Marella Celebration Review
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We sailed on the Celebration's Red Sea Magic cruise in February this year and totally enjoyed the experience, apart from Petra being closed because of poor weather conditions. So when the Red Sea Voyage came up we decided to do the trip again. The itinerary was slightly different in that this time we got to sail through the Suez Canal, visit the Pyramids (again)drop into the Dead Sea and hike to Petra (open this time).
We chose the same cabin as before because it has a window (not a porthole). The cabin was a reasonable size, the bathroom could have done with a facelift, but did the job, the shower provided a good jet of hot water. The toilet was a little quirky if used in quick succession but worked satisfactorily. Our cabin steward Handoto kept the cabin neat and tidy and provided us one evening with a good laugh, leaving a well folded pool towel on the bed - it was in the shape of a crab and he had even made little eyes out of paper.
As some cruisers have commented, the ship is a little dated but it was kept clean by an efficient army of staff who were always happy and smiling and who seemed to be proud of their ship and their jobs. Great attention was paid to hand sterilisation on boarding and entering eating areas.
Cabin Review
We chose this cabin on our first cruise because it had a window and not a porthole, therefore we had the same cabin again. As the cabin's purpose was mainly for us to sleep and bathe it covered both functions well and the window gave us that extra feeling of space. There was only one chair so little room to sit except on the beds but as there are plenty of lovely areas around the ship this was not a problem. The bathroom was ready for refurbishment but had an adequate shower, which worked very well. The handbasin had a couple of little chips along the edge and the shower could have done with either re-tiling or at the very least re-grouting, otherwise it again served its purpose. There were two decent sized wardrobes and plenty of storage space in drawers and under the beds for cases.