Cruise itinerary was a unique opportunity to sail from Buenos Aires to San Diego. We are Captain's Club Plus members and cruised the first half in concierge and the second half in Aqua Class. Our cabin in concierge class was vastly superior to our aqua class cabin (1608) which was terribly noisy both from pool furniture being banged around overhead to a huge ventilation outlet over our deck making it too loud to enjoy the deck. This was a coveted "bump" cabin very near the central elevators. Our concierge cabin was also on the bump but on the 10th floor so had none of the noise that the 11th floor had.

We traveled the Eclipse last September and were surprised and disappointed at how much the food quality declined on this cruise. The cuts of meat in the dining room were largely braising meats. The regular NY steak was so thin that it had to be cut with a laser. It was counterproductive for Celebrity because they had to be sent back repeatedly because they were overcooked so easily. We saw a great deal of this. Most meats were terribly overcooked in main dining room and in Oceanview. Service in main dining room was stellar,as always.

Blu was a huge disappointment. The meat/poultry quality was better than the main dining room but the menu was quite erratic and not well designed. We had repetative things seemingly ever other day and often the starters were not designed to go with the featured entrees. Choices seemed to decrease as the cruise went along. The service was shockingly poor--with breakfast being the worst. It was hard to get waited on, hard to get coffee, etc., sitting with dirty plates in front of you for far too long. coffee arriving long after dessert, etc. No real excuse for that when they handle those things with aplomb in the main diningroom (both breakfast and dinner). All in all, we won't book Aqua Class again because all cabins are noisy and Blu was such a disappointment. Read more