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Celebrity Equinox Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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3 out of 5
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Celebrity Equinox

11 Night Ultimate Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 21, 2011

Ship: Celebrity Equinox

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 13 years ago

Review summary

The ship is beautiful, the rooms great. THe smoking policy very restrictive so the guests who smoked did so on their decks. We are non smokers and could not use our deck due to constant smoking of guests. Should have smokers in aft rooms or on one side so non-smokers do not pay for a deck they cannot use.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The Blu dining room was great. THe standard one was understaffed we only used once.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
they were overworked and understaffed from past cruises

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Cartagena, Colombia

3 out of 5
took walking tour which was good but expensive and this port was not safe to wander. there is nothing at port.

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

3 out of 5
the jungle, the Port city was a comercial port which was unsafe and with little of interest. Impossible to avoid a canned tour in this area. however the tour with the off road truck was great in the rainforest but the banana plantation could be shortened or even skipped.
Don't Miss: the off road adventure in the jungle wish it would skip the banana farm.

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5
Great for diver, there is little to nothing for non snorkel/divers. If you do not dive or snorkel I would stay on the boat.
Don't Miss: diving

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
diving there are activities for nondivers as well.
Don't Miss: diving

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
snorkeling/diving
Don't Miss: diving

Colon, Panama

1 out of 5
Very expensive miserable non airconditioned sitting in those killer plastic chairs on the boat tour to go through locks, It was interesting but there is no reason they could not have fans or a deck that was airconditioned with some real chairs. Plastic and 100 degrees with 100% humidity sitting on platic is miserable.
Don't Miss: the canal saw once never again

Pros: enjoyed the entertainment the service staff was great

Cons: The cruise line I have always loved has made significant cuts and they are very noticable. The deletion of every midnight buffet. The menu never varied once in the lunch/breakfast buffet. No service staff to carry food to table even for the disabled guests. In fact there were no trays to use.

Recommends Celebrity Equinox? Yes!

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