Great Ship Service and Food- questionable marketing strategy
Celebrity Edge Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern
7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)
Sail date: December 01, 2019
Ship: Celebrity Edge
Cabin type: Suite
Cabin number: 10176
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 4 years ago
Review summary
Good cruise with great service, food, and drink. Martini bar show was great entertainment. Not comfortable with Celebrity's marketing emphasis on LGBTQ community that is turning off many in the S community. If they want to have a separate cruise for that community (and they do) that is fine.Embarkation
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I have one main beef with Celebrity based upon past and this cruise. They are marketing to the LGBTQ community. I believe Celebrity is sailing into uncharted waters with the emphasis on LGBTQ clientle. I have a few gay friends but do not want to spend my vacation with gangs of them that I do not know. EDEN WAS TURNED INTO A GAY BAR (focal point for social gathering set up by Celebrity) and many/most of the other guests I met avoided that area. That was a BIG disappointment for my wife and I. We were looking forward to the unique area and entertainment - NOT gangs of gay men (and loud/proud/drunk Lesbian women) monopolizing the bar and acting like they owned the place (which they did with Celebrity's help). I have 3 future cruises already booked on Celebrity and am considering cancelling them and switching to a Cruise line that does not promote the LGBTQ culture. My loyalty is being eroded with this controversial marketing direction.
Ports of call
Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
Tortola, British Virgin Islands