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Item: Celebrity Reflection
Rating: 5
Author: chilly13

Celebrity Reflection Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

chilly13

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

Verified Review

Sail date: August 25, 2014

Ship: Celebrity Reflection

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9309

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

I am decidedly not a "cruise person." It is probably my least favorite way to travel in general, but this trip was lovely! The cruise feels much more like a hotel, the common spaces were rarely crowded even on sea days, the food was nice, and the service was excellent. It was easy to get on an off the ship at most of the ports. Overall I am very impressed, and would recommend it highly.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

The cabin smelled of exhaust depending on the wind direction. Otherwise it was lovely.

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

1 out of 5

Super annoying to navigate. The pier is close to train station, but they put you on a series of shuttles, when it would be quicker to just walk to the boat. Even worse on the way out!

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Santorini, Greece

3 out of 5

We did an 'unofficial' tour that was awesome! Tender process was obnoxious, if you do a celebrity excursion you get priority. Get in tender boat line EARLY!

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Istanbul, Turkey

5 out of 5

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

5 out of 5

Did tour with Cruise excursions-- had Fehmeh as tour guide, who was the BEST TOUR GUIDE OF ALL TIME. Thank you, Fehmeh!

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Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5

Very pleasantly surprised with this island-- Mykonos town is lovely and has free transfer shuttle, I wouldn't bother with an excursion on this island if I could do it again. There are beaches within walking distance.

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Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

I would say a tour is mandatory

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Naples, Italy

3 out of 5

Naples is kinda ghetto-- but the optional excursions are really cool!

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