Embarked at Fremantle, and found ship to be in good order and well maintained.
The shore excursions were chaotic and badly organised, staff wanting to cut short our time ashore on over-priced excursions.
Bad weather affected a couple of the tendering ports, and we queued in corridors for over an hour, not having information on disembarkation.
Entertainment the worst on any ...
Sorry to say but we booked a 17 night cruise around the the top end of Australia, and Indonesia but after 8 nights couldn't take any more of the retirement village. When we arrived in Darwin we jumped ship and booked our flights back to Perth, this cruise was full of sick people with a terrible flu which we caught after a few days on board. The cabin was kept clean but many times we were just ...
So, we spent 34 nights on board the Celebrity Solstice enjoying this cruise as part of the most amazing vacation. B2B from Auckland to Perth to Sydney.
Still can’t believe we have just circumnavigated Australia!!
We traveled from Spain to UK (overnight) to Hong Kong (2 nights) then on to Auckland where we spent 3 really nice days exploring this very friendly city in New Zealand before ...
The pre-cruise hotel needs to be looked at. We arrived in Auckland late, the reservation the hotel had was for two nights (we only had it for one) and luckily, we had the paperwork to prove it. I asked at the desk where the Celebrity Representative desk would be in the morning because we had a transfer to the ship. All I got was a blank stare and was told to ask the Concierge in the morning. I ...
We are a couple in our sixties and cruise a lot. The last years we tried several cruise companies just to compare them. We just got off a cruise on the Solstice and this was the worst value for money cruise we have ever taken.
Embarkation in Auckland was a mess and lasted a few hours.
The cabin and cabin stewards were fine.
The food was not very good. Just average with very few choices in the ...
Having been on 10 cruises previously to different parts of the world with other cruise lines we were really looking forward to our trip to Australia which we booked about 2 years ago with the "5 star Celebrity Solstice".....what a disappointment to say the least. Unless you want to upgrade to the speciality restaruants or Aqua Class give it a miss. One of the chefs did a demonstration in the ...
I’ve been on numerous cruises and have never written a review before. Since it seems that people are more eager to share negative thoughts than positive, I thought it was about time I posted a review.
This was our eighth Celebrity cruise and our second on the Solstice. All others were on M-class ships or the Xpedition (fabulous by the way). We did a 17-nt. New Zealand/Australia departing Feb. 8 ...
We have just returned from our Australia Top End cruise feeling very disappointed by the experience because of the reasons listed:
Dining Room: Almost every meal served was not hot, only warm, the meat being very tough and the fish very dry. On several occasions we returned our meals but in the end just gave up. We were served far better meals in pubs ashore and my wife even preferred a salmon ...
I was excited about travelling Solstice. The advertising and brochures highlighted a better quality experience.
I must state that prior to this cruise in March 2015 I had sailed Diamond Princess ex Sydney in December 2014 and and Crown Princess ex Los Angeles in February 2015..All cruises I have paid for.
The embarkation in Sydney was chaotic. WE waited 30 minutes to check in even though we were ...
A lot of reviews become TLDR (too long, didn't read), so I will try to keep this review as useful as possible and eliminate babble by categorizing my review.
*About me*
- 36
- female
- married
- no kids
- loves: quiet, good food, good booze, minimalist luxury, doing excursions on my/our own
^ this should set the tone as to why I liked/disliked certain aspects of the ...