Celebrity Constellation Review

Great ship ... You just need to be flexible

Review for the Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Celebrity Constellation
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Ian A
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Oct 2011
Cabin: Concierge Class 1

My wife and myself were celebrating our 25th anniversary with the Holy Land cruise of the Eastern Med on the Constellation and it did not disappoint. I have to admit it was not exactly what we expected, but the ship was great. The service was fine, considering the special procedures needed due to health concerns. The destinations were fantastic and the weather was close to perfect.

When we arrived at Embarkation in Istanbul, we found out that the previous cruise experienced some health issues and that we would be delayed boarding the ship and then would have to wait until our rooms would be ready. This of course put a wrench in the experience, but we felt better safe than sorry. I should mention that even with all of the precautions, about 70 people (we heard), were sick on our cruise as well. The ship was on high alert cleanliness, so we had to be served our food at the buffets and we had to apply Purell everywhere we went. I personally had no issues with this, but it always surprises me when people do. We were very careful and were not among those who got ill.

Considering all of the natural disasters, terrorists attacks and strikes; the impact to us was minimal. The only change was in Israel, where we ended up ported in Haifa for 4 days instead of 2 in Ashdod and 2 in Haifa. This worked out well, but resulted in a lot more driving but all excursions were run as scheduled, other than that all our ports when as expected.

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