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Celebrity Millennium Cruise Review to Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East)

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 57

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
Celebrity Millennium

14 Night Japanese Explorer (Tokyo Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 13, 2019

Ship: Celebrity Millennium

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The cruise was excellent, staff fantastic. Places visited ere interesting and moving. Aldi koo able to do a lot on your own as free shuttles were offered to most towns that were not within walking distance.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Very slow. Much slower than we have experienced anywhere.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Big choice in buffet and food good. Dining room, food excellent and staff great.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Had outdoor pool and solarium pool. Fitness centre, also plenty of trivia, lectures and movies.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
All stage shows were excellent, other entertainers also good.

Children's Programs

Did not take children.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Could not fault any of the staff, all went out of their way to meet your needs.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
We enjoyed the Millennium as it had just been refurbished. Plenty of room in all common areas.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Do it the ship and its staff are both fantastic.

Ports of call

Yokohama (Tokyo), Japan

3 out of 5
The port area is lovely with parks and shopping no excursion here, just walked around.

Shimizu, Japan

4 out of 5
Done an excursion to see My Fuji, lucky only a little cloud. Can see Fuji from ship as you sail in if it's a fine day. Also went to Shiraito water falls.

Kobe (Kyoto), Japan

4 out of 5
Overnight here, no excursion booked, Shuttle to city and took hop on hop off bus, Chinatown and shopping mall.

Kochi, Japan

1 out of 5
Shuttle to town then walked to Kotchi castle and markets.

Hiroshima, Japan

4 out of 5
Done highlights of Hiroshima tour.

Jeju City, Jeju-Do, (Cheju-Do), South Korea

2 out of 5
Done native faces of Jeju tour.

Busan (Pusan), South Korea

4 out of 5
Done Buddhist sea temple and city highlights tour.

Hakodate, Japan

4 out of 5
Done Hakodate highlights tour to the tower and mountain viewing site.

Aomori, Japan

5 out of 5
Cherry blossoms were here, we done on our own and caught local train and bus to Hirosaki where there were 2,500 Cherry blossom trees, we worth the trek.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Good experience,as we had a morning tour and airport drop off.

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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

cruisellama    5 years ago

Very helpful - thanks.