Excellent Adriatic 9 Day Cruise

Celebrity Constellation Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Celebrity Constellation

9 Night Adriatic & Italy (Venice To Rome)

Sail date: July 13, 2017

Ship: Celebrity Constellation

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2049

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

I would like to thank Celebrity Cruise Line for offering such a wonderful Cruise Ship and incredible Ports of call. My daughter asked me if I were to do this again, would I take the Cruise or use the days for one specific place. I definitely wouldn't change a thing. We would not have seen all these beautiful cities (all so different) if we didn't take this cruise. Now I have more places to visit on my bucket list. Thank you, Celebrity and staff. Perfect :)

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Everything was so smooth. We had no problems what so ever. There were 8 of us and my parents used wheel chairs. Everyone was very helpful.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The food was extremely delicious and the service was tremendous.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Enjoyed the pool and Therapool. My husband and I participated in the wine tasting event. Loved it. Would do it again. Thank you, Tony our Sommelier for suggesting this event. A+ to all the Sommeliers who were involved. Should have used the fitness centers, LOL! maybe next time.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We didn't miss a show unless on an excursion. AWESOME

Children's Programs

Did not have children in this program but the kids seemed to have fun. :)

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
TOP NOTCH. Loved our Waitress Marie. She is so accommodating and informative, one lovely, enjoyable and smart lady. Petro was awesome and Tony was very knowledgable and fun. Felt lucky to have those three for our evening dinners. Wish them all the best. Jeffrey was our room steward and he was great and so pleasant. Loved seeing him through out the day. He has the nicest smile and was so genuine. There was one bartender we had when the shows were on and I can't remember his name but I swear he served us when we were on the Celebrity Infinity Cruise to Alaska in August 2015, he remembers everything and has a nice smile and is a lot of fun.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
I liked the ships layout and design and everything was clean and always being maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Overall I felt everything was great. The bed was a little hard but otherwise everything else was good.

Ship tip

Great food and entertainment. Get to know the staff as they work very hard and make you feel like a King and/or Queen.

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

5 out of 5
Beautiful to disembark at this port. We were in Venice 3 days prior to departure. Loved it.

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5
We walked the wall and did the cable car. Beautiful city, would go back.

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5
I loved Montenegro. We rented a taxi for 4 hours, he took us to the other side of Montenegro Bulak, went swimming and took in the sites along the way. On the way back we drove up in the mountains overlooking Kotor and the Bay. Walked around Kotor before going back o ship. I would go back there, soo... beautiful.

Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5
Another must go back to. What a city, words can't describe how gorgeous it is and the buildings and history. WoW! Found this port was a bit of a walk for my parents but otherwise, great. Walked around the city and took in everything. We did a cruise the next day to Comino and the Blue Lagoon. Beautiful ... The water was incredibly blue, warm just an all round gorgeous day.

Catania, Sicily

4 out of 5
Went on the Hop on Hop off bus. It was great, walked around town a bit also. We weren't able to get to Mount Vesuvius but had a beautiful view from the ship.

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
Loved how convenient the cruise line excursion is. Front door pick up. Naples is so beautiful and green, lots of vegetation. We took the bus tour to the Almalfi Coast and to Pompeii, wonderful excursion, Kudos' to the bus driver. Wouldn't drive it myself. I don't think there is a better way to appreciate the roads and the beauty along the coast to Salerno than by bus. Loved the restaurant we stopped at also. Gorgeous!

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
Our taxis were there to pick up all 8 of us, very easy. Spent 4 days in Rome and enjoyed Churches, Colosseum, Fountains, Food and People, too much to mention. I would love to go back.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
WONDERFUL Staff. Everything was perfect, what can I say.
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12 Comments

hindenm    7 years ago

if you ever need to contact them by phone make sure when you go through the options always select the one for booking a new cruise. they always get through straight away if they think you're going to spend money and the calls all go to the same place

GC001    7 years ago

The best for visas is to download forms from the Embassy and to send them the information they need to embassy near you...here it is the Embassy in Ottawa. All the requirements are indicated on the form itself, you assemble the documentation they need. It is not complicated, a one page form to fill, a photo and a passport. There are multiple private company that will charge you 3 or 4 times the price it worths and they will take your documentation and they will simply send it over to the embassy, why not doing your-self directly.

GC001    7 years ago

We also booked directly with Celebrity Cruise last october, we gave our travel agent's name and coordonates and our travel agent took the account on hand. she was able to book the flight, hotel and transfers for us. the transfer of account was done at the time of booking, not sure it can be transferred after booking. you perhaps knew but you can also book your flight and transfers with Celebrity Cruise via Air Choice and perhaps the hotel as well but i am not sure.

Harrisonw    7 years ago

really worried about the Indian visa after reading some posts!! how did you find the application process?

anni52    7 years ago

Thanks unfortunately we booked on board last year and only have Celbrity to contact. I messaged them on messenger they have asked for my booking No. but as usual haven't got back to me yet. I live in hope 😑

Den121    7 years ago

We experienced this problem with Celebrity last year, finally got a reply saying we had to wait for this info from the travel agent we booked with and it was quite short notice when we did receive it. We flew with Monarch last year and it's a 20kg allowance. This year we've already got the information way in advance and it's Jet2, they've got a 22kg allowance and the flight info is on our Celebrity check in page.

anni52    7 years ago

Yes we have tried to e mail and ring their office with no success. Thanks for your help will just have to keep on trying

GC001    7 years ago

Celebrity Cruise has an office in the UK, in Weybridge. try to give them a call. also you might want to try their internet site... www.celebritycruises.co.uk

anni52    7 years ago

Thanks will try again but we have been having difficulty in getting in touch with Celebrity like most cruise companies they aim at the American market not the British

GC001    7 years ago

my advice to you would be to contact your travel agent or on your airline's internet site if you purchased your ticket on-line. they all have different rules (weight & volume). in regular class, you obtain your seats at the airport, usually it is not a problem to sit together. you can also register on-line on your airline's site, 24 hrs before departure then you can choose your seats ....you see all available seats on line and then you can pick the ones you like. that is how it works with Air Canada, however i assume all airline companies work about the same way. 😊

anni52    7 years ago

did you fly to on your cruise. We are going soon and are unable to find out the weight allowance on the plane and whether we can sit together

GC001    7 years ago

yes, we do not waste any time and energy at driving from one place to another, move the suitcases, find our way to make the visits everytime. Every single morning, we have a new place for us to explore. nice excursions take you exactly where you want to go. with Celebrity, the choice of excursions is wonderfull. the excursion is most of the time the excursion we would have chosen if we were there by ourselves. We did our first cruise in october 2016 and we have 3 more cruises coming from now to october 2018. we might not be back to our old way to travel.

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