A triumph of style over substance.

Item: Celebrity Edge
Rating: 3.9
Author: joolz47

Celebrity Edge Cruise Review

joolz47

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 67

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 08, 2019

Ship: Celebrity Edge

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12207

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Not a ship I'll revisit. Captain Kate should rewrite her schtick and drop the "I'm a girl in a guy's job" inferences. We get it, she's qualified to captain a ship - now do it and get a new script.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Slick. Liked being able to drop our carry on bags in our cabin as soon as we boarded

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Repeated over salted food (why do some chef's assume that seasoning is merely adding more salt). Fish cooking was poor - either dry and overcooked, or cold or both - returned several dishes. Limited choices in the buffet, and beef brisket you couldn't find a knife capable of cutting.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Can't fault cleanliness - absolutely spotless. Far too "arty" in design, with functionality seemingly of secondary importance.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

What a mistake opting for the infinite veranda - having to stand for half a minute at a time with my finger on the switch to either open or close the "window" (no auto function), when the captain hadn't decided to close them any way was frustrating. More frustrating still was the lack of usable storage space - everything either shallow, narrow or awkward shape.

Ship tip

Don't.

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Ports of call

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

Purpose built destination with lots of cruise passengers milling about. If it's on a future itinerary, I'll stay on board.

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Key West, Florida

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Seamless.

4 Comments

wgammon1 3 years ago

Thanks for the review.

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Sorry for the disappointment.

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Fiesta83 4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

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mrsb3 4 years ago

About Capitan Kate we had her on RC and she was great. Not once she bragged about her position. I think she is being influenced by female CEO of Celebrity. It's obvious Celebrity is going through changes that I don't care for.

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