Great cruise OK ship

Item: Celebrity Edge
Rating: 4.1
Author: jetpilot91

Celebrity Edge Cruise Review to Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East)

jetpilot91

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

12 Night India Sri Lanka & Thailand (Dubai To Singapore)

Sail date: November 13, 2023

Ship: Celebrity Edge

Cabin number: 3100

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

We had a lot of problems with immigration in India. Took two hours in both Indian stops, and I will never go there again. It was very dirty. Sri Lanka was very nice. Had a great time there. We’d like to spend more time there. Phuket was very nice. Would like to spend more time there. Had a great crew. The ship was clean the only problem with the ship. It seems like they have a lot of people on here, and not very many common areas always packed in the common areas hard to get a cuppa coffee in the morning the Buffet was always packed. I have been on over 20 celebrity cruises and this is the crowded list I’ve ever seen a ship. It seems like they cut down on the common areas when they built this ship. Most of the chairs were hard to sit in. The Eden is a perfect example of this the club, which they do a lot of their entertainment activities, and the seats are all uncomfortable in there. Also, they also had partitions which makes it hard to see it less.You’re in it just a couple of certain areas. Very poor design. All in all I would probably avoid this ship again unless it’s going somewhere I really really want to go to.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Main dining rooms good buffet good

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

The ship has little to offer as far as activities go but the cruise entertainment staff did a lot to keep us busy. Trivia archery yoga erc

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Production shows ok some guest entertainment was pretty good some not so

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff friendly and helpful except for guest services which didn’t put out timely announcements and information

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Too small for amount of people on here. Having done over. 20 celebrity cruises on their other classes I would try to avoid this class. Common areas seem smaller and always packed. Most seating in area is very uncomfortable. Looks good on paper but not much practicality. Eden is a perfect example of this. Pool is elevated so if not sitting right next to it you can’t see it.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Nice and great service enjoy the infinite veranda

Ship tip

I will probably shy away from this style of ship due to crowds although great service and had awesome entertainment director due to ship layout

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Ports of call

Mumbai (Bombay), India

1 out of 5

DIRTY

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Cochin, India

1 out of 5

Dirty

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Colombo, Sri Lanka

4 out of 5

Good port

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Phuket, Thailand

5 out of 5

Awesome port

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Singapore

5 out of 5

Really neat city lots to see and do

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

5 Comments

gatorhotline 11 months ago

Agree with your opinion that Edge class ships are uncomfortable in public areas, which is unfortunate. We won't be sailing that class again. Indian authorities seemed intent on making it difficult to enter and move around in their country, even though we managed to negotiate the lengthy process to procure Indian visas in advance of our visit. They repeatedly and unnecessarily stamped our large US passports so many times, even though our passports are valid until late 2026, we have to renew now because we have only one blank page left. Visited 2 ports, and 2 airports, spent 4 nights on land, saw Taj Mahal, done with India. Got the full cultural experience. If planning visit, make sure you have the large passport. You will need it. Thanks for your detailed review. We visited many of the same ports as you. Great itinerary. Sorry you had issues.

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javawoody 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruising2004 11 months ago

Thank you for your review.

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Gwbigdog 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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karlgrgurich 11 months ago

Wow. That’s a unique itinerary! Good to know what ship you’d prefer in the future!

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