We have always preferred Celebrity to other cruise ship lines, but our latest experience on Reflection was absolutely awful from beginning to end. Not only did this cruise not measure up to our previous cruise experiences on Celebrity, it fell far short of average.
This sailing was packed with people thanks to the drinks package promo. Couple that with 450 children and teens traveling with ...
I want to start off by mentioning that I absolutely LOVE Royal Caribbean and plan to take many more of their cruises in the future. Also, I am usually easy to please and I have never written a Cruise review before. Since Royal Caribbean owns Celebrity, I figured it would be even better than what I am used to with Royal, since it is supposedly their "luxury" line... Boy was I wrong! Here are a few ...
I was really hoping to recreate the magic of being aboard the Solstice five years ago, however, this voyage had the flavor of a completely opposite experience.
Pros:
The ship itself is great. I found it to be relatively clean and I loved that it was decorated for the holiday. Celebrity always has amazing looking ships. The re-done Sunset Bar is beautiful and probably the finest bar on board the ...
I would avoid this ship? Why? A dirty cabin, a disinterested hotel staff, one of whom came to the cabin unannounced a about 10pm to argue and middle of the road food and entertainment!
It all started at embarkation, when the "security" people would not allow my UL listed power strips on board. When I complained on the ship they gave me two long extension cables, both handmade and unsafe by UL ...
We just took the Reflection on the Nov1-8 cruise. The experience was horrid from the beginning. Embarkation was totally disorganized with NO CELELBRITYstaff arouind to ameorilate the situation or even provide cold water on a 85 degree day. THE MDR had horrible food, especially the last night. The food was colsd and service very disorgasnized. We had a sommelier who was racist and ignored us by ...
There is no denying the ship has a very sleek modern design, though there is nothing groundbreaking here. The design reminds me of a Four Points Sheraton hotel clashing into an upscale shopping mall.
Also, I never felt Celebrity's "Modern Luxury" on this ship. Part of this came from the fact that there are so many people on this ship, that even the facilities that are meant to be low key feel ...
We are Royal Caribbean Diamond Club members who took our first cruise on Celebrity the week of March 16th. We traveled on Celebrity Reflection, and could not have been more disappointed. We have traveled on new ships before, but have never seen the type of disorganization across all areas that we experienced on this ship. Disorganization is only one of the problems we experienced. Our ...