Another great disappointment.

Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Review to South America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5
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Celebrity Eclipse

14 Night South America Repositioning (Rio De Janeiro To Cape Liberty)

Sail date: April 27, 2024

Ship: Celebrity Eclipse

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9300

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 months ago

Review summary

We will not be taking another Celebrity Cruise in our lifetime.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Waited in hot sun with little to no shade. The line was far too long.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
While I had good food as a vegetarian, my wife's food was very inconsistent. Some food would be good, others would be bad. The temperature of the food was always an issue, that is, hot food was not hot.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
We were delighted with the first production show, Amade. Otherwise, with the exception of Sebastian Fucci, the other shows were poor to fair. Rock City was not appropriate for a family audience. Frankly, some of the dancing was offensive.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Our room steward was outstanding, even though her mother in Madagascar was fighting a severe illness. Some members of the culinary staff were good while others were very poor. The latter group should not be granted another contract.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Celebrity Eclipse is showing its age. The staff members seem to do the best they can to keep it clean and well-maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
The cabin was nice. The bed was inordinately uncomfortable even though we had notified Celebrity ahead of time that we wanted a mattress topper, and we were assured each bed had two on them. That made no difference. I returned home with sore shoulders which I did not have when arriving on board. And, I did not incur any injury.

Ship tip

This ship does not live up to the quality about which Celebrity raves.

Ports of call

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5
We took an excursion to Hamilton Pottery to learn how to make pottery. It was the best excursion my wife and I have ever taken.

Basseterre, St. Kitts Did not visit port

My wife had been injured, so we did not visit this port.

Royal Naval Dockyard, West End, Bermuda

2 out of 5
The glass bottom boat tour was okay.

Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey Did not visit port

This was point of disembarkation, and we drove to visit relatives prior to returning to our home in Florida.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Absurd wait for customs, when millions of illegal aliens stream into our country without so much as an wait.
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2 Comments

Kplumm1027     5 months ago

Yikes!! Maybe stick to the Poconos. Cruising isn’t something you do very well. You can always zip on down to Mexico and help finish the wall!! Vote Blue!

TheBigSalad     6 months ago

Thanks for sharing your experience.

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