Not up to par for Celebrity

Celebrity Equinox Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Celebrity Equinox

11 Night Ultimate Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 09, 2013

Ship: Celebrity Equinox

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1273

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 10 years ago

Review summary

I am not a fan of ships this large.  With that said, the Equinox is a majestic ship with lots of space for its 3000 passengers. 

However, in many respects the food and service was not what I expected based upon prior vacations with Celebrity.

First, there is constant up-selling.  Internet time, specialty restaurants, art auctions, bingo, pictures,  land tours, spa tratments, drink packages, the list is endless.  Unlike prior sailings, we could not access the computers to do anything but go on the web for  75 cents a minute.  (I could not even view my digital pictures.)  Every time I tried to get room service to order anything in my cabin, I was put on hold for several minutes.  The food was bland, and in general service was poor. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Book tours off ship. We got a tour for $40 that was booked on the ship for $90. Get open seating (you just have to pay for tips ahead of time)

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5
really did not spend any time here

George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5
water sports type port.

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5
tour the old city, fort, etc.

Colon, Panama

5 out of 5
rain forest tours

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
water sports, rain forest

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5
more water sports, rai forest

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5
water sports, etc.
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