10 Nights Greek Isles & Turkey Cruise

Try to limit the sea days to two or less.

Beautiful ship. Very elegant. Not much to do on sea days. Food was not that special nor were the cabins. Very old crowd and not many kids. Overall I enjoyed but its better when you have more port days. Loved having drinks on the lawn. The Lepite chef was very entertaining but the food was just ok. It was a seven day cruise with three port days. Key West was great. Coco cay was also great. The Bahamas however has a new cruise port. Its massive and is like Disney world. The bad part is that 6 ships were there and it was super crowded. No-one leaves the cruise port and the real town is now deserted and kind of seedy. 15 years ago it had vibrant shopping and bars on Bay street but now its only decent directly across from the cruise terminal. Other than that I would rather have 4 ports on a seven day cruise. We still had a great time and do enjoy Celebrity.

Celebrity Equinox, Nice.

This was our second cruise on Celebrity's Equinox and the first on Celebrity out of Port Canaveral. The entire experience, from embarkation to dining and enjoying the ship to disembarkation was excellent. The ship was in excellent shape, although an older ship, it looked pretty new. Embarkation: Port Canaveral is easy to access for cruise ship boarding. Terminal one, designed for larger ships, is easy to enter and board from. My wife uses an electric scooter. The terminal entry and ramps were routine for the scooter. Embarkation took only a few minutes with minimal waiting Celebrity does allow access to cabins upon boarding to drop carry-ons and to get room keys. An A+ feature. Immediately after boarding we signed on to Wi-Fi (excellent quality) and stopped by our designated location for safety drill check-in. No waiting for either. Suggestion: Research the processes and locations for the safety drills, Wi-Fi signup and lunch options for boarding day. Life will be a breeze and the cruise will be off to a good start. The ship: The Equinox has been well maintained. It is hard to find anything that shows its age. We do know, and have witnessed Celebrity's quality inspection and the results are obvious. Dining: We had a Celebrity suite so we ate many of our meals in the Luminae dining room. Reservations are not taken and not needed. We do dine early but never had to wait. The dining room staff from the receptionist to all the waiters are experienced professionals. Entrees included Lobster roll, filet mignon, ribeye, salmon, cod, lobster, branzino, and tuna. We like to try seafood on the cruises because the chef's seem to be expert in the preparation. Beef, chicken and pasta are also available. Desserts! Baked Alaska and cherries jubilee were my favorites. We also had breakfast and most lunches in the Luminae. We do like the Sushi on Five Asian restaurant and had lunch there on a port day. The buffett is also very nice and a great choice for port days.' Entertainment: Live entertainment is available and quite good. We enjoy the music from the atrium the can be seen and heard in the open area. We played in the casino which is filled with modern slot machines. The only downer: Smoking is allowed in the casino. Cabin: We had a Celebrity suite. Nice. Staff: Very good. Butler Kenneth, Luminae receptionist Vida, Luminae waiter Yuda, and all wait staff were in the excellent category Environment: Luxurious, safe, modern and well maintained. Disembarkation: Smooth and fast. Suggestion: Just plan ahead and follow directions. Summary: Excellent ship from an excellent port and an enjoyable experience. We plan to go on the Celebrity Apex out of Port Canaveral later in the year

Beware of Excursion booked on ship!

We were cruising with our family of 12 to include a six-year-old all the way up to my 94-year-old dad. I was very specific in my excursions to make sure that they were 94-year-old friendly. One in particular we booked with the Cable car tour which clearly had a picture of a cable car on the front of it. It was very misleading as the cable car has been broken for two years Per the locals. When we went to the excursion desk, they apologize for the misrepresentation, but offered no type of compensation for this at all. They only said they were going to fix this internally with the company that does the pictures. In other words, they knew that the cable car was not working! Also, the tour itself was just terrible. Hands-down, the worst excursion I’ve ever taken on any ship. And we’ve cruised a good bit. The ship itself was lovely, and the rooms are very accommodating. Staff on board was great Best of all, we loved the blown glass demonstration and activity. Truly enjoyed the grassy and a movie. Great onboard activities. There was plenty of room on the pool deck and we never had issues finding a chair. The food was very good. The animation dinner was outstanding. Overall, our family had a good time. We just would not recommend booking excursions through the ship. The excursions that I booked off ship were amazing! The excursion desk should have been more transparent and honest about this excursion.