Well just returned from a 7 day on the Celebrity Equinox. Let’s talk about the positive notes first. Nice ship. Excellent crew, unbelievable Captain. She was at all the major functions and saying bye to everyone when we all left. The very first captain I ever saw at all the shows and around the ship greeting everyone. Our OV cabin was better than the one we had on the Reflection. This time the bed was next to the window. Giving plenty of room at the closet. 5 dresser drawers verses 3. Bed was comfortable. Most of the food was very good. Excellent waiters. Bar tenders were fast and very friendly. Received offers of 30% off of specialty dining twice during the cruise. The Café al Bacio had excellent pastries and excellent coffee. The manager, Nelson Gonzales could not do enough for everyone. Such a super person. All Theater shows were very good. Even the ones we did not care for. Comedians were boring, old jokes. The young 28 year old cruise director Maarten was awesome. A perfect job for him. He was born to be a Cruise Director.

Now for the not so great. Only a few that really were nothing to get upset about at all. The first day they might have had a problem with the A/C. It was hot all over the ship. My wife could not get the wine she liked without buying the bottle. Same on the Reflection. The buffet had only two problems. The mashed potatoes were never hot, the meat balls in sauce were actually cold. Otherwise, excellent variety and taste. Let’s talk steak. Usually we only eat the steak once. This time we ended up having it three times. First the Tuscan Grill. We had the Filet. It was very good, however not excellent as I would have thought. MDR we had NY Strip steak. Very good not excellent but served on a super hot plate. No hot plate in the Tuscan grill where it should have been. Now for a total surprise. The last day in the buffet for dinner they had NY Strip or Ribeye, your choice done on a flame grill. The steak was cooked perfect, excellent taste, very tender. A few to many times for tomato soup. They had a party called ”Party Like Gatsby” To give you an idea how loud the DJ music was. They had to close the fire doors to the halls with the state rooms. It was in the Atrium deck 3 and also loud you could barely hear one another when you screamed to talk.

It was loud on deck 14. Only one Slot Tournament. For some reason, the ship was always crowded. Unlike the Reflection. Shows and other gatherings were timed over the top of one another. Too many things started at the same time. Last of all. I guess clothes that are too small for a person is the new style or something. Plus no socks with dress shoes even patent leather shoes and a tux that is several sizes two small. The cruise director being 6 ft 5” his pants were always about 4 inches above his shoes and no socks, his long sleeve shirt was above his watch and the suit jacket was very tight on him and the sleeves were about 3 inches above the shirt sleeve. The bottom of the jacket was way too high. It was as if he was just wearing a lot smaller size than he should. This was not just once. But every day. It really looked bad. One day he even rolled up the pants to be short. He was not the only employee that wore no socks with dress shoes and high water pants. So like I said. Must be a new fad. I hope not. All in all a fine cruise. Enjoy.