Very enjoyable, but some aspects did not meet our expectation

Celebrity Equinox Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Celebrity Equinox

9 Night Aruba Bonaire & Curacao (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 18, 2023

Ship: Celebrity Equinox

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8240

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall a quality cruise line and our second time on the Celebrity. Not as good as when we took it in 2018. Ship is dated, service for us was average, food was not as good. We will take a break from Celebrity and go back to one of the other cruise lines in the future.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Portions were smaller than when we cruised on equinox in 2018. Beef dishes were all good, by most if not all fish dishes were dry and flavorless. Waiter was excellent but his assistant was rarely to be found. Three nights never came with tea/coffee service so we left and had to go to buffet. Desserts were average, but we never expect much on cruise ships

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
fitness center, casino, pools and games were great. Cruise Director and his staff were awersome.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Great comedian and magician but the stage shows were oh so boring

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
already commented on wait staff. room steward was ok, but they don't do towel animals any more which was always a highlight. Bar staff and servers were great

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
a little dated. Needs some work

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
dated. toilet overflowed one day without us using it. Just water pouring over. Took 20 minutes for anyone to come and fix it. bath light stopped working the last day. The whole light switch setup is crazy....never really figured it out.

Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

1 out of 5
Terrible port all around. Tender setup was a mess. NEVER AGAIN Did an excursion and swimming with stingrays was great but snorkling portion was not good.

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
Went to a beach on our own. Was ok, but lots of seaweed which made water very murky. Sunset cruise was awesome.

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
snorkling great

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5
snorkling great

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
celebrity really got it right both getting on the ship and getting off. great job.
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

jpmato16    1 year ago

100% agree with you. Loved her in 2019. Sailed on her last year and saw and felt exactly what you described. They put so much money and resources into the Edge class ships, and are really neglecting the slightly older ships.

PaulzyJC    1 year ago

I was blown away in 2019 with this ship.

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. Sorry you were disappointed.

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