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Celebrity Equinox Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

2.9 out of 5
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Celebrity Equinox

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 05, 2023

Ship: Celebrity Equinox

Cabin number: 6188

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Celebrity fell short 6/8 days, for price I should have went with a more competitive brand!

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Pretty good, simple and succinct

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Food was good in Main dining room, 3 out of 8 were good in buffet. But specialty restaurant Tuscan Grille was awful!

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Activities were not well planned nor thought out. All members of the audience was not accepted when developing the Activities.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Entertainment was not well planned nor thought out. All members of the audience was not accepted when developing the Entertainment.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
I saw alot of brow beating from buffet dining management against African staff members. I wasn't happy nor did I appreciate the open disparity this ship exemplified! I won't be back to Celebrity I know that for a fact.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Design was good and spacing as adequate

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
For the price I expected a bigger cabin in space allocation

Ship tip

If you 60+, this ship would be a gem. If your under 40 don't cruise with Celebrity Equinox

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

I had already been to the port

San Juan, Puerto Rico

1 out of 5
Absolutely HORRIBLE!!! I blamed Celebrity for not identifying recourse options. Celebrity was complicit in their own demise. We got word a bad storm was a brewing. As soon as they made the announcement overhead on the ship we immediately went to Short Excursions desk for confirmation on possible alternative solution. We asked if we should continue with storm coming in with Excursion. The visibility will be low and oblivious we can't get out in the storm. Celebrity response was we can cancel and provide you with a full refund. Then moments later they said we can provide you with only 15% of your refund since it's less than 24hrs. I said well the Excursion is weather dependent! Longer story short, we was soaking wet the entire Excursion, people got sick and cold due to soak clothes, we didn't see the city as intended due to weather. Absolutely TERRIBLE! For the remaining of the cruise we did not use Celebrity for anything else! We did Excursion on our own at 1/4 of the price and had multiple great times!

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5
Tour excursion was great, not through Celebrity!

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
Excursion tour of the island was absolutely wonderful, but not through Celebrity!! We tour a rum house, the rum taste was great!

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5
Excursion tour of the island was absolutely wonderful, but not through Celebrity!

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

1 out of 5
Excursion tour of the island was absolutely wonderful, but not through Celebrity!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Most efficient disembarkation we ever experienced.
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Oops 😬 thanks 😞

javawoody    1 year ago

Recourse options because of the weather?

TwisterSister86    1 year ago

I do hope your next cruise will be everything you're hoping for. As for your ship tip, I must say that I am under 40, and I had the time of my life on this ship when I took my first cruise last September. But, I know everyone is different, so...

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations

cruising2004    1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise. Thanks for sharing the information.

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