Beyond My Expectations

Celebrity Beyond Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
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Celebrity Beyond

6 Night Bahamas Mexico & Cayman (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 15, 2024

Ship: Celebrity Beyond

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12218

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 month ago

Review summary

Ship = amazing. Staff = amazing. Ports = not in any long enough. Embarkation = amazing. Debarkation = Great until outside the terminal, then disastrous.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Extremely easy...port staff were shiny, so welcoming and just great all around

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Main dining restaurants felt like tge same menu presented in different ways. I think having much different menus would be better. Food in Oceanview Cafe and Fine Cut Steakhouse were phenomenal.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Too many items on a daily activities list becomes overwhelming

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Absolutely brilliant. I was so impressed by how Celebrity raised their bar on production shows. Really the highlight of the trip for me!

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Incredible staff - top notch service.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Gorgeous. Spotless. Lovely.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Great size, loved the infinite veranda. Very comfy bed and the room was such a nice haven. I would however suggest that Concierge Class guests have access to some venues in The Retreat.

Ship tip

Look at all the activities and entertainment options in the app before your cruise and make decisions about things you're interested in before. When you're there already, things happen so fast it's hard to keep up. It's OK to do nothing but eat, sleep, and use the bathroom too. But production shows are a must see.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

Only embark/debark

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
I'd been here before but the ship wasn't there long enough. We could have arrived the night before or stayed longer.

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Yes, did my own trip to Seven Mile beach. Again, by the time you deal with transport to and from an excursion, you literally only have 1 or 2 hours to enjoy yourself. The ship could have stayed longer.

Bimini, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Yes, to Ultimate Resort World. I wasn't aware you could also stop at casino and or shops. The beach was amazing, staff on the other hand acted like us being there was ruining their day. But the island is beautiful...we could have stayed until much later that night. We were not even 50 miles from FLL. It would have been nice to see a sunset there.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Staff that was outside directing people after we disembarked the ship were incredibly rude and just a-holes. They made me miss my Uber because I was one foot across some imaginary line. It's chaotic out there abd they're not helping by barking orders. There needs to be less bullying of passengers trying to get home and more organization about where and when guests can pick up a shared ride. It was hideous. An awful end to an otherwise fantastic cruise.
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8 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

Mish74     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing.

HeavySeas     1 month ago

Awesome......thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

Gwbigdog     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

natelorip     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing.

TiffyTaffy     1 month ago

Thanks for the feedback

javawoody     1 month ago

Appreciate your view

cruising2004     1 month ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise!

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