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Item: Celebrity Reflection
Rating: 4.7
Author: rishki25

Celebrity Reflection Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

rishki25

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

11 Night Best Of Western Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 01, 2018

Ship: Celebrity Reflection

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 1669

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

We loved our cruise. The suite was the largest and prettiest cabin we’ve ever had. The ship is beautiful and spotless. Each crew member smiled and greeted us without fail. The ports were great. Having a butler (shoutout to Allono!) was terrific. It was a wonderful vacation. Sailing on the Celebrity Reflection definitely raised our expectations for any other cruise.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Be prepared to walk. There are no stairs or elevators close to the aft cabins.

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Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

We arrived two days early to explore Rome. It was wonderful!

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Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5

We loved Gibraltar. It was a lovely surprise to see how beautiful the views were. However, seeing Morocco in the near distance taunted me. I guess I will need to book a cruise with Morocco as a port:-)

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Malaga, Spain

4 out of 5

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Cartagena, Spain

4 out of 5

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Ibiza, Balearic Islands

3 out of 5

Ibiza was disappointing to us. We expected there to be lots of options to head to a beach, but it was limited, and from what we heard, expensive.

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Barcelona, Spain

4 out of 5

Surprisingly, Barcelona didn’t speak to us, even though we’re city people. We did a Hop On, Hop Off bus to get an overview of the city, and seeing Olympic City was nice. We ended up getting off the bus and grabbing a light lunch in a small, local place that was delicious.

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Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France

5 out of 5

LOVED Villefranche! We took the train to Monte Carlo, gawked like tourists, played some slots and roulette, and then returned to Villefranche to shop and eat. A very picturesque little town.

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La Spezia, Italy Did not visit port

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

1 Comment

Shh813 6 years ago

We love Celebrity

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Wonderful and relaxing cruise.

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Excellent trip however suggest strongly eliminating the Ibiza visit... boring & not worth the effort !!