Celebrity Cruises
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Good but very bad.
We booked our first ever cruise on Celebrity and we traveled on the Solstice from Singapore to Hong Kong. Pluses:- good embarkation process, a well presented older ship, the food was excellent and the staff were brilliant. No faults at all on that score. The bad:- Ports of call are mainly industrial ports and one port of call, Laem Chabang is a very busy port. On the date of call the port was jammed up with Lorrie’s that jeopardised guests excursion plans. Guest were forced to walk out to meet taxis through dangerous conditions. This could have been avoided by not using an industrial port. Passenger safety on shore is disregarded. No transport at some ports of call to the port entrance. Because they use these ports it costs guests more in taxis to nearby towns as the ports are miles away from anywhere decent. The quality of the drinks package is poor. Drinks outside of your package are very poor quality. Don’t ask for a Porn Star Martini as what they give you is nothing like a Porn Star Martini and it cost $18US for the privilege of throwing it away! The shows are mediocre. We had two decent shows. The rest were bordering on amateur. Everything is an upsell opportunity for Celebrity. From the minute you board to when you disembark it’s sell sell sell. We hadn’t been on ten minutes before it was pushing the speciality restaurants and then towards the end it was pushing the overpriced airport and hotel transfer service stating the lie about a shortage of taxis in Hong Kong. We would probably cruise again but because of the use of industrial ports and the inability of the bars unable to make a decent drink at huge cost, it’s unlikely to be with Celebrity.