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Celebrity Constellation Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 59

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Celebrity Constellation

12 Night Eastern Mediterranean & Greek Isles (Rome To Venice)

Sail date: May 04, 2015

Ship: Celebrity Constellation

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7141

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

The Celebrity Constellation is a beautiful ship.  It was in excellent shape and had an understated elegance.  While the staff, itinerary, accommodations and entertainment were all excellent, the food was mediocre at best.  Can anyone explain why a cruise to the Greek Isles and Italy lacked even a Greek salad each night on the dining room menu?  I expected at least one Italian or Greek entree each night, and though they appeared from time to time, they were few and far between. 

The cruise director, Allehandro, from Argentina was the funniest guy I have ever seen.  He did a terrific job and just hearing him made me happy. 

Beware the shore excursions!  They are not adequately described in the flyer. We are an older couple and two of the excursions all but finished us off.  We walked in the hot sun far longer than we expected and it was often uphill.  As a result, we cancelled future excursions we had booked and hired a taxi instead.  We enjoyed that much more.  We set our own pace, saw exactly what we wanted and it was usually less expensive.

I am still a fan of Princess and Royal Caribbean.  I would say that Celebrity rivaled, but did not exceed, their quality.

 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Not enough bingo games due to only two sea days

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

N/A

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Christina in Guest Relations was fantastic and Anabel, our room steward was great.

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
Go to Capri.....catch a small boat on Capri to go around the island

Valletta, Malta

3 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

Santorini, Greece

5 out of 5

Rhodes, Greece

5 out of 5

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

3 out of 5
Very pushy and rude salespeople

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

Souda (Chania), Crete

5 out of 5

Venice, Italy

1 out of 5
Venice airport was a nightmare
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