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Celebrity Solstice Cruise Review to North America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 169

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Celebrity Solstice

Australia & New Zealand Cruise

Sail date: November 11, 2017

Ship: Celebrity Solstice

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Nice cruise to discover "the other side of the world". Wharm people, different flora, surprising spring in november. Good balance of nature and city.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Embarkation after a desinfection process isn't a good landmark to habitual one. Total mess. Sparce information. No organisation. I dont know if regular installations could be suffisant to manage 3000 embarking people.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Was OK. Not more. For your information, furniture was skicky. Dont know if were so before efforts to desinfect, or résulting from use of harsh chemical. Main dining room offers "standard" meals, so we have missed australian specialities offered in buffet. Specialities from destinations visited sould be offered in main dining room.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Musical an dancers were amazing! So did Yoomya, violonist.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Smiling!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Ship need refurbishing. Maintenance was excessive, with biofilm build-up from accumulation of desinfective agents (in excess amount). Ship layout is great, with spectacular midship escalators.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Auckland, New Zealand

4 out of 5
Visit for few days before cruising. Nice city.

Bay Of Islands, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Tauranga, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Wellington, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Akaroa, New Zealand

3 out of 5
Christchurch, desolation....but one day is enough.

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

4 out of 5
Gone to Ottago peninsula and pinguin encounter. Be advised: these yellow eyed pinguins aren't gregarious! You will se one or two, but the place is amazingly interresting!

Melbourne, Australia

3 out of 5
Take a tour. Stressed people.

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5
Were there some days besore going to Auckand. Like it wery much!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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