I went on my first Celebrity cruise in November last year for my 40th birthday, and I can honestly say that it won't be my last one, they were great, I went on Celebrity Eclipse on a 12-night round trip from Sydney to New Zealand
@@tfft I agree with you about the food, we only went to the main dining room once and mostly ate in Oceanview Cafe the other nights, except on my birthday, when we ate at Tuscan Grille, which I loved, the staff even brought me out a cake for dessert
I did this tour in 2011 on the old Celebrity Century, Food was great, even Sushi was included, but the ship had problems with the rooftop, rain was pouring in and the crew was very busy with cleaning the lounge under the rooftop. But apart from that and the mediocre summer weather in New Zealand the cruise was great, I got a birthday cake 😊
Excellent overview of my 'go-to' cruise line: Celebrity. I have been on Constellation, Equinox, Solstice, Reflection, and Apex with upcoming cruises booked on Millennium, Silhouette and Beyond. Your opinion matched mine as I prefer Celebrity's passenger demographic, its modern ships, specialty restaurants (e.g., Murano and Tuscan Grill are wonderful), etc. I recognize that not everyone wants to book a suite on a cruise ship, but I do. The specialty restaurant, Luminae, for suite guests is great and far better than the main dining room, which I agree is average. For the ships that have the 'Retreat' (i.e., private area for suite guests), Celebrity also excels.
It is pretty uncanny how many experienced cruisers end up ‘settling in’ long term with Celebrity. There’s certainly a reason for it. Thanks for watching 🩴
We are going on our 1st Celebrity cruise in February and we are looking forward to it. This will be our 3rd cruise and my 4th, all on different lines. We have enjoyed being on all of them and the good times they have given us. Thanks for your honest review and this has made me even more looking forward to going on them.
Tech on Edge Class ships is really over the top! Same with design. Our cabins on Edge and Apex were Sky Suites and they were incredible. Dining in Luminae and Eden were experiences. Beyond just the food. Even though we could dine in Luminae for breakfast, we really enjoyed the buffet. As you stated, so many choices!
Great information, thanks. I just booked my first Celebrity Cruise the Xcel. 2025 7 nights going from Fort Lauderdale to the Caribbean. Coming over from Melbourne, Australia for it. Also booked the Celebrity Silhouette to Key West and Mexico just before the Xcel cruise. First time Celebrity cruisers, thinking it won't be our last!
Never have l ever heard of a "jain vegetarian" that was new to me. But thats not why we are here, loved this new intro format, well done and this made me literally hungry for your review. Impressive 👍
I wish this video was done with the same level of detail as the Costa video. But it is still very helpful. I don't mean it as negative. I just loved the in depth details of the Costa review, and how you give it to us strait. I would love to see more Mediterranean cruise videos feom you. We've been trying to decide between these two cruiselines and book our first Mediterranean cruise.
This is not the review for Celebrity… search on the channel and you’ll find the full nearly hour long video. For each cruise line (including Costa) I make this 10 minute guide format as well.
Thank you for this overview! After the Costa review, I was still of the opinion that cruises are not for me….after watching this video, I might actually change my mind…the food on offer 😮😋🥳!!! Now counting down to the Bali content…. 😂
Celebrity crosses a lot of “divided” that tend to attract a loyal crowd that outside of Celebrity aren’t really big on cruises. It’s such an overused word, but there’s a much more “cosmopolitan” feel on board. Thanks for watching 🩴
Just returned from Alaska cruise on Solstice.. They had the new MDR dinner menus which were very disappointing. No more appetizers, just salad and soup, and you can get the Caesar salad, shrimp cocktail and escargot every night. They did away with the “classics” entrees, which were my “go to” when nothing appealed to me. They also removed the chocolate cake from classic deserts. The entrees are all made with cheap ingredients, like pasta (spaghetti, ravioli, fettuccine), chicken, and trash fish like tilapia. Sides are mostly potatoes, cauliflower and squash. The buffet for dinner was one third of what it used to be on our previous cruise on Equinox in May. I have a TA on Silhouette from Southampton to Florida next month, but will not book another Celebrity cruise after that one if the food is as disappointing as it was on Solstice. Planning cruise to Japan in 2024, but after more than 30 cruises on Celebrity, I am looking at Oceania and Viking Ocean. The costs are comparable and the food has to be better than school cafeteria grade.
That's disappointing. Over the years my experiences with food on Celebrity (except for MDR) has generally gotten better and better, but perhaps I was just on a lucky streak lol. Thanks for watching 🩴
Great review. Interesting how tastes varies. I honestly liked the design of the Costa ship much since this one looked quite tacky and outdated to me in comparison. Also could you add information on how tipping works on each cruise line. Eg is it included in the fare, drinks packages etc., if so is it common to tip extra etc
Got off the ship Sunday in LA. My big complaint was we requested anytime dining and learned on board they flipped us to late. It was nearly impossible to get a seated dinner before 830 unless we booked an expensive restaurant meal or the buffet. Otherwise a fine cruise.
❤ best Cruise Line My first cruise ever was on Millennium, later Equinox and Edge. I m German and tried some european cruiselines like AIDA, MSC and Costa and was a little diaappointed at some points. For me, CC fits best
I agree with you, that the MDR, lacks a few taste and quality of food . We have since booked only Aqua Class and find Blue to meet or exceed our likes. Overall, I like Celebrity and plan to sail them again.
I’ve thought about doing Aqua class before, but it usually comes down to knowing I’d only get to Blu once or twice in a sailing (assuming I went to the specialty spots I like) which makes the price difference over normal balconies pretty pricey… perhaps for a transatlantic I’d consider it. Thanks for watching 🩴
An older Celebrity ship is better than a spanking new Royal Caribbean. Take a Costa or carnival cruise first, then they all will seem awesome, no matter what 😂
There are different Celebrity ships. I sailed the line from back in the 1990s and they were different. There were days with zero captain announcements or announcements of any type. The MDR food was fantastic and presentation was stressed. But standards started to drop and food is up and down. The 3 types of ships are the expedition type of ships (not usually associated with Celebrity), the Millennium and Solstice class ships and the latest and most generic Edge type ships. The Millennium and Solstice class have a lot of Celebrity signature spots and the style is retro modern evocative. The Edge ships are following the ship within a ship style and contemporary trendy and really almost prohibit some prime real estate from non-suite passengers. The whole top forward part is the "Retreat" where the suite passengers get their own deck and interior spaces. The result is, areas that all passengers used to enjoy are off limits. And areas like the Sky Lounge and forward deck spaces are gone. The whole style of the ship is different but a lot of the restaurants are the same and some areas are moved to other spots. The magic carpet doesn't move when people are on it. Eden is a multi-tiered performance space with a specialty restaurant. I say the ship is generic because it lacks the style of established Celebrity. It's not just modernized familiar Celebrity, it's just different. You know when you've sailed Celebrity from the Horizon to Century to Millennium to Solstice, they're all evolutions. The Edge class ships aren't really an evolution but more like other ships. That's all I can say about it. It's pretty but not distinctive and characterful IMO. There's also the issue of the lack of real balconies on most of the ship. Only a few of them exist. There's a different CEO and I think more nickel and diming going on. Food is compromised as many have commented on. The line is still good but to get back to its better self the CEO has to go and someone who will bring back Celebrity standards needs to take the helm IMO. They are expanding because the ships are much bigger than they once were hence they're serving more passengers. IMO, Celebrity is trying to expand having passengers pay more money to cruise with the Retreat feature and will try to expand the amount of suites with each coming class. I have no use for "suites," which many are just larger regular rooms, and that aspect of cruising turns me off. Perks should be about loyalty, not about oversized rooms that I don't spend that much time in.
Going to disagree with you (a first) on the quality of the buffet on Celebrity - Lunch is superb, but dinner has noticeably been cut back c.w.. our previous cruises over the last 8-9 years with Celebrity, this based on a cruise earlier this year on the Eclipse from Australia. On this cruise the evening buffet felt it was mainly burgers and hot dogs with some poor quality steak available to be grilled if you wanted it.
I wonder if it has something to do with the itineraries as in the past (more so the further back I think) id say the lunch was better than dinner, but on the specific Euro cruise I was on last year, lunch and dinner were equal.
Large ships are really not my style. I would however make one exception, “Celebrity Edge” not because of the ship, but the Captain, she is seriously gorgeous 😍
I find walking on grass whilst on a cruise rather a negative experience. Never again. You paid to go on a cruise experience not a garden hotel experience.
@@tfft It's like going to a mountain retreat and find that the tennis court is always wet. As for the 25%, a normal person would just avoid the brand rather than risk getting the same disappointment. I did book on their newer Edge ship for 2024. I hope there's no grass.
Yeah- using an incredibly common English phrase five times in 1900 words… SO weird. What’s your limit per video? 3? Any alternatives you know of on offer… oh no. Did it again.
We just completed 10 days cruise from Arub with Celebrity Summit. The Main dining room is total disappointment, and they use low quality ingredients and low-quality foods for their customers. Main dining room is total disappointment, they use powder for their watery soup base, such as for clam chowder, and pasta fagioli, they are unacceptable. They also use baby meatless mussels, baby shrimps and baby scallops, they try save money, or they may need a new chef. Coffee and the powder Creamer, * one star, just lack of taste and lack of aroma, they taste so bad Shrimp scampi dish is a joke, 1 star * they put four baby shrimps on top of the yellow sauce, they all them shrimp scampi, need to learn the real scampi receipt, Prime rib and sirloin steak *** three stars, they just served them as cafeteria style standard Watery Pasta fagioli soup * one star, it tasted is so bad, they should use diced potatoes, not potato starch, need to get to use real potato, need improvement with for the new receipt. Watery green pea soup , taste so bad, they use green pea powder for soup base, need to use real green peas for soup base. Need improvement with for the new receipt. Shrimp cocktail ** two stars, they use Baby shrimp as shrimp cocktail Chicken breast * one star overcooked. Toast chicken * one star overcooked Lemon pepper chicken * one star overcooked Seafood orzo * one start cook with baby mussels with no meat, baby shrimp and scallop, need to be improved. Sautéed salmon, they just grilled the salmon * one star, they just put it on top of pasta, * one star, need to learn sautéed receipt, not just grill the salmon and put it on top of pasta, need to lean understand Sauteed the Salmon, need to be improved. Mushroom tempura, they breaded the mushrooms with sauce. it is not crispy tempura style fry mushrooms. Grill sirloin steak with gravity, need to be improved.
Our first celebrity cruise is next month, can't wait!
Enjoy your trip 🗺️
Just went in celebrity Equinox and it was just fantastic, couldn’t be happier
Can’t wait to try it myself! Thanks for watching 🩴
Happy to hear that… we’re going in April!🎉
Good to hear🤩 I just booked our very first family cruise on Celebrity Equinox 🤩
I went on my first Celebrity cruise in November last year for my 40th birthday, and I can honestly say that it won't be my last one, they were great, I went on Celebrity Eclipse on a 12-night round trip from Sydney to New Zealand
That’s the same boat on the same itinerary in the thumbnail photo! Great cruise, I did the same in 2018 I believe. Thanks for watching 🩴
@@tfft I agree with you about the food, we only went to the main dining room once and mostly ate in Oceanview Cafe the other nights, except on my birthday, when we ate at Tuscan Grille, which I loved, the staff even brought me out a cake for dessert
I did this tour in 2011 on the old Celebrity Century, Food was great, even Sushi was included, but the ship had problems with the rooftop, rain was pouring in and the crew was very busy with cleaning the lounge under the rooftop. But apart from that and the mediocre summer weather in New Zealand the cruise was great, I got a birthday cake 😊
Agree with you 100% Celebrity is the cruise line for me and Aloha from Hawaii
Mahalo 🙏🏻
Excellent overview of my 'go-to' cruise line: Celebrity. I have been on Constellation, Equinox, Solstice, Reflection, and Apex with upcoming cruises booked on Millennium, Silhouette and Beyond.
Your opinion matched mine as I prefer Celebrity's passenger demographic, its modern ships, specialty restaurants (e.g., Murano and Tuscan Grill are wonderful), etc. I recognize that not everyone wants to book a suite on a cruise ship, but I do. The specialty restaurant, Luminae, for suite guests is great and far better than the main dining room, which I agree is average. For the ships that have the 'Retreat' (i.e., private area for suite guests), Celebrity also excels.
Thanks for sharing ✈️
Nailed it. That's why people eventually gravitate to Celebrity. This video will increase the gravitational pull.
It is pretty uncanny how many experienced cruisers end up ‘settling in’ long term with Celebrity. There’s certainly a reason for it. Thanks for watching 🩴
Good video. Think I might enjoy a cruise with that line.
Just camp out in the buffet restaurant. You’ll be a happy camper lol. Thanks for watching 🩴
We are going on our 1st Celebrity cruise in February and we are looking forward to it. This will be our 3rd cruise and my 4th, all on different lines. We have enjoyed being on all of them and the good times they have given us. Thanks for your honest review and this has made me even more looking forward to going on them.
Hope you enjoy your trip!
Tech on Edge Class ships is really over the top! Same with design. Our cabins on Edge and Apex were Sky Suites and they were incredible. Dining in Luminae and Eden were experiences. Beyond just the food. Even though we could dine in Luminae for breakfast, we really enjoyed the buffet. As you stated, so many choices!
Looking forward to my first time on board an Edge Class! Thanks for sharing ✈️
Great information, thanks. I just booked my first Celebrity Cruise the Xcel. 2025 7 nights going from Fort Lauderdale to the Caribbean. Coming over from Melbourne, Australia for it. Also booked the Celebrity Silhouette to Key West and Mexico just before the Xcel cruise. First time Celebrity cruisers, thinking it won't be our last!
I've been on the Silhouette a few times, probably my favorite ship overall. Enjoy your trips 🗺️
I leave on the silhouette tomorrow, thanks for the review!
Enjoy your trip 🗺️
Fantastic Kevin! Only a matter of time until you hit 100k and beyond!
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
We just booked our first cruise ever. We will be on the Celebrity Reflection in September 2024. Can't wait!
Enjoy your trip 🗺️
@@tfft Our first cruise was on the Reflection in 2014. It was special and hooked us. Enjoy!
Never have l ever heard of a "jain vegetarian" that was new to me. But thats not why we are here, loved this new intro format, well done and this made me literally hungry for your review. Impressive 👍
Popular in South Asia. Essentially Vegetarian and also omitting all root veg or anything grown in the ground. And glad you enjoyed it!
only cruised once about 18 years ago. I should try again.
Thanks for watching 🩴
Thank You 🚢
Thanks for watching ⚓️
I wish this video was done with the same level of detail as the Costa video. But it is still very helpful. I don't mean it as negative. I just loved the in depth details of the Costa review, and how you give it to us strait. I would love to see more Mediterranean cruise videos feom you. We've been trying to decide between these two cruiselines and book our first Mediterranean cruise.
This is not the review for Celebrity… search on the channel and you’ll find the full nearly hour long video. For each cruise line (including Costa) I make this 10 minute guide format as well.
Oh! Good to know. I will look again! Thank you. @@tfft
Thank you for this overview! After the Costa review, I was still of the opinion that cruises are not for me….after watching this video, I might actually change my mind…the food on offer 😮😋🥳!!! Now counting down to the Bali content…. 😂
Celebrity crosses a lot of “divided” that tend to attract a loyal crowd that outside of Celebrity aren’t really big on cruises. It’s such an overused word, but there’s a much more “cosmopolitan” feel on board. Thanks for watching 🩴
This is great. Would love if you did more cruise reviews!
There’s plenty more on the way! Thanks for watching 🩴
I am so glad to have landed on your channel. Best airline reviewer was my first thought!
Appreciate that!
keep up the good work mate
Just returned from Alaska cruise on Solstice.. They had the new MDR dinner menus which were very disappointing. No more appetizers, just salad and soup, and you can get the Caesar salad, shrimp cocktail and escargot every night. They did away with the “classics” entrees, which were my “go to” when nothing appealed to me. They also removed the chocolate cake from classic deserts. The entrees are all made with cheap ingredients, like pasta (spaghetti, ravioli, fettuccine), chicken, and trash fish like tilapia. Sides are mostly potatoes, cauliflower and squash. The buffet for dinner was one third of what it used to be on our previous cruise on Equinox in May. I have a TA on Silhouette from Southampton to Florida next month, but will not book another Celebrity cruise after that one if the food is as disappointing as it was on Solstice. Planning cruise to Japan in 2024, but after more than 30 cruises on Celebrity, I am looking at Oceania and Viking Ocean. The costs are comparable and the food has to be better than school cafeteria grade.
That's disappointing. Over the years my experiences with food on Celebrity (except for MDR) has generally gotten better and better, but perhaps I was just on a lucky streak lol. Thanks for watching 🩴
Great review. Interesting how tastes varies. I honestly liked the design of the Costa ship much since this one looked quite tacky and outdated to me in comparison. Also could you add information on how tipping works on each cruise line. Eg is it included in the fare, drinks packages etc., if so is it common to tip extra etc
To each their own!
Thanks
Celebrity has a sale on the Vacations to go with $200 pp balcony. I never sailed with them before. Thanks for the video
That’s incredibly cheap!
1. Can you bring drinks into the ship?
2. Does WiFi come for free without any packages? Just needing messaging purposes
1. Depends on what kind of drinks you're talking about- you'd need to ask Celebrity. 2. To my knowledge, no.
Got off the ship Sunday in LA. My big complaint was we requested anytime dining and learned on board they flipped us to late. It was nearly impossible to get a seated dinner before 830 unless we booked an expensive restaurant meal or the buffet. Otherwise a fine cruise.
That’s really odd. I have always booked select dining and never had an issue with it. Thanks for watching 🩴
I am going on beyond in August I've been cruising for 44 years with My husband our first cruise was for our honeymoon
Enjoy your trip 🗺️
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My first cruise ever was on Millennium, later Equinox and Edge. I m German and tried some european cruiselines like AIDA, MSC and Costa and was a little diaappointed at some points. For me, CC fits best
Millennium was also my first back in 2001! Thanks for watching 🩴
I agree with you, that the MDR, lacks a few taste and quality of food . We have since booked only Aqua Class and find Blue to meet or exceed our likes. Overall, I like Celebrity and plan to sail them again.
I’ve thought about doing Aqua class before, but it usually comes down to knowing I’d only get to Blu once or twice in a sailing (assuming I went to the specialty spots I like) which makes the price difference over normal balconies pretty pricey… perhaps for a transatlantic I’d consider it. Thanks for watching 🩴
An older Celebrity ship is better than a spanking new Royal Caribbean.
Take a Costa or carnival cruise first, then they all will seem awesome, no matter what 😂
Agree generally about Celeb vs. RCCL, but I do have a new found respect for Costa.
Looks Nice 😊 but I’m still not convinced that cruises are right for me, but I’ll live vicariously through your videos.
That works for me! I’m on a cruise now so I’ll have a drink for you tonight haha
@@tfft Enjoy 😊!!!
What cruise lines offer adult cruises only? Which one would be worth trying?
That's an easy one, Virgin!
There are different Celebrity ships. I sailed the line from back in the 1990s and they were different. There were days with zero captain announcements or announcements of any type. The MDR food was fantastic and presentation was stressed. But standards started to drop and food is up and down.
The 3 types of ships are the expedition type of ships (not usually associated with Celebrity), the Millennium and Solstice class ships and the latest and most generic Edge type ships. The Millennium and Solstice class have a lot of Celebrity signature spots and the style is retro modern evocative. The Edge ships are following the ship within a ship style and contemporary trendy and really almost prohibit some prime real estate from non-suite passengers. The whole top forward part is the "Retreat" where the suite passengers get their own deck and interior spaces. The result is, areas that all passengers used to enjoy are off limits. And areas like the Sky Lounge and forward deck spaces are gone. The whole style of the ship is different but a lot of the restaurants are the same and some areas are moved to other spots. The magic carpet doesn't move when people are on it. Eden is a multi-tiered performance space with a specialty restaurant. I say the ship is generic because it lacks the style of established Celebrity. It's not just modernized familiar Celebrity, it's just different. You know when you've sailed Celebrity from the Horizon to Century to Millennium to Solstice, they're all evolutions. The Edge class ships aren't really an evolution but more like other ships. That's all I can say about it. It's pretty but not distinctive and characterful IMO. There's also the issue of the lack of real balconies on most of the ship. Only a few of them exist.
There's a different CEO and I think more nickel and diming going on. Food is compromised as many have commented on. The line is still good but to get back to its better self the CEO has to go and someone who will bring back Celebrity standards needs to take the helm IMO. They are expanding because the ships are much bigger than they once were hence they're serving more passengers. IMO, Celebrity is trying to expand having passengers pay more money to cruise with the Retreat feature and will try to expand the amount of suites with each coming class. I have no use for "suites," which many are just larger regular rooms, and that aspect of cruising turns me off. Perks should be about loyalty, not about oversized rooms that I don't spend that much time in.
Thanks for sharing ✈️
I'm 5'11" with big feet, and the rounded edge beds suit me just fine. Maybe that extra inch makes all the difference? 🤔
I’m not a back sleeper which likely makes it worse for me. Thanks for watching 🩴
@@tfft Most ship cabin beds have rounded edges.
I cruise only with MSC, can I ask to someone that make cruises with Celebrity and MSC which is better and what are the differences? Thank you!
Surely the video gave you bit of that insight lol. Thanks for watching 🩴
Going to disagree with you (a first) on the quality of the buffet on Celebrity - Lunch is superb, but dinner has noticeably been cut back c.w.. our previous cruises over the last 8-9 years with Celebrity, this based on a cruise earlier this year on the Eclipse from Australia. On this cruise the evening buffet felt it was mainly burgers and hot dogs with some poor quality steak available to be grilled if you wanted it.
I wonder if it has something to do with the itineraries as in the past (more so the further back I think) id say the lunch was better than dinner, but on the specific Euro cruise I was on last year, lunch and dinner were equal.
We love Celebrity, but with all the changes so quickly, I'd hold my nose and wait till the next shoe falls.
Changes related to the All-in fares? I didn't notice anything of significance in the announcement.
Large ships are really not my style. I would however make one exception, “Celebrity Edge” not because of the ship, but the Captain, she is seriously gorgeous 😍
As long as you compare it to the latest of Royal Caribbeans ships… then all Celebrity ships are small lol.
I find walking on grass whilst on a cruise rather a negative experience. Never again. You paid to go on a cruise experience not a garden hotel experience.
Avoiding a cruise line becuase 25% of their ships have 2% of their deck space covered in grass...? hmmm...
@@tfft It's like going to a mountain retreat and find that the tennis court is always wet. As for the 25%, a normal person would just avoid the brand rather than risk getting the same disappointment. I did book on their newer Edge ship for 2024. I hope there's no grass.
Please stop saying "On offer" so much. It's kinda weird.
Yeah- using an incredibly common English phrase five times in 1900 words… SO weird.
What’s your limit per video? 3? Any alternatives you know of on offer… oh no. Did it again.
Seemed artificial and not like a real person who had really sailed on the ships.
As does your comment...
We just completed 10 days cruise from Arub with Celebrity Summit. The Main dining room is total disappointment, and they use low quality ingredients and low-quality foods for their customers.
Main dining room is total disappointment, they use powder for their watery soup base, such as for clam chowder, and pasta fagioli, they are unacceptable. They also use baby meatless mussels, baby shrimps and baby scallops, they try save money, or they may need a new chef.
Coffee and the powder Creamer, * one star, just lack of taste and lack of aroma, they taste so bad
Shrimp scampi dish is a joke, 1 star * they put four baby shrimps on top of the yellow sauce, they all them shrimp scampi, need to learn the real scampi receipt,
Prime rib and sirloin steak *** three stars, they just served them as cafeteria style standard
Watery Pasta fagioli soup * one star, it tasted is so bad, they should use diced potatoes, not potato starch, need to get to use real potato, need improvement with for the new receipt.
Watery green pea soup , taste so bad, they use green pea powder for soup base, need to use real green peas for soup base. Need improvement with for the new receipt.
Shrimp cocktail ** two stars, they use Baby shrimp as shrimp cocktail
Chicken breast * one star overcooked. Toast chicken * one star overcooked Lemon pepper chicken * one star overcooked
Seafood orzo * one start cook with baby mussels with no meat, baby shrimp and scallop, need to be improved.
Sautéed salmon, they just grilled the salmon * one star, they just put it on top of pasta, * one star, need to learn sautéed receipt, not just grill the salmon and put it on top of pasta, need to lean understand Sauteed the Salmon, need to be improved.
Mushroom tempura, they breaded the mushrooms with sauce. it is not crispy tempura style fry mushrooms.
Grill sirloin steak with gravity, need to be improved.
That's quite the run down! Thanks for sharing 🌟