Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Reviews - Reviews

We just got off 11 day Boston, Rockland, Halifax, Sydney, Quebec, PEI, Portland, Boston. To start the ship is beautiful (yes its got wear, but never effected our trip), staff was wonderful, cruise director and shows really enjoyed! Saw the Captain Morphis many times. We had a total of 3 kids on board (cruise director, told us exactly only 3) I say approx 6-9 and that’s from baby to teenagers. Never saw really any college age ones either. I thought this cruise would be calm seas, but wrong, our tree in elevator area even shifted and waa hitting elevator. They had to tie it up. We had Balcony Cabin 9215 wonderful location with a huge balcony. Loved it! We ate in main dining and ocean view. overall the food was excellent. But we’re not picky, anyone cooking is better than me! My husband had thermal spa and he loved it, staff super nice. Pools were all heated and felt great. This cruise the card room and library extremely busy. 3 of us did the hot glass and it was fun, my second time to do it.

I was hoping for a better experience. Was disappointed.

Lost reservation which made the cruise less enjoyable.

Had a good time Will give this one a 9 out of 10....

Celebrity Eclipse Cape Liberty NJ - Bermuda - Cape Liberty NJ July 28 - August 4, 2024 4 adults (66 - 74 yrs old) Rating: B+ Itinerary - Our first visit to Bermuda. Very nice. Weather was incredible, 70s and 80s temp. Naval Dock Yard where ship docks is very accessible with lots to do in area. The town has a free shuttle that stops at the main attractions, though they really are walkable. Several pubs, restaurants, in the area. The Clock Tower shopping mall offers very nice clothing and crafts, much better than the cheap offerings at most Caribbean ports. The town of Hamilton is at the other end of the island, 20 minutes by ferry. We visited Hamilton and spent several hours on Front Street taking in a pub and a restaurant. The Wednesday evening street market was fun, but we did not stay for the weekly parade, which gets good reviews. We took a boat tour of the island’s houses of the rich and famous. Great tour guide who is actually a musical director. He and his boat captain treated us to a vocal performance. They were great. He informed us that Bermuda has the highest cost of living in the world, and that proved to be true as we shopped and ate. The famous fish sandwich on raisin bread ran $22 - $25! But we found it with a free Swizzle cocktail at the Bermuda Bistro in Hamilton for $22. Our visit coincided with the annual island celebration of emancipation, so many shops were closed for the holiday. The big event was the annual cricket match between St. George’s and Somerset. Be careful of choosing this week for your cruise. Embarkation / Disembarkation- Both were incredibly easy, perhaps the easiest of any cruise we have taken. Cabin - Our balcony cabin was just fine. The balcony was great, very roomy with a nice table and two reclining chairs. The bathroom was spacious enough with a nice shower. We had more than enough space for our clothes. No outlets next to bed for charging devices. Service was fine. Ship - We love the Solstice Class ships. Nicely laid out, beautiful architectural touches, numerous lounges, abundant outdoor spaces. Deck 5 offers a nice wide outside deck for walking or sitting. The lawn area on 15 is very nice with the Sunset Bar at the back with great views. The big problem up here is the smoking allowed on the port side. Very disappointing that such prime real estate is dedicated to smokers. We would have spent more time at the Sunset Bar had we not had to endure smoke. The theater is nice with a few levels. The casino is just the right size with no smoking and a hall on side so passengers do not have to walk through it. The Solarium is wonderful, adults only, two hot tubs, pool, great lounge chairs. We spent hours there. Entertainment - Superb! A group of professionals provided three great theater shows wrapped around a musician and comedian. Then there were bonus performances by the production performers in the Sky Observation Lounge (1940s song and dance) and the Foyer (The 60s). Just wonderful. As if that was not enough, Celebrity brought in a headline - Robert Neary - to put on his Neil Diamond Experience. He did a bonus performance the next day in the Foyer of classic Sinatra, Deal Martin, etc. More than we expected. The solo guitarist who performed in the various lounges was good as were the combos that performed in the lounges, too. One problem was that there were times around dinner times with no entertainment in the lounges. Lounges - A very nice selection of different types of lounges. We enjoyed evening cocktails at Ensemble, the Martini Bar, and Passport. A few years ago Celebrity went to a smaller martini glass, which is crappy when you are paying $17 a cocktail. The big disappointment for us was the World Class Bar, which we have enjoyed so much on past cruises. The menu has changed to include more Scotch and rum drinks with fewer (none?) bourbon drinks. And a few of the cocktails are priced at $19 and $22, putting them out of the Premium Drink package. Really? We used to spend so much time at the World Class Bar with its master bartender, but we spent no time at all at this one. A big negative. Dining - Celebrity’s buffet is wonderful. Lots of offerings. Each day was a different theme for lunch but with other offerings, too. Main dining food was good to very good. However, we would have liked to see more new offerings each night. Service was excellent. Now for Anytime dining as opposed to the set 6 pm or 8 pm seatings. The Anytime dining reservation system is a mess. We were told that all reservation times were filled before the sailing and that we would have to show up and put our name on a list and receive a beeper. So that’s what we had to do, usually waiting 30 minutes for a table. Specialty Dining - Murano is a great dining experience. The food, the service, the atmosphere are just wonderful. We ate in Murano twice. Alejandro was the consummate waiter. Murano is a classy restaurant that deserves classy attire. Shorts and white t-shirt! Come on, Celebrity. Enforce your dress code. I actually felt uncomfortable wearing a sports coat because so many guests were underdressed. Tuscan was ok, but a bit underwhelming. Is it an Italian restaurant or a steakhouse? Why can’t Celebrity have a dedicated steakhouse? My filet mignon was overcooked as it was on our last cruise. And it’s too dark in the restaurant. Spa - Nice but without a lot of amenities. One lounge room with nine heated tile lounge chairs. No hot tub. Style - Classy is the first word to come to mind. No hawking of anything. Great service. A nice cruise on a very nice ship.

This ship is. Lovely one and will be refurbished next year although wonderful care has been taken of it, The crew was genuinely friendly and helpful and I. Can’t wait to sail her again.

Great staff. Don’t expect an upscale cruise. Probably the last time (3 total cruises on Celebrity) for us on Celebrity.

Our favorite things were meeting new people, seeing Bermuda and having a great experience from Celebrity.

We can’t wait to go back to Bermuda and look forward to taking another Celebrity cruise to get us there.

Relaxing, wonderful cruise. Nice ship, excellent service, great food, another terrific Celebrity Cruise.

It was just my husband and I, celebrating my 50th birthday a little early. We had an amazing experience on a Celebrity cruise in 2016, so we splurged to take one again. (We aren’t loyal to a specific cruise line and have done Royal, Carnival and NCL.) We had a great cruise, but were really disappointed that our much cheaper Carnival cruise taken in February had far better food, ship was better taken care of, and there were more activities. When I say cheaper, I mean a family of four on a 12 night sailing cost less than half of our Celebrity 7 night for two people . I can’t see sailing Celebrity again because the value for the money wasn’t there. The basic drink package is a joke, as you have to have an up charge for almost every drink. I think they keep the included dining purposefully low quality so you need to pay an up charge for decent food. The up charges would be fine if you weren’t already paying DOUBLE for base fare.

Bermuda- do not use public buses. Take ferries and shuttles. Shuttle to Horseshoe Bay $7 each way. Ferry to St Georges and Tobacco Bay. In May water is cold. If you rent a boat, 2 hrs is plenty of time. Getting around Bermuda is a pain.

We really enjoyed this cruise from Rio de Janeiro to New York (New Jersey). It was great to sail on the Eclipse again and on the whole, the ship is in good condition. We enjoyed the ports of call and were able to tick off Rio and Bermuda from our bucket list. I would take this cruise again.

This is a bucket list cruise and it doesn't disappoint. Antarctica is majestic and the ports of call are different from what you have probably been used to. If you can, take this cruise on Celebrity because they do it right!

This was a trip of a lifetime and well worth it. We’ve been on seven cruises in the last year and this will be the most memorable. Celebrity went above and beyond our expectations making this a fantastic voyage.

This was our first Celebrity cruise, and it was definitely a better experience than our Royal Caribbean Cruises. The crew were all amazing and spoke enough English to communicate at all times. The captain did some amazing maneuvers which showed off his experience. The cruise director seemed to be everywhere.

Our 7 Dec 2023-6 Jan 2024 CELEBRITY cruise had a great itinerary and wonderful staff but, WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT on many levels, especially when CELEBRITY AIR LEFT US STRANDED. So, with almost 20 cruises under our belts, several of them Celebrity, and many more in our future, WE WILL NEVER CRUISE CELEBRITY AGAIN. Here are the details, starting with the positive: The 30 day South American circumnavigation itinerary was outstanding. All except one of the 16 ports provided wonderful experiences, although we had to use non-Celebrity excursions for many of them. The staff was absolutely wonderful in every area of the ship, from bus people to ships officers. They are genuinely good people who are kind, very hard working and truly care about their guests. The “Naturalist” on board our ship is a true gem. His many talks, all on itinerary and world issue related subjects were educational and entertaining with a dash of humor. No wonder Celebrity has retained him for more than a decade. The other entertainment was good but, not great; I rate them a “B”. Unfortunately, all the remaining details are negative, VERY NEGATIVE: We chose Celebrity Air because they promise to take care of you when things go wrong. Our experience was exactly the opposite. Celebrity Air’s carrier cancelled our flight from LAX-SFO, which would have left us stranded in LAX after we’d been traveling for almost 24 hrs. Celebrity Air then refused to pay for an available flight on a different airline because, they said the available flights “are not in our inventory.” Are you kidding me? LEAVING PASSENGERS STRANDED ON THE WAY HOME IS EGREGIOUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE, and Celebrity should be ashamed of this. The other negative aspects of this Celebrity cruise were already enough to prevent us cruising with them again but, this blatant hard heartedness should make every traveller think carefully before cruising with Celebrity. We were late into and out of ports more often than we were on time. Our tender in Cabo was slowest most disorganized I’ve ever seen in multiple cruises to Cabo; so bad that we couldn’t even make it to shore. To make it worse, the ship’s crew wouldn’t say why. Boarding in Valparaiso was also extremely slow and disorganized. Celebrity’s explanation (given a few days later) was that the port changed rules at the last minute. However, Celebrity didn’t do enough to communicate this and respond properly in real time. In contrast, Viking boarded their customers efficiently right next to us. We had WiFi in our package but, it simply wasn’t functional and we had to pay for an upgrade; it was still abysmal! It’s 2024 and Celebrity needs to upgrade their equipment. With the exception of Murano, the food on the ship was mediocre, and the deserts were terrible; over beaten and much too sugary. The wines in the Classic package are barely 2-buck Chuck quality. Come on man, the world is awash in outstanding inexpensive wine; stop trying to squeeze every dollar here and there. Eclipse is at least two years past needing completely refurbished soft goods; they’re past worn and on the edge of tattered. As a fairly experienced cruiser, I would advise anyone considering Celebrity to think very carefully before making that choice.

Hate cruising out of LA. ————————————————————————-

Cruised with teen granddaughters. Their first cruise. They loved it!!

Solid cruise, nice ports of call. Ship is a bit tired and perks once associated with SkySuites have been curtailed - and it's noticeable. Food quality and selection is reduced from years past - pretty clear cutbacks. Crew remained a high point of the cruise.