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Celebrity Solstice Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

JamesC22

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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Celebrity Solstice

12 Night Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 16, 2011

Ship: Celebrity Solstice

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 12 years ago

Review summary

The ship was very clean and beautiful. Staff was pleasant. Did not receive our luggage from airlines until 3 days into cruise so we missed touring first three ports trying to find clothes. Celebrity did help us locate bags and gave us two tshirts and some toiletries.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

the steak was tough and lobster was mushy. dining room was huge disappointment but buffet was good

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

very good layout and had great activities

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ports of call

Dubrovnik, Croatia

3 out of 5

not too impressive, but city was ok

Kotor, Montenegro

3 out of 5

beautiful port with surrounding muntains but kind of dirty

Naples, Italy

3 out of 5

pompei was great, sorrento was charming

Don't Miss: capri

Cannes, France

3 out of 5

I had to shop for clothes so I did not get to see sights!

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

3 out of 5

tower was awesome, Florence was spent trying to find clothes and shoes

Don't Miss: pisa

Venice, Italy

3 out of 5

must see the doges palace

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

vatican museum and basicilica

Don't Miss: vat

Pros: liked the ship

Cons: food in dining room

Recommends Celebrity Solstice? Yes!

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