Plusses and Minuses

Item: Celebrity Equinox
Rating: 3.9
Author: psk262

Celebrity Equinox Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 30, 2018

Ship: Celebrity Equinox

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7189

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

We have cruised on the Celebrity before, but found this particular cruise a bit disappointing. It gets hot in the Caribbean in July! While we enjoyed spending time at the pool and on deck, we would have liked more onboard activities at times when the ship was not in port. Also the food has declined on Celebrity in recent years. Some of the staff members who helped us were terrific, but others were clueless (like the guy at the customer relations desk who was reluctant to let us to fill out a comment card with feedback solicited about the ship because it was the wrong day!). These type of incidents occurred frequently enough to make us question whether we would want to take this cruise again. On the other hand, the Eclipse is a beautiful ship with lovely staterooms and a nice itinerary.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The high point is the specialty restaurants. Sushi on Five was delicious, and the service was great. The specialty coffees and desserts at Baccio were terrific. Unfortunately, the meals in the main dining room were disappointing. The quality of the food has declined on Celebrity in recent years. The buffet had a fairly wide variety of foods, but changed little from day to day. Again, the quality of the food there was not always the best.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

The ship did not have many activities outside of shopping or onboard purchasing (art auctions, bingo, casino, and the like). For a relatively large ship, this cruise could have had more activities.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

The cruise director on this ship is fabulous!

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5

We were here for only a limited amount of time. Did not see much other than the usual trip to Stingray City/snorkeling.

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Beautiful day! First-class snorkeling, combined with traditional Mexican shops in the zocalo.

Thumbs Up 8

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

2 Comments

Jkennamer 6 years ago

Agree I was on June 30th sailing this was our first Celebrity Cruise and we had very high hopes for food and service but we decided we'll stick with Holland American, princess and RCL

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maddog1986 6 years ago

Completely agree! Both on food quality and onboard activities.

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