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Celebrity Equinox Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
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Celebrity Equinox

9 Night Spain & Portugal (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 30, 2024

Ship: Celebrity Equinox

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1544

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 months ago

Review summary

The Celebrity Equinox was a good ship to cruise. We liked our cabin in Aqua class and the restaurant Blu. The specialty restaurant Tuscany was very good and would go back again. The glass blowing paid activity was worth it for us, we made a special glass heart for our daughter and also a glass turtle which was an additional cost above the basic glass activity.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Embarkation was quick. We purchased the Access pass which made it easy with early arrival.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Blu restaurant was great. Main dining was okay for food. All of the servers everywhere were very good. Specialty dining in Tuscany was very good. The Petit Chef was fun, but the soup and the main was luke warm.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Pools were fairly busy and didn't make it to them. The glass blowing was really fun. Some of the game activities were good.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
All of the shows were great.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The servers in teh restaurants were all personable and helpful in choosing the food. Had the same waiter and server in Blu restaurant Nelvin and Betty who where outstanding.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The size of the bathroom was better than other cruises we have been on. We were in Aqua class which I would recommend for access to Blu restaurant and spa access.

Ship tip

The dress code is nicer than in other ships. Our last non Celebrity cruise the dress was a lot of shorts and t-shirts.

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

4 out of 5
Barcelona is great to visit. Watch your belongings there.

Leixoes (Oporto), Portugal

5 out of 5
We really liked the tiled buildings and walked around a lot of downtown Porto. Also took a ship tour to a palace that felt rushed and crowded on the tour. Bought some Port wine while there.

Lisbon, Portugal

5 out of 5
Lisbon was very good. We took an e-bike tour that was fun.

Cadiz (Seville), Spain

3 out of 5
Nice port to walk around. Visited the church and squares along with a market. The market was only about a quarter full on our port day so not much there.

Tangier, Morocco

4 out of 5
Very busy port. Took a private tour to Asilah, but the second half in the medina of Tangier wasn't as good. Took us to a rug shop which we didn't want and didn't really talk about history or any places in the medina.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We did the self exit on the ship and took our own luggage off. Getting a cab wasn't too bad, maybe a 15 minute wait.
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4 Comments

jec115     2 months ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise on Equinox.

Gwbigdog     2 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

HeavySeas     2 months ago

Awesome......thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

cruising2004     2 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise! Thank you for your review.

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