Each experience is a very personal thing. We have been on other Celebrity
cruises and liked them including some of their ships. We were surprised to find this cruise so poor and chalked it up to the cruise lines going for deep cost cuts which may have also impacted the staff/officers. It was different to see the constant touting of the speciality restuarants. Even as you entered the buffet in the Oceanview Cafe they were pushing you to sign up for the $80 speciality diners. There no longer was the music and dancing in the Centrum which was always enjoyable. Yes, we sat in
the Oceanview Cafe and noted the used dishes stayed on the tables, Officers walked by and did not even raise the question to the servers. The type/quality of the food remained pretty much the same day to day and
the meat tough and breakfast meat cold.
I would stress we are not new to cruising and are Diamond and Elite on some lines and have made a number of Transatlantic crossings. This was the poorest we sailed on and almost cured me of wanting to cruise again if all are cutting so deep into costs.
