Nice trip - except for one huge thing!

Celebrity Reflection Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

Louie8707

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

12 Night British Isles (Amsterdam Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 08, 2019

Ship: Celebrity Reflection

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7218

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I will never get over how pissed off I am about what they did to what should have been the crown jewel of public spaces on the ship. Never again on Celebrity for me. There are too many other quality cruise lines to choose from.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Mostly very good, the buffet on the Lido deck was very crowded

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Terrific room steward

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

On this ship Celebrity destroyed what should havebeen the nicest public space on the ship. They cut the sky lounge in half lengthwise and made the port side luxury cabins and with the remaining half they mostly made it private access only for art auctions etc. No public access. When it was open to the public, there was no bar service and no waiters. Never again on Celebrity for me.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Cabin was very nice. Small, but no smaller than most.

Ship tip

Choose a different ship

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Ports of call

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

4 out of 5

Beautiful scsnery

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Dublin, Ireland

4 out of 5

Big city with lots to see and do.

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Liverpool, England

4 out of 5

Ship docks right in town, very nice and easy walking to lots of sights

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Belfast, Northern Ireland

4 out of 5

Interesting history, very clean and very friendly locals

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Cherbourg, France

4 out of 5

Small town charm, but crowded in the summer

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Le Havre (Paris), France

3 out of 5

This is a commercial port, with little to offer tourists. We took a bus into Hornfluer (nearby) which was charming but very crowded

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Dover (London), England

2 out of 5

Not a lot here. They have an old castle to visit but the admission was very expensive.

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Zeebrugge (Bruges), Belgium

5 out of 5

Brugges was beautiful, but get there early if you can as it gets really crowded

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

2 Comments

Paul82 5 years ago

It pays to do a little research I guess, I’ve sailed on Solstice Class previously and thought the size of the Sky Lounge actually made it lack a little atmosphere as people are so spread out. Having read up on Reflection I’m aware that they’ve reduced the size, hopefully we don’t experience the service issues that you had (or lack of) there, however it seems a bit extreme to bin Celebrity only based on this!? 🤷🏼‍♂️

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cburton 5 years ago

I guess as long as we are cruising we are happy. I dont understand the complaints on the Reflection.

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