High hopes but disappointment on excursions

Celebrity Reflection Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 43

Overall rating:

1 out of 5
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Celebrity Reflection

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 08, 2017

Ship: Celebrity Reflection

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8306

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

When arriving on board we immediately booked our shore excursions wanting to take advantage specifically of swimming with the sting rays in Grand Cayman. We booked and looked forward to event all werk. We arrived at 10 but excursion wasn't  scheduled until 1. We were first off the first tender boat and walked around until  time to meet up only to discover that the tour had been cancelled. We wasted all that time and could have booked something on our own only to be addressed in rude manner by celebrity attendant. Total disappointment from my son and a

missed opportunity for us to experience what we wanted to do and why we picked this cruise specifically during his spring break. The next day in Jamaica we had another scheduled that was not organized and planned well. Was supposed to include lunch which ended up being take out provided to us on the bus because the tour times were so skewed. We rushed and never had time to shop like we were supposed to. Both tours were scheduled through celebrity and not cheap but provided lots of frustration and disappointment. No apologies were ever offered up by any of the staff. For the cost of the cruise and excursions I feel

like I just wasted my money. Will go back to cruising with carnival or

royal Caribbean again. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

1 out of 5

Falmouth, Jamaica

3 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

gdbrown    7 years ago

On board now. Now I know the that bar is for! 🤔

Travelgirl27    7 years ago

We NEVER book excursions though the ship...sorry you had a bad experience. By the way. RC owns Celebrity...

Katievp    7 years ago

Exactly why we quit booking our excursions with the cruise line. We book on our own now using third part companies in each port.

bmorgan    7 years ago

Book your own next time. Cheaper and sometimes better.You can get names of reputable companies if you ask on this site.

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