Celebrity Equinox Cruise Reviews - Reviews

I think I will stick to Holland America from now on.  HA staff is 5 star---Celebrity staffing is poor, except for Guest Relations on the Equinox----Carl was excellent!  Dining room staff  very poor---had 4 different tables in 5 nights and we had fixed seating!!!!  The Maitre d' staff extremely poor.

We had a wonderful time on the ship.  The ship was large but it never felt like we were too far away from anything.  The ports of call were great and the food was delicious. 

Had a wonderful time!!! first time on a Celebrity cruise ship! Love the staff, food and excursions. Will definitely go with Celebrity again in the future! My husband and I highly recommend the cruise line. We went with our friends, Pat and Ann. They recommended this cruise and we are thrilled they did!!!  We had a wonderful room with veranda. Nice size room!!!! Impressed with cleaning staff and cafeteria waiters! Better than Costa cruise lines!!!! Good as Holland America which was the last cruise line we were on. Excursions were fun and guides were knowledgeable. Worth the money to go on them. I had a wonderful spa experience with a nice chiroprator, a nice young lady from Johasnesburg,South Africa. She was very gentle with me, especially since I have Rheumatoid Arthritis  and Fibromyalgia.

Roberto, waiter assistant manager  Ocean View Cafe

Gonzalez, coffee waiter Ocean View Cafe

 Tatania, wine expert    Silhouette

Willie De la costa, Cleaning room manager

Pedro, the singing waiter in Ocean View Cafe

Food at the buffet for lunch was good, but not for dinner.  I can't say the main dinning had any better food.   Both my husband and I got colds the third day and can't figure out how we got them except that someone must of been sick in our room on the last cruise.  We were both really healthy when we got on the ship.  

Not real happy with the room attendant as I kept having to ask him for things.  Entertainment on the ship was the norm you find on most ships these days.  What I did like about the cruise was there daily itinerary.  There was a good mix of things to do on board the ship.  I thought the casino paid out good for casino's on ships.  I found  a few slot machines I could play on for awhile and won some good bonuses. No tenders on this trip so getting off and on the ship at ports was very easy.  Overall the ships crew were very friendly whereever you went.  The free drink package was a great deal and would make me book on Celebrity again. 

won't go on them again, lets see laundry of one small bag for $27.00, restaurants were less than great, in total very expensive and mediocre. so rather use a different line

nothing to do after 10pm just a samll area for smoking and the people were in there 70 ,80 and 90

the food was not good. you for a balcony but you can't smoke on it will never tlake the cruise line

again and will tell other people not to take it.

Great trip.  service was outstanding.  Most meals very good.  Service and food in the French specially restaurant was wonderful.  Our waiter, Richard,  was "The bomb"!

Very enjoyable, relaxing experience. The ship, including accomodations, was excellent. The on-board staff could not have been nicer or more helpful. The menu and food in the main dining room was what we expected from Celebrity, outstanding. We found the specialty restaurants not to our tastes, and the one we did try, Tuscan Grill, the food was not worth the extra cost. The buffet (Oceanview Cafe) was great for breakfast and lunch, but not as good in the evening. Enjoyed the evening shows and on-board entertainment. The casino was "dead" most nights after 10 PM. Would recommend this cruise, and the itinerrary to other cruisers.

Excellent cruise with one suggestion.My husband is confined to a wheelchair and could not read the offerings in the cafe because they were on top of the food on the glass instead of vertical where he could read them.

everything was excellant except for the dress up nights. we were disappointed with what used to be the gala nights put on by the crea. there wer also no midnight buffets.

We love the Equinox ship and Celebrity in general.  Great vacation with outstanding service.  We will be back for another cruise real soon. This was our 4th year in a row with Celebrity.

Eight of us enjoyed a great cruise to good destinations.  The ship was excellent.  The service was excellent and the food was very good.  We were in Aqua class.  We enjoyed the healthy food choices in the Blu dining room.  On my birthday we ate in Murano.  The food and service in Murano was 5 star!  The two things that we were not extremely happy with is that it does have an older crowd and there are not as many physical activities as some of the other cruise ships.  The other was that we felt that the nightly entertainment and shows were very mediocre. All in all we had a great time with fantasic weather.  I would recommend this cruise.

  The ship experience was very good. This was my ninth cruise and the Equinox was tops.  The ports we visted were not at all pleasant  and I would not schedule any of them again.

Overall a very nice cruise your  break down disclaimer about not waiting for guests that have booked trips onboard and for reasons  beyond  their control  (bus breakdown,accident,road close,ect.) put a damper on many guests trips that feared missing your sailing. We beleive baised on the cost of the cruise you could at least offer FREE water to people going ashore instead of selling it at the gang plank

The Staff in the RestaurantS and our Room Attendents were Excellent.  The Food was fresh and well prepared however wished there had been more of a variety, seems the same sellection was offered during the duration of trip.  Furniture in Suite was worn, torn and repaired, pillows were not fresh, asked and received fresh bed pillows.  Each morning between 6:30 and 7 AM the outdoor patio of the 14th floor restaurant shifted the tables and chairs to wash down the floors which was loud and disturbing, would not book end units on that floor again.  Other than that, we had a GREAT RESTFULL TIME ON THIS CRUISE!

We had a great time on the cruise.  Food, entertainment, and service was great.  I tell everyone that the only negative thing (and it's really not a big deal) is that it was an older crowd.  It might be nice for the ship to publish the age groups so people can book accordingly.

Very easy on but the port traffic is horrible. Getting off the ship was a disaster. We stood in line to go thru customs for 2 and half hours. My wife is hadicaped and no advance warning. It really put a sour taste in my mouth after a lovely trip.  The beach sucked in the beginning of the trip. I felt at  times like your cruise line is nickle and diming us to death. Your staff is great. Food in  the  Blu was grreat. Our waiter connected with us. The entertainment was wonderful.

We had an excellent experience on Celebrity Equinox.  We have cruised with several other cruise lines but Celebrity surpased them in many ways.  The service, dining, entertainment, ease of boarding,excursions, and disembarking  were all first class.

Everything from start to finish was excellent.  The room, the staff, the food, the ports of call, the activities were fantastic.  We are going to do this exact cruise again and ask for the same balcony room.  That's how satisfied we were.  It was a great memory.

First I was sold a bill of goods that the stateroom we paid for was a Sunset extralarge (suite size) room. Infact it was the same size as all the other balcony staterooms. Nothing special and it was a 500ft walk to the nearest elevator.It was in the stern so the engine noise was louder than normal and much rougher in turbid seas than a central stateroom. The food was mediocre in all respects including the "special restaurants" The buffet which in our experiance was not done well and the food was served like slopp. The ship itself was not pretty or salty, just a big monster. The service was generally very good overall. I can say thats the only really positive thing about the cruise.The ports were OK and the excursions the same. I chose this cruise because we had never been to all but one of the ports.The stays were not long enough to get a feel for any of the countries. The entertainment was excellent. All in all I was very disapointed in Celebrity from the last time we cruised with them. Finally the disembarkment at Ft Lauderdale was horrible took two and a half hours to clear customs depite the fact that every one was given a delayed departure.