Eastern Caribbean on the Edge

Item: Celebrity Edge
Rating: 4.7
Author: Tom183

Celebrity Edge Cruise Review

Tom183

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 6

Helpful Votes: 48

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 31, 2021

Ship: Celebrity Edge

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11241

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 years ago

Review summary

Horrible on and of. Cruise itself was great. Wonderful crew. They couldn’t do enough for you.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Horrible. People being helped by fire dept. Celebrity decided to test all passengers for COVID prior to boarding. Hours standing in the hot sun.

Ship experiences

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff was the best I’ve had for over 20 cruises.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great cabins. Lots of room.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Horrible. Poor planning. Docked at different pier than embarkation. No shuttle coordination to garage at embarkation pier.

11 Comments

cissydel 3 years ago

And did you you all have a medical emergency which caused late arrival back into port. So sorry those involved. Unfortunate circumstances for sure. Bright side is you got a few extra hrs on ship on last day which normally wouldn’t be the case.

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chicpeach 3 years ago

Wow, we'll be embarking in less than a month. We've been emailed about presenting negative covid test, so hopefully we won't run into that same issue.

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barbnyy 3 years ago

Yea I thought the CDC made them test at the last minute, or perhaps it was just the pressure from the Delta variant. I'm sure it was annoying but you got a $200 onboard credit so I'd be ok with it

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javawoody 3 years ago

Thanks for the review and sharing your experience

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profile 3 years ago

Thanks for sharing.

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AuntPinkie 3 years ago

Thanks for sharing your experience. Glad you enjoyed your cruise, in spite of the embarkation and debarkation.🚢

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Curt34 3 years ago

Thanks for the review. Glad you had a great cruise. Getting on and off the ship has always been the worst part of a cruise for me. And that was pre Covid.

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Tom183 3 years ago

The requirement for a COVID test for all passengers, including those vaccinated, was emailed to passengers the day before boarding. So yes, I do blame them for horrible execution.

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al112063 3 years ago

To be fair everything with covid is changing pretty much everyday and they just recently said that you needed to provide a negative covid test from 3 days prior so the fact that they gave you covid tests isn’t super surprising.

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15mustang 3 years ago

Covid protocols are changing the rules daily. You really can't fault them for that.

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izrgreen 3 years ago

Oh my! Glad the cruise part was great! Definitely need some improvements. Thanks for sharing.

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