Celebrity Eclipse Review

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Eclipse Mediterranean 2010

Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Celebrity Eclipse
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Sail Date: Oct 2010
Cabin: Deluxe Veranda 2A

CELEBRITY ECLIPSE 4th- 20th October 2010

Sunday 3rd October, saw us loading the car in torrential rain and we left home @10.15. Eventually the rain stopped as we neared Oxford, but the traffic became heavy as the weather improved. We arrived in Southampton ton at 4.15.pm. We were booked into the Travel Lodge about 3 miles away from the port. The room was basic, but clean. We ate at Dock 'o the Bay in the evening ( £10.99 for a 2 course meal) which was across the road from TL( which looked like an office block) I woke in the morning to see Eclipse berthed, so the excitement began.

We ate breakfast at "Elizabeth House" which was just around the corner, The breakfast cost £7.50 p.p. We then drove in to Southampton & did some last minute shopping at the West Quay shopping centre. At 12.30pm we decided we would embark. There was a delay dropping off our baggage, as so many people had driven themselves to the port.

Cabin Review

Deluxe Veranda 2A

Cabin 2A

7233

Port side deck 7.

Quietest part of the ship, according to one of the dancers who was working out at 'Planet Earth' one morning.But above the designated smoking on Deck 5 port side. However at no time did we smell smoke from cigarettes & I have a very sensitive nose.

The largest bed & best shower cubicle on a cruise ship, but there wasn't any dispenser for shower gel, only soap( when we asked, we were told shower gel was only for Aqua Class passengers)

Also no means of hanging washed underclothes.

Very noisy in bathroom early morning; I think the Vacuum system for flushing toilets was fed into our pipes!

Insufficient drawer space, unless you were tall enough to use the overhead lockers, which fortunately DH was. There certainly is insufficient hanging space, even though there were 24 hangers, I was glad that I had taken more. You are told 90k is the limit for luggage, no way can that amount of luggage be accomodated!

The new elegant glass cups in metal holders are a hazzard- A HEALTH & SAFETY ISSUE!But I was so pleased we had a kettle.

Bath robes are one size- passengers are not one size. I asked for XL & mine was replaced after a cup of tea fell all over mine, after the glass came out of the holder.They were of a softer material too- maybe Aqua class do have larger robes.

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