This was our fourth cruise but first on Celebrity. We had heard so many good things about the food and the ship. The ship is beautiful. Good things: Food quality and presentation in Oceanview cafe is very good; I liked having water, lemonade, ice tea, fruit punch and orange juice being available throughout the day. Being greeted with ice cold towels and cold drinks when returning to the ship was most welcome. So So.. The entertainment was ho hum..fairly predictable tributes to Broadway and Motown. The "cirque du soleil" shows were too mechanical...watching the performers attaching themselves to their harnesses lacked any element of surprise. Clearly at least one performer was scared of heights and "froze". Lindsay Hamilton had a beautiful voice as did the Cruise Director which he showed during a duet with her. The headlining comedian, James Stevenson III, was a bold choice given the predominantly white middle class audience.

Why 7pm and 9pm shows? We prefer to have dinner at 8:30 and then go to the a 10:30 show..

The "club" comedian, Jimmy Dunne, did the same show for 3 nights. Poor Generally, the food was of a lesser quality than I would have expected. Service was sloppy and inattentive. On a number of occasions I had to pour my own wine, waiters never offered fresh ground pepper or offered Parmesan cheese with pasta dishes. Needs alot of work in order to be described as fine dining. Read more