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Item: Celebrity Solstice
Rating: 4.3
Author: trevb

Celebrity Solstice Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

trevb

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

13 Night New Zealand (Sydney Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 25, 2020

Ship: Celebrity Solstice

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9149

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Having sailed on the infinity last month this ship let us down on food in the main dining room. Not a patch on the chefs on the infinity.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Can’t be faulted. Quick and efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Main dining room food was mediocre at best. Specialty better but steak in Tuscan grill was very chewy.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Great variation of acts and performers over the 13 nights.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Very polite and efficient without exception. Best captain ever, entertaining speeches.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very good.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

All good except a bit tired and showing it’s age.

Ship tip

Book specialty dining or aqua/suite class

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Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5

Great city

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Cruise Milford Sound

5 out of 5

Great scenery

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Cruise Doubtful Sound

5 out of 5

Great scenery

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Cruise Dusky Sound

5 out of 5

Great scenery

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Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

5 out of 5

Akaroa, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Tauranga, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Bay Of Islands, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Chaotic. Taxi rank closed and pouring with rain, hence got drowned!

6 Comments

Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Fantastic

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connerscruise 4 years ago

We also loved our cruise on the Solstice! Our food was certainly good, but not great. We certainly never went hungry. We did not try any specialty restaurants. If we cruise Solstice again we will try the specialty restaurants.

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Thank you for your review.

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portofrome 4 years ago

Thanks for your review

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manwithnoname 4 years ago

We were on the Infinity last summer and the food was top notch !!!! We have never been on the a Solstice .....

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Shh813 4 years ago

We were on the Solstice and the food is always delicious on Celebrity. No need for specialty restaurants.

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Other reviews of this sailing

Beautiful country, great cruise staff

This was last of 3 Back to Back cruises and definitely a trip of a lifetime