Disappointing.

Celebrity Flora Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 0

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
Celebrity Flora

7 Night Galapagos - Inner Loop (Baltra Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 10, 2024

Ship: Celebrity Flora

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 days ago

Review summary

This was a bucket list trip and it took a long time to get there and it was quite pricey. My expectations were high, and we were sadly disappointed.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Not just bland, but flavorless. The food lacked anything close to taste. Guessing they catered to people who cannot eat any salt, fat, spices, herbs, or seasonings. Surprisingly, this included such food as cheese, which literally had no flavor. If we closed our eyes and chewed we could not guess what we were eating. One night ordered rib eye steak and we could barely saw through it with a steak knife and then could not chew it if we managed to. Disappointing to say the least.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Nothing expected onboard, but the tour itinerary to see the Galapagos was mediocre. Did not meet expectations. Saw LOTS of sea lions, which we have in abundance in the US, and the remaining fauna was of limited variety.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Karaoke? Yawn. Silent disco? Fun. Presentations? Functional.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Superb service and professional staff.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Well designed and very comfortable.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Bring your own herbs and spices. Lower your expectations about what you’ll see, especially the variety and abundance of fauna.

Ports of call

Bartolome Island, San Salvador, Galapagos

4 out of 5
Beautiful view from the top of the mountain. Tender ride to find two penguins, the only ones we saw the entire trip

Caleta Tagus, Isabela, Galapagos

3 out of 5
Itinerary changed to Santiago island. Lava field and blue footed boobies.

Sullivan Bay, Santiago, Galapagos

3 out of 5
Barely remember what was there

Baltra, Galapagos

3 out of 5
Not really anything to see or do, just the point of landing and embarcation

Rabida, Galapagos

4 out of 5
Snorkeled and saw a few fish. Pretty island.

North Seymour, Galapagos

4 out of 5
Nesting grounds of boobies and magnificent frigate. Cool to see an abundance of them and be in their environment.

Las Bachas, Santa Cruz, Galapagos

3 out of 5
Pretty Beach not much wildlife to see

Daphne Island, Galapagos

3 out of 5

Puerto Baquerizo, San Cristobal, Galapagos

3 out of 5

Elizabeth Bay, Galapagos

3 out of 5
Itinerary changed and we went to Santa Cruz Island instead. Long walk and saw very little. One land iguana and a handful of pink flamingos. Pretty beach.

Puerto Egas, San Salvador, Galapagos

4 out of 5
Our itinerary was changed and we instead went to Santiago island. First viewings of sea lions, red crabs, marine iguanas and blue footed boobies.

Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos

4 out of 5
Land tortoises!

Punta Pitt, San Cristobal, Galapagos

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

cpd407     2 days ago

Thanks for sharing your fantastic cruise experience

Gwbigdog     2 days ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

cruising2004     2 days ago

Sorry this was cruise was a disappointment.

karlgrgurich     2 days ago

How disappointing

HeavySeas     2 days ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience