This was our fifth Celebrity cruise dating back to 2003. Celebrity has been known for its cuisine and entertainment which we've previously found to be outstanding. Both were much lower in quality. We had the late seating in the dining room. We were seated promptly at 8:30 and we were non-drinkers. There wasn't a night when we received our appetizers before 9:15 pm. This set everything back so the main course was between 9:30 - 9:45 pm. We weren't out of the dining room until 10:15 pm. Evening activities were already going on and we were just tired of sitting. It wasn't the waiter's fault. We had an experienced waiter who had too many tables to attend to. Secondly, the quality and quantity of food was embarrassing. We'd heard portions had been cut back but 2 pieces of asparagus as the vegetable and the main entree that could be eaten in 3 or 4 bites was hard to believe. The lobster which used to be Maine lobster was a rubbery rock lobster. Veal and ribeye steak were completely fatty. Baked Alaska was "fake". I could go on but you get the point. After 4 nights, we stopped going to dinner.

Entertainment was much below Celebrity's tradition. First night including a lame attempt at an interchange between the cruise director in the theater and the activities director on from a live feed on a deck somewhere. Activities director seemed tongue-tied and got the name of the destination speaker wrong. We went to the show to see a show, not to listen to people talk.

Show cast was very mediocre and 3 shows were the same as on the Solstice from Feb. 09. A cappella group was terrific but their repertoire consisted of about 8 tunes. They were placed at various venues around the ship all week for about 15 minutes at a time - hardly enough to enjoy. But how many times can you sing the same tunes? By mid-week, we'd had enough even though we enjoyed their voices. Read more