we thought, on a per person basis, booking the Reflection Suite would make the most sense financially. Looking back, we probably would have been better off booking two adjacent Signature Suites. The Suite itself was nice and came with all the perks included such a complimentary use of a cabana on deck 15. The clever master bathroom is neat, but loses the "wow" factor after a couple of days. We ate breakfast in the dining room one morning since the table on the deck can only seat 4, which is odd since the cabin can accommodate up to 6. There's tons of storage, which is nice if you need it, and the second bathroom definitely helped. The forward facing windows offered an even better view than you would get on the helipad, but for sailaway we wanted to be on the deck watching the ship pull out. Would we book the Relfection Suite again? No. Unless money is no object, there are less expensive ways to go.