Good But Not The Same Celebrity

Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 94

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Verified Review
Celebrity Eclipse

14 Night Exotic Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 03, 2016

Ship: Celebrity Eclipse

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6101

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Everything except main dining was very good.  Main dining menu is very boring, not much variation day to day.  Don't ask for anything not on the menu as your request will not be honored.  When we started with Celebrity about 8 - 10 years ago if you wanted something other than what was listed on the menu, the staff would do everything possible to provide.  Service once upon a time was Celebrity's core product but not so much anymore.  Service in specialty dining venues is excellent which is what main dining was at one time, however main dining is not up to what Celebrity should stand for.  

 

All other areas were very good with the room steward and assistant being outstanding.

 

Ports of call were good except Antigua and St Kitts.  There is very little to do or see at these two ports, stay on the ship.

 

Despite these few short comings we still like Celebrity, in fact we have two more cruises planned.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Oceanview Cafe had very good food. Main dining was very mediocre at best.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
All service areas except main dining were good to great. Main dining was a B-

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Cabin was very clean and in good repair. The only drawback to this cabin is that it is directly above the area where the docking crew start their work at about 6AM on port days, very very loud. Wish we had chosen one on a higher deck.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

3 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

1 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

1 out of 5
Was this review helpful? 13

4 Comments

PeterZopes    8 years ago

Have been on the same cruise but made a different experience in the Moonlight Sonata. Our waiter Roberto and his Team (Emilio and Nicolai) were perfect. But I have to admit that I don't know Celebrity 10 years ago. But Celebrity will be our first choice for future cruises after 4 times NCL and one horrible trip on Royal Caribbean 

annepu    8 years ago

Also went to Batik factory in St Kitts. Bought a beautiful scarf.

tinahinton    8 years ago

We did an amazing catamaran trip in Antigua and a tour that included the fort and the Batik factory in St Kitts. Loved it. Just got off a two week cruise on Eclipse. Loved everything about it

annepu    8 years ago

Loved St Kitts. Went to the most beautiful beach club. Made reservations on-line before we went on the cruise.

Other reviews of this sailing