Food not up to par for the Hype Celebrity makes about the dining experience..

Celebrity Solstice Cruise Review to Hawaii

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 66

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
Celebrity Solstice

Tahitian Treasures Cruise

Sail date: October 02, 2017

Ship: Celebrity Solstice

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9356

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Mixed---food left a lot to be desired-- We may be spoiled by past cruises, Having experience both Oceania and Seabourn a few years ago. Service was great and the staff goes out of there way to ensure you have a nice experience.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Signage for lines could be better... Stood in line until it moved up to point where sign pointing out Conceige line was visible.... Not directed to shorter line..

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Food veriety gets to be an issue on longer cruise... menu repeated every 7 days.. Quality (taste) not what it use to be. Complaint had a chief chase us down and explain they were now preparing food to satisfy bland / non spicy palates... (British /Australian ?). Not the experience I would have expected on Celebrity (Cruised on Celebrity before--Century and Constellation several years ago--Certainly not the same experience. Drink prices very high.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
spent more of my time relaxing..

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Comedian was good.. And I enjoyed stage shows

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Every staffer we had contact with were great. However - food service staff appeared overwhelmed when the Neuro virus hit with so many people sick... Room service orders during quarantine were extremely slow and incomplete with errors made... Staff could better inform passengers about what to expect during the quarantine period...

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
could use more storage... space under couch could be utilized.

Ship tip

If you are looking for the Celebrity experience of days gone by in the area of food quality and selection, pass this ship by unless you are willing to eat in the premium restaurants every day...

Ports of call

Honolulu, Oahu

1 out of 5
Stayed at the Marriott Spa and resort... Don't !

Lahaina, Maui

3 out of 5
Took a Limo tour of the island obtained at the tender pier... Had a good day... Don't go looking for a beach. None with chairs / umbrellas available outside of the resort hotels.

Papeete, Tahiti

3 out of 5
Take an excursion--on board or at the pier.. downtown Papeete very commercial...

Bora Bora, French Polynesia

5 out of 5
Took to Catamaran excursion offered onboard.. Had a great time ! Bring your camera ! Great Scenery. !

Cross International Dateline

3 out of 5

Auckland, New Zealand

3 out of 5
Took the Maori Excursion offered on board.. Except for the 2.5 hours spent on tour bus driving to and fro thru the beautiful NZ countryside.(not mentioned in the offering) it was ok.. Not what I had envisioned.

Bay Of Islands, New Zealand Did not visit port

Sick with the virus ... Don 't bother trying to get your previously purchased excursion money back.(unless you can sweet talk the staff.

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5
Best post of the cruise ! Stayed for days.. No excursion here. Lots of things to do.. Really love it and would love to go back..

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Quick, painless.. Big deal made of taxi availability and long wait.. Not our experience..

Traveler Photos

Dawn Sydney from the Zoo
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2 Comments

rodmanb294    7 years ago

You probably would benefit from a discussion of this perception with the chefs who handle complaints aboard the Solstice, as I have had.

Tawsy    7 years ago

I’d like to contradict! The majority of British people have not got bland palettes a very patronising comment

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