Celebrity cruises

This was our second cruise on the Eclipse this year, taken to celebrate our granddaughter's 13th birthday. We now regard the Eclipse as our favorite ship, and is truly 5 star in all respects. The service, cabin accommodation, cleanliness, staff attitude,food quality and choice, on ship facilities and entertainment are faultless. The attention to detail and genuine crew friendliness is outstanding. Amazing how the staff remembered us from the previous cruise and all our personal requirements. The care taken to organise our granddaughter's special dietary needs was again outstanding, agreeing the menus for the following day with her during dinner. The birthday cake they presented was magnificant with it's 13 candles and baked for her diet. Her birthday highlight was the special tea they organised in the Tuscan restaurant at the rear of the ship with it's fabulous view, as we departed Lisbon. With having our daughter along this trip, who had lived in Italy, we were able to organise our own shore excursions to Pisa, Rome and Sardinia. Very easy and cheap with the train and local buses. Rome was a breeze, getting off the train at the Vatican before the crowds and to the other main sites with the right bus, enabled a very full itinerary during the 12hr stop. The girls certainly enjoyed the participation with the dance and musical lessons/events, especially performing before a packed audience in the main theatre. Only complaints this trip was the main pool tended to be dominated by teenage boys, but in the peak of school holidays is only to be expected. The theatre entertainment lacked some of the sparkle of the last cruise, with a couple of the solo acts very poor. The drinks are still too expensive compared to other lines but overall still the best cruise at this standard for the price we have experienced. Our only disappointment with Celebrity is their somewhat restricted dates and venues from Southampton, not wanting to ever fly cruise again after been stranded in Italy with the volcanic ash fiasco last year. Our first cruise organised by Iglu, hopefully the first of many.

We had the first cruise with Celebrity Cruise line in Infinity which gave us wonderful treatment and services. The tours were very well organised. The embarkation and disembarkation processes were both smooth and painless. The entertainment on board was good too. The food was excellent and we really love their food very much. Our dinner companions in the dining room had become our friends by the end of our cruise. The space of our balcony room was more than enough for the belongings of two people. The bed as well as the room were also very comfortable. We highly recommend cruising with Celebrity Infinity.