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Celebrity Reflection Cruise Review to Caribbean

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
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Celebrity Reflection

11 Night Ultimate Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 09, 2019

Ship: Celebrity Reflection

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9181

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

A little disappointing. Having cruised many times on Celebrity, including previous cruise on Reflection, some thing was just off. The cruise director , Giuseppe , was superb and the Captain was amazing. Will still remain a loyal Celebrity cruiser.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Very slow service, uninspired and repetitive menu and taste in main dining room. Buffet was better, but, desserts pretty to look at, but, barely edible.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Pool area very loud, little choice for quiet time.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Wonderful!

Children's Programs

No kids with us

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Theater terribly understaffed. Servers were great when we could get one. Had 2 tables for dinner (group of 18), one waiter and assistant were great, one waiter good, but, assistant wasn’t. Spoke to maitre D, improved somewhat.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Think it’s time for refurbishing. Needs to be refreshed, new color scheme. Elevators are not efficient

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Poor storage. Very well maintained. Need to remodel and add more accessible plugs and better storage.

Ship tip

Be prepared with your own meds. Dr. not great!

Ports of call

Cartagena, Colombia

3 out of 5
Too many aggressive vendors. Chocolate tour was fun, but, timing poor. Continuing your after chocolate making, resulted in one melted blob of chocolate!

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Our favorite island! Great people, beaches, restaurants and shopping!

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Been here several times. Just walked around. Beautiful island, lots to di

Kralendijk, Bonaire

3 out of 5
Not a pretty island. Beaches are very rocky. Great for divers!

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5
Go to Stingray City if you’ve never been! Fantastic! Beaches are gorgeous.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
The worst we’ve ever experienced. Luggage misplaced, customs was tedious and a joke. Coming out of terminal was a zoo!
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5 Comments

wgammon1    3 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for the review.

chicpeach    4 years ago

Agree about the MDR. We've actually stopped using it. If we dont have specialty dinning reservations, we head straight to the buffet. More variety to choose from, little to no wait, and many times the food is tastier too.

LobsterPot    4 years ago

We disembarked at FL the day you guys boarded, we saw literally hundreds of disabled scooters being boarded (600 was what the staff said were expected)... It looked to us that the cruise was going to be a disaster in terms of accessing elevators, theatre, etc... It looks like you’ve had a pretty good trip all in all... We agree btw about the CD & Capt. both were terrific... For us dining was pretty good but we did spend several evenings in the speciality restaurants...

CruzeFan    4 years ago

It’s always best to use self-debarkation and take your own luggage. You are usually the first off the ship, no searching for luggage and no lines at customs.

picalo    4 years ago

Well you have a great attitude for someone who had a iffy Cruise

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