Good experience

Item: Celebrity Reflection
Rating: 4
Author: juliedoyle1959

Celebrity Reflection Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

juliedoyle1959

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

10 Night Italy & Greek Isles (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 30, 2017

Ship: Celebrity Reflection

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7209

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

We enjoyed the cruise, but would have liked an adults only pool area as quite a few children aboard. The food and drinks were fantastic and staff were exceptional.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Well organised, but seemed to take forever to get from the plane to the boat. Really long walk inside the airport to meeting point and luggage drop, then a wait. Long walk to the coach. Hours journey to the cruise terminal, then queue to check in.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

All the dining areas were excellent, as were the bars. Fantastic choices and spotlessly clean.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Pools were OK but difficult to get in and out of. Could also have done with some "child free" areas.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Great variety and cruise staff were very good.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

All staff were superb. Polite, friendly and efficient.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very clean and inviting.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Served our needs well. Spotlessly clean.

Ship tip

Don't expect it to be really relaxing - lots of people aboard (including children) so outside areas quite noisy.

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Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

3 out of 5

Didn't do an excursion.

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Messina, Sicily

3 out of 5

Didn't disembark her.

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Valletta, Malta

3 out of 5

Nice but took a long time to get off the port area and through security.

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Mykonos, Greece

3 out of 5

Visited briefly - did not do an excursion.

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Rhodes, Greece

4 out of 5

Nice and easy to get into town.

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Santorini, Greece

3 out of 5

Didn't disembark.

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Piraeus (Athens), Greece

3 out of 5

Visited Acropolis in taxi (very scary!). Queues were so long we didn't get in.

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Naples, Italy

3 out of 5

Went to Pompeii - good trip.

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Well organised.

9 Comments

DavidR98833952 7 years ago

there its an adult only pool. celebrity does not employ pool police. You need to speak up.

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Travelgirl27 7 years ago

No, this will be our first Celebrity cruise and we can't wait.

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JAM3 7 years ago

Travelgirl27, were you on Summit last October? We are also on Reflection March2

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Travelgirl27 7 years ago

I would not think so on March 2nd and I believe Easter is late this year anyway and most schools seem to incorporate that weekend in to their spring breaks.

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quiltnutcreations 7 years ago

@travelgirl27 spring breaks are in March; there could be lots of kids

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Travelgirl27 7 years ago

I hope that is not the case in March...

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iankaus 7 years ago

Unfortunately no-one was policing the pool area.

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iankaus 7 years ago

I was on the same sailing and there were lots of young teenagers in the indoor pool. It was the start of Summer Vacation and care said there were over 500 children on board

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Travelgirl27 7 years ago

I thought that there is an adult only pool area on this ship...??? We are booked on it for March and that is what I read and saw on YouTube???

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