A Wonderful Trip but not the best of Celebrity

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

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Celebrity Millennium

12 Night Best Of Japan (Yokohama Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 15, 2024

Ship: Celebrity Millennium

Cabin number: 7171

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

Certainly this was a trip to remember and we had a great time, but if I were to do it again, I might do it on a different ship/cruise line.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very fast, however, we thought we had the first boarding time at 1pm and when we got on the buffet was really crowded. Many must have boarded way sooner.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Only one main dining room so it got a bit boring after 12 days. They were really pushing the specialty but it was overpriced IMO.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Typical trivial and some evening shows. The cruise educational speaker was excellent as was some of the music groups in the bars.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Small group bands were very good.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff was excellent at bars and main dining. They made the cruise when on board.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Ship was very clean, but older and somewhat limited. We've liked other Celebrity ships better but this one probably was well suited to Japan.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Our balcony cabin was well located and pretty typical. Lacked ice and coffee service.

Ports of call

Yokohama (Tokyo), Japan

5 out of 5
We stayed here before the cruise and preferred it to Tokyo.

Shimizu, Japan

3 out of 5
Our best views of Mt. Fuji were from the ship.

Osaka, Japan

5 out of 5
We liked Osaka and Kyoto. Book a Viator tour which was excellent.

Hiroshima, Japan

5 out of 5
Ship excursion was nothing special, but the port is a must to remember what happened here.

Busan (Pusan), South Korea

5 out of 5
We had a great "Get Your Guide" tour with Frank Yi.

Hakodate, Japan

3 out of 5
Not a whole lot here but scenic.

Aomori, Japan

3 out of 5
Again, not a lot here but we took a taxi to Kura Sushi and had a great meal. Very scenic sailing away.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
This was very chaotic with way too many people being released on top of each other.
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4 Comments

Niavlys     4 months ago

Tks for sharing...not sure I understand your comments about doing it on another ship given your rating...

javawoody     5 months ago

Interesting itinerary thanks for sharing

HeavySeas     5 months ago

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

cruising2004     5 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful time!

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