Southampton Cruise Reviews

We hold Elite status on Celebrity so we are not new to cruising. We spent a week in England and decided to take this ship, rather than fly, back to the US. We took this same cruise a few years ago on the Eclipse. Prior to boarding the ship we had read all the published info regarding covid requirements. Per the Celebrity web site AND calls to Celebrity said that self testing for covid was ...

Friends had already booked and begged us to go. Started out badly at So Hampton. Covid protocol email from Celebrity said we needed to self test 2 days and show a picture of the negative test. Whe n we arrived we were told that a later email was sent out saying we had to show proof of a supervised test. Hundreds of very unhappy people were sent over to another room to get tested at $100 each. I ...

Interesting to read other recent reviews - our experiences were very similar. It wasn't a bad cruise and there were highlights - we enjoyed our cabin and the housekeeper was generally good - but otherwise we left thinking that we wouldn't rush back to Cunard. Service was our biggest gripe- Britannia restaurant was very hit and miss - one head waiter actually told me off loudly for sitting at a ...

Could have added an extra port or two . We had one day at sea between both Halifax and Boston and Boston and Newark when it's only 8 hours direct. Could have added Lisbon or Vigo. Entertainment not that great, they spent $6 million on the two 70 theatre rotating tv screens when they could have made the dance floor twice as big. The Esplanade poor set of shops mainly jewelry and watches. No ...

We are experienced cruisers and haven’t sailed on an MSC ship since Feb 2013. We are a family of 4 travelling with 2 children under 3. Ship: The ship, as many have said, is beautiful. You see something new every time you look. There were a lot of families on board and we were thankful that out of the 7 days on board only one was a total wash out. There simply isn’t enough space ...

Had great cruise in 2018 with Norwegian on the epic. Was hoping for same on the Star. The Star is smaller and was very clean. Cabin staff were excellent. Staff constantly yelling greetings at you everywhere you go. Had to ask a few to stop yelling at me. It’s sad because in their attempt to make you feel Welcome it becomes annoying and we just started to ignore them as the trip ...

Booked June 2022 as we wanted to be on away when it was my dads birthday (a year to the day on his birthday, my mum was taken into a Hospice terminally ill where she passed away soon after) We needed 2 connecting twin cabins so my dad and my wife's mum (also recently widowed) could be with us. Idea was to have my wife and me booked into one cabin and my dad and my wife's mum in the other (on ...

I did the “behind the scenes tour” (pricey at £80 but very interesting) and found that they just over 4000 passengers on board - but the ship seemed ultra busy and crowded When the shows finished at 9.40pm it was almost impossible to get a seat in the bars around the ship. This became such a problem that as the performer(s) were finishing their act people were rushing out the theatre which was ...

Chose the cruise for the port stops and that we had never used MSC before. The price was good, and departed from Southampton. Check in was really smooth and easy, as was the parking before that. No real greeting as we boarded just given a flyer, not even the daily program. Cabin was ok, what we expected. A little dusty from the massive over sized air conditioner. Cabin steward didn't ...

It was difficult to name my review as we experienced a mixed bag of emotions on our cruise. On the whole we enjoyed it, but there were a number of things that could have been done better by the company which would have given them extra stars. Embarkation was very good. We boarded the ship in no time and I was impressed by the staff in the terminal managing the flows of passengers. Some well ...