Your FAVORITE Celebrity Cruise Ever? - Cruise Line Fans: Cruise Forum, Reviews and Chat From Real Cruisers

LuLu · 05-25-2009, 10:09 PM

Which was your absolute favorite Celebrity Cruise?

Please, if you wish, tell us why you enjoyed it so much!

wolfshadow · 05-26-2009, 01:37 AM

Well, I for one really hopes that I haven't experienced my best one yet! The two I've taken have both been excellent though!

gkm · 05-27-2009, 12:06 PM

Lulu, I think I would have to go with a cruise we did to Northern Europe on the Constellation in 2003. We had stops Cork and Dublin, Ireland, Greenock, Scotland and 4 stops in Norway. The scenery was breathtaking and we met some great cruisers, some that we still sail with now. We had wanted to do this cruise again this summer, but the cruise is way overpriced!

Second on my list would be the round trip we did from San Francisco to Hawaii on the Summit in 2006. I loved the 4 days sailing to and the 4 days sailing from Hawaii. Again, we met and sailed with great people who have become lifelong friends.

We really haven't had a bad cruise on Celebrity. Our cruise and land tour to Alaska was also very special.

Garry

LuLu · 05-27-2009, 03:23 PM

Have to agree with Garry! We never had a Celebrity cruise we didn't like.

We've been on four Celebrity cruises but only on two ship -- Galaxy (2) and Zenith (2).

Extra special was our last Zenith cruise out of Jacksonville! In 40+ (some were b2b so I lose count) cruises it is in our Top 5 of All-Time Best Cruises...and my absolute favorite Celebrity curise.

Yes, the old Zenith had seen better days. Our fellow passengers and the fantastic crew in all areas more than made up for this! It still makes me happy remembering the FUN we had on that cruise!

reggierail · 06-13-2009, 06:41 PM

It would have to be my 14 night SF to Vancouver on Mercury last year. It was my longest Celebrity cruise and I had some wonderful shipmates.

jemingway · 06-13-2009, 10:40 PM

I was on the Meridian in the old days and have been on the Century 3 times. A 5-day on the Century in 2007 would be my vote. The Gators won their second straight basketball championship while we watched on board, which led to possibly the worst hangover of my life...awww, the good times.

nealberk · 06-14-2009, 01:07 AM

Hard pressed to decide but I would have to say the 07 TA on the Connie. There were some rough spots (we ran out of cheddar cheese for omelets and did not have pineapple three days) but overall the cruise was amazing. All of the ports had fantastic weather and the people were all very friendly both on ship and on shore. The ship entertainment was top notch in all the lounges and on the main stage.

Just a great cruise.

usnretdocb · 06-18-2009, 08:22 PM

Our upcoming Transatlantic will be our 9th on Celebrity and I think it may end up being our favorite. But I believe the question means "have already sailed on".

It would be our first on the Zenith in '93. This is where we lost our cruise virginity. And, that may well be the reason for it being our favorite. Having no expectations (other than knowing it did not have CCLs party reputation) we were overwhelmed with the service, the cuisine and just the experience itself. We have never, ever experienced a "bad" cruise, but somehow, none has ever measured up to that first one. We even went back on the Zenith two years later and it just was not quite the same.

I also favor this size cruise ship over the behemoths that traverse the seas today. We were on Solstice this past March and I believe she is too big for us. Unfortunately, this is the future of cruising, IMO.

excitedofharpenden · 06-19-2009, 04:31 AM

Neal, I think it was me that ate all the cheese.

I love cheese

Phil

excitedofharpenden · 06-19-2009, 04:42 AM

I think my favourite cruise was my first ever and on Mercury. We had such great dinner tablemates and I thought the ship was beautiful having been used to travelling across the English Channel on a P & O ferry. Why I thought it would be so similar I don't know

I think the first one if you enjoy it always has a special place. Favourite itinerary has to be Transatlantic. I love getting on the ship in Europe, having 25 hour days and arriving where the cars a much bigger

Seems like a real "journey".

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Originally Posted by usnretdocb

I also favor this size cruise ship over the behemoths that traverse the seas today. We were on Solstice this past March and I believe she is too big for us. Unfortunately, this is the future of cruising, IMO.

John, that is my main concern about Equinox and I'll be interested to see what I feel. Funny how we change along with the "progress". I used to think of Zenith, Horizon, Mercury et al as the smaller ones and Constellation as one of their big ships and now it too is small in comparison to others. I remember her sitting next to QM2 in Fort Lauderdale and she was dwarfed

Phil