Celebrity Equinox Review
4.5 / 5.0
willow_sm
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s
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Sail Date: Jul 2019
Cabin: Concierge Class 2
Our Ideal Vacation:
I think the first thing that I think everyone should state is what they're looking for in their cruise vacation. We were a group of four girls in our late 30's to early 50's who wanted to get away for a week's worth of extreme relaxing, reading, staring at the water, eating good food and just not having to do everything for ourselves for a week. We're not foodies, we're not super into all activities and we definitely did not want to feel busy. Three of us are seasoned cruisers, one was on her first cruise. So that established, the Equinox did NOT disappoint any of us in any way.
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Cabin Review
Concierge Class 2
Cabin C2
We booked this cruise last year in order to get a room to accommodate 4 people with a larger balcony - in our case this was stateroom 9237 which is Concierge Class and in a perfect location just steps away from the main atrium elevators with a large balcony (must've been 13-15 feet deep and about 7 feet wide - it would fit two loungers and two chairs without issue - we had one lounger, 2 chairs and a table). Rooms aren't advertised as having large balconies on Celebrity ships so do your homework. Those on the sides of the "humps" on the ship are larger.
The room was comfortable and had enough storage for the 4 of us to unpack. Unfortunately the Equinox revolutionizing was shortened due to a crane accident in Nassau that diverted them to dry dock in Spain, but the carpets, bedding and drapes are new, as is the TV (not that we turned it on the entire vacation, but looks lovely!).
Having been part of many FB groups where the "is Concierge Class worth it?" debate constantly arises - to that I state that its less about being Concierge Class and any perks and more about what you want in your stateroom. We wanted a larger balcony - this just happened to be found in CC. We weren't interested in any of the other perks really.
Port Reviews
Nassau
I don't enjoy Nassau. Atlantis is far overpriced and the port itself and its shops are not very welcoming, nor are the people. Reminds me of the aggressiveness of Mexico. I didn't get off the ship this time at all.
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