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Item: Celebrity Edge
Rating: 4.1
Author: ckilhu

Celebrity Edge Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

ckilhu

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

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7 Night Spain France & Italy (Rome To Barcelona)

Sail date: August 19, 2023

Ship: Celebrity Edge

Cabin number: 12118

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This was a great cruise with an excellent selection of ports. The ship was beautifully designed, modern and comfortable. Rooms were great as well. On the downside, the specialty and main dining restaurant food quality was mediocre (though the rooms were beautiful), and we had some poor interactions with concierge and restaurant hosts.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Buffet was great, but specialty and main dining restaurants were not good.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

No noise from the poo, which was a concern. The inifinite veranda was ok, but would have preferred balcony. Also the switch to operate the window was really finicky.

Ship tip

Don't spend money on specialty restaurants, they were designed beautifully but the food was mediocre.

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Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

4 out of 5

5 out of 5

5 out of 5

5 out of 5

5 out of 5

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

4 out of 5

Barcelona, Spain

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

9 Comments

deconz 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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Ladyjunecliff 1 year ago

Thanks for the review. Sorry to hear of your dining disappointments.

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ckilhu 1 year ago

The good in buffet was quite good. This was the surprise.. I was expecting the dining rooms to have better food but we gave up on those and spent most of our meals in the buffet. The only exception was that the Skyview restaurant on the top of the ship was quite good. It's like a BBQ or gastropub type place and everything was tasty. I think it has to do with the kitchen being right there, outdoors with a view from the dining area. My guess is the main dining room food all comes from one big kitchen no matter the restaurant you go to, and the quality there just isn't very good. I was on a Royal Carribean before and have to say the buffet there wasn't very good, so Celebrity was definitely an improvement over that.

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paul1439 1 year ago

If you think the food on your ship was mediocre you should taste the food quality on Princess, Royal Carribean, Norwegian, Carnival, MSC, Cunard it's much worse. This is happening since post covid.

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Dumfy75 1 year ago

Thanks for your review. Friends of mine who love Celebrity agreed with you on the infinite verandah, said it felt more like a big window and they wouldn’t book it again.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for the review

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IzzyW 1 year ago

We also prefered the buffet and not the MDR (a lot more choice if you travel with a vegetarian). We loved le petit chef; food/menu was really good.

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bubbles60 1 year ago

Wonderful itinerary

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience. Glad you enjoyed.

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very relaxing & enjoyable