Celebrity Equinox Reviews

Summary:  I have just returned from an outstanding cruise holiday on Celebrity Equinox. Thank you Iglu, I could not fault a single thing. Anyone looking for a Caribbean Cruise could not choose better than Celebrity Equinox! Service, dining, crew, everything was above and beyond our expectations. We sailed in Aquaclass for the first time and are now spoiled forever! Blu restaurant was simply superb. Breakfast had a huge array of dishes on the menu from fresh smoothies to freshly cooked Eggs Benedict. The choice was amazing! Dinner in Blu was also fabulous. Great menus, incredible service, nothing was too much trouble, even offering to cook dishes off menu for my sister-in-law! The sommelier remembered which wines we all liked too. The ship was spotless and very well looked after. She is stunning. Our favourite spot was the Sunset Bar at the Lawn Club. So much fun. You have to try the Silent Disco too! We also went to Specialty restaurants as they are so affordable. Tuscan Grille was amazing, but so much food! Every crew member was smiling, happy and nothing was too much trouble. As I said at the start, if you want a great Caribbean Cruise, choose Celebrity! Simply Outstanding!

Summary:  We cruised on the Celebrity Equinox on the 25th Aug 2016 from Athens. The ship was a beautiful oasis of chic and interesting features that was a pleasure to be sailing with, on our first Celebrity cruise. We enjoyed the spacious cabin and bathroom and balcony, although a little TLC and a screwdriver would have been useful to adjust a few hinges. The buffet in the Ocean View café was varied and of a high quality both for breakfast and lunch, although it was irritating to have the continuous sales pitch every time you entered or left the café for the speciality restaurants. This also applied to sales pitches for drinks packages before we had even boarded the ship and for the first few days on the cruise. The main dining room menu was a little limited although the food and service were of a high standard. The classic drinks package was acceptable, but could not understand a $6 limit on beers yet a $9 allowance on wines. Also anything consumed from the mini bar was charged and not included in the drinks package, even when it was an identical drink to the one available in the drinks package. Dress Code seemed a complete mess with regards to Evening Chic, anything seemed to go. Having sailed on many cruise lines, I rang Celebrity to verify what Evening Chic meant and would I need my tuxedo, the reply being that some people still liked to dress formally but it was not a requirement. Confused, I was? Staff throughout the ship were always helpful and cheerful especially our cabin stewards. This cruise included a 2 night stay in Athens prior to the cruise and all transfers, which was well organised through Iglu.

Summary:  Was on the cruise 16th July from Athens (originally Istanbul) to Rome. Because of the attempted coup in Istanbul our flights from Istanbul to Athens (which had to be made because of Celebrity's decision to change the itinerary) caused about 400 passengers to miss the first 36 hours (approximately) of the cruise. Celebrity did absolutely nothing to help reimburse or even to acknowledge this problem or to help alleviate trauma or stress due to getting caught up in the coup as well as having missed some of the cruise. Communication to passengers was extremely limited and celebrity cruise staff at Istanbul airport were the most unhelpful possible. Once on the cruise the staff (except for a very officious girl at guest relations) were great, though still no acknowledgement or any recompense for our problems. The organisation needs to develop the kind of customer service that it expects from its staff on the ship. Had a lovely reading time on the cruise.

Summary:  I was on the cruise from 9th to 16th of july 2016 it was an enjoiable and lovely trip. The crew were very cooperative and friendly. We enjoied every minute of the cruise, with lot of activitie, restaurants on the 3rd deck and 14th. Sea views were fantastic

Summary:  The food and staff were superb but the noise level throughout the ship was quite excessive. There is no longer a quiet bar where you can have a conversation in the evening as there are live bands and a DJ nearly every night in every venue. If the smokers can have somewhere quiet in the Sunset Bar why can't the rest of us enjoy talking to some of the great people we met without having to shout at each other?

Summary:  Just returned from a 7 day Med cruise on Celebrity Equinox. This was our first cruise with Celebrity. We were booked in an Aqua Class stateroom on deck 11. The stateroom was relatively spacious with ample if not excessive storage space, kept very clean and well serviced. The bed was very comfortable, which was just as well as my wife had to take to it for a couple of days with a tummy bug. (more on this later) The check-in was quite disorganised as there had been a long delay in starting due to a power failure on the quayside, instead of an ordered check in, all passengers were done at once and all done by hand as no computers were working, however we eventually got on board. First impressions of the Equinox were very favourable, everything on board ran very efficiently and we ended up in our stateroom quickly. The size of the ship is awesome and it is really bright and airy in all areas ( I expected it to be more neon and garish) Everywhere is kept very clean. We were told that the voyage was fully booked with more than 3400 guests but it never felt overcrowded anywhere on board. The entertainment we saw in the theatre was of a reasonable standard and quite enjoyable. Other organised entertainment seemed to be attended by very few people. The ship band, duos and jazz group gave good casual performances in various places throughout the day and evening which were more background than mainstream, but never the less very welcome. Aqua class passengers dine in the Blu restaurant, but we only visited this twice. The food was well presented but honestly not that great. The second time we visited was on the first formal night. I wore my Tux and nearly expired from the heat in the room, my wife was very warm also with a lightweight evening dress. It should probably be noted that, with the American origins of this vessel, evening dress for men is more likely to be a lightweight lounge suit than a Tux. Even then, dress code is not very strenuously enforced. We took three shore excursions,, (Pisa, Monaco and Palma) which were quite good value for money but due to the above mentioned tummy bug were unable to get ashore on any other days. Tummy bugs unfortunately are common on cruises, although it was never published, I suspect this was more than "one or two people" as announced. I have to say however I was impressed by the actions taken very quickly by the crew. There was an obvious "deep clean" put in progress, all handleable items such as table menus in public places disappeared and cabin literature (bibles company magazines etc) disappeared from cabins, handrails everywhere glistened with disinfectant. Self service in the non formal eateries became a "served to your plate" service, by staff with no handling of serving utensils by guests allowed. Also it became impossible to make more than a few strides on the public decks before being requested to "washy washy" with the hand cleansers being dispensed by almost every member of staff. I at least found this all reassuring. If all the above seems like a long gripe, well it wasn't intended as such as, apart from the obvious, we really did enjoy our trip. All the staff on board were completely attentive and very happy to help. Most of the things were not directly the fault of Celebrity. Will we cruise with Celebrity cruises again? almost 100% we will.

Summary:  Our third cruise, and definitely the best, the cruise ship itself was marvellous, beautiful, clean, comfortable both ship and cabin, terrific restaurant, great food, huge mixture of fellow travellers from all over the world. And the crew were absolutely wonderful in all departments.the only fault was airport transfers from Rome to Civittavechia, 4 hours total, an hour standing in the airport and three quarters of an hour sitting on a pretty old coach with the air conditioning turned off. Fine cruise nonetheless

Summary:  Just back from 12 night Mediterranean cruise on Equinox. Hard to imagine a more perfect experience. Beautiful ship with excellent crew. Food was better than on previous cruises. Guest artists were very entertaining!

Summary:  The best ship we have ever been on. Spotlessly clean ( take note Princess) they would put you to shame. All staff were excellent and are a credit to Celebrity . Food first class cabins spotless and comfortable. Entertainment was awesome best yet.

Summary:  Just returned from our lovely cruise to the eastern med. Flights, transfers all went to plan (booked by Iglu ). Can't really find fault at all, all in all very well planned and will definitely have no hesitation in booking with Iglu again. Overall, good value.