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Celebrity Beyond Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Celebrity Beyond

10 Night Greek Isles & Malta (Rome To Barcelona)

Sail date: September 05, 2022

Ship: Celebrity Beyond

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 12110

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

We chose Celebrity Cruises, The Beyond, because of our previous cruise in 2020 onboard The Edge. These Edge class ships perfectly provide the freedom and quality we enjoy! It is not fussy, it is not “dress up” all the time, it is not appointment after appointment. Rather Celebrity has created a floating resort with amenities that mesh well with the demographic of those in their late 40s, 50s and early 60s. The offering is a logistical feat. If not mistaken their are four entertainment venues with mixed media, 14 restaurants, and 4 to 5 bars. The quality of finish, design, staff and service, exceeds any other cruise line we have sailed. Many may shy away because of its size: The Beyond is ~140,000 tons and hosts up to 3260 passengers. Yet the size of ship, flow, luxury and personal offerings afford excellent shows and entertainment without feeling crowded. As well, rather than feeling you need to leave Celebrity for luxe competitors, it has built a resort within a resort, where you have private access lounges, restaurant and amenity areas known as The Retreat. Our favourites were Raw on Five, Eden, and Fine Cut. The Grand Bistro was a winner for lunch. I don’t see us traveling on any other cruise line and look forward to sailing The Apex next summer. Congratulations LLP (President) on changing the industry so significantly! You have made Celebrity the one to follow. Our back-to-back cruises included France (Nice, Monaco), Greece (Olympia, Athens, Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes), Italy (Santa Margherita & Portofino, La Spezia with proximate access to Cinque Terre, Florence, Pisa and Lucca, Rome, Naples), Malta (Valletta), and Spain (Barcelona). Just perfect! We too were lucky to have the famous Captain Kate and her crew at the helm. You will not be disappointed.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Excellent

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Many exceeded our expectations.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Large ship affords best entertainment.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Huge, well appointed, 2 bedroom suite.

Ship tip

Eden, Raw on Five, Grand Bistro for Lunch.

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

4 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

4 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5

Rhodes, Greece

4 out of 5

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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