Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

The ship had been updated, and it was in very good condition. We were impressed with how hard everyone worked to keep it clean.

Our overall impression of the Celebrity Equinox was outstanding.

The ship is huge, yet easily manageable. Very clean, friendly staff, great spa.

The staff of the ship were exceptionally friendly and helpful except the staff person at the salad bar by the solarium after lunch, she was a little grouchy

We had wonderful adventures seeing many fantastic ruins. Last year we took a bus trip through Europe having to repack our luggage every day. On the ship you only have to unpack once. Everything was very smooth and we had wonderful food always.

Clean ship. Friendly staff. Excursions were a bit rushed,

Unbeliveable, like living in a shopping mall. Beautiful art abounded everywhere.

Beautiful ship; awesome to be on. Well maintained and clean.

The ship was beautiful! Very clean and lots of options for food.

The ship is huge but what I noticed is the common areas smaller to give way for more cabins.

Great trip. Smooth cruise. Inside small cabin has more room if you have twin beds. Delta Skymiles was great.

The ship is very beautiful and has some nice features. But the service was very disappointing. Drink service to tables was very slow. Most often, I was getting my own drinks at the bar. Dining room was limited in drink offerings. The service in the dining room was relatively good, but the food was average at best. Very limited selection for kids that included cheese pizza that was microwaved. We selected the ships because of the ports of call (Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Croatia). The ports were great!

Very beautiful ship with terrific staterooms. Plenty of storage space and really nice big bathrooms with an actual rounded shower door instead of curtain. Great service throughout the ship.

The ship was well managed and maintained. The food was excellant. The speciality resturants were very good but really no need to use them unless a special occasion. Buffet was clean and well stocked. Being able to have two bottles of wine in our room was also a nice feature.

Would select another port in Greece rather than Corfu. Would not visit Bari . Perhaps another full sea day instead. We visited San Marino and loved it, but not much Said about it by the Cruise Line, same with Taromina in Sicily. Two great trips. We had a group of 8 in Aqua Class and had a few dining accommodation issues in the Blu restaurant . The Issues were resolved to our satisfaction after a couple days. The Blu and Tuscan servers were fantastic and food was wonderful. Ship entertainment was very good and good variety. The ship is beautiful and friendly staff everywhere. There were a few soot issues on the top deck aft at sail away time. Stacks blew soot all over the lawn seating and aft balconies.

The ship was absolutely beautiful from stem to stern. The only thing I wish that they would have kept, would have been the \" Glass Blowing Show \"

nice ship, clean, nice amenities and GREAT ice show. HOWEVER- VERY BAD COORDINATION Of shore excursions/ they cancelled one of our excursions in ISRAEL and we were never contacted, we almost lost another day at the sea. THE GUEST services desk was always FULL, the people were not very nice and not very helpful. There was always a long line. we had a bad experience that \"damage\" the rest of the cruise.

The Mariner of the Seas was a beautiful ship with nice ammenities - the ship's art collection was fantastic! We enjoyed the interior promenade space with its cafes and shops. The staff at the Johnny Rocket's hamburger diner was fantastic and seemed to enjoy their work a lot - they were really fun. The spa staff was also wonderful - welcoming and professional. The stateroom was a good size and the balcony useable -our first time with a balcony and worth it. The stateroom staff was fine although the attention to detail was missing. Overall the food was fine but not outstanding. The Top Hat and Tails dining room was lovely but noisy and in the buffet restaurant the food was mediocre most of the time. We also noticed the service staff hauling carts of dirty dishes and trash through the Windjammer (buffet restaurant) each time we were there - something we don't remember ever seeing on our most recent Disney cruise. Overall the experience was relaxing, the ship's entertainment was good and the activity staff was very enthusiastic. It did feel like we were being nickled and dimed at every turn ( $4.50 soft drinks and $10.00 bar drinks) - again something we had not previously experienced on other cruise lines. This was our first RCI cruise - they clearly have loyal fans - but we'll keep looking at other lines to find our favorite (thus far it's Disney).

This was my second sailing on the Mariner of the Seas. The ship was in good shape. The staff were friendly and helpful with questions.

The staff did not seem to know how to manage so many passengers. The focus was on selling additional services and speaking English was a negative.