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Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Review to South America

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Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Celebrity Eclipse

14 Night Antarctica (Buenos Aires Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 03, 2019

Ship: Celebrity Eclipse

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We found the Eclipse to be a nice ship with a great staff. This itinerary was awesome. The entertainment was excellent throughout the ship. This was our second time on Celebrity the last being over 15 years ago. We were very impressed they were all that we remembered.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
We were told to arrive at t he port at 1PM. It was crazy, but it took around an hour to get on the ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We found the food in the Main Dining room to be excellent. The Buffett pretty good with a good variety. I understand food is subjective but we really enjoyed it.

Oceanview Café and Bar

4 out of 5

Well designed buffet and good food.

Champagne Bar / Martini Bar

5 out of 5

Comfortable seats outstanding Martinis

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
The gym was very nice the equipment was in good repair. The lectures were great and there always seemed like there was something to do.

Guest Relations And Excursions

5 out of 5

Very professional staff.

Fitness Center

4 out of 5

Equipment in good repair, nice location

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The ship provided a wide variety of entertainment. We found it al to be excellent.

Grand Foyer

5 out of 5

Nice place to hang out

Celebrity Theater

4 out of 5

Comfortable seats, well designed.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our wait staff in the MDR, was one of the best we have ever had. Took care of all our wants and needs.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
The ship was well maintained and the public areas were clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Very nice cabin plenty of room. Just FYI this balcony is port side on part of the bump out. Your view is pretty much unobstructed. But you can’t see forwardto the bridge.

Ports of call

Buenos Aires, Argentina

5 out of 5
We arrived three days early and really enjoyed the city. The food was great.we

Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina

5 out of 5
We took an excursion out to see the chinstrap penguins.

Cruise Cape Horn

4 out of 5

Cruise Schollart Channel, Antarctica

4 out of 5
Just beautiful!

Cruise Paradise Harbor, Antarctica

5 out of 5
Just beautiful

Cruise Gerlache Strait

5 out of 5

Cruise Elephant Island, Shetland Islands

5 out of 5

Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

5 out of 5
We went out to the the penguins.

Puerto Madryn, Argentina

5 out of 5
Once again a Penguin excursion.

Montevideo, Uruguay

4 out of 5
Nice little town.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Traveler Photos

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1 Comment

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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