For background: We are Elite Plus on Celebrity. Our last cruise with them was on the Edge, and we disembarked into COVID (2/20). We decided to give Celebrity another try and just disembarked from Silhouette. Disappointed hardly covers what I am feeling. It is laughable that they use the word "luxury" in their marketing. I suspect that it is those of us who remember how special Celebrity used to be who are the ones (literally) jumping ship. Breakfast was the most solid meal of the day. The MDR has devolved into generally mediocre quality food (inexpensive meats, small portions, overcooked) with poor sides. Over nine days, I had one delicious starter and one entree that was very good. Do not even start me on the premium drink package wine offerings. The ship felt very crowded, especially in the Oceanview Cafe.
The positives: Our cabin was comfortable (veranda), if you sat at the bars, you could have a good cocktail, especially in the World Class Bar and there was decent evening entertainment.
Our best advice: Keep track of what you have spent after being nickel and dimed on Celebrity and look for good deals on other cruise lines. For example, we took a 7N Crystal Caribbean cruise in early December for $1895 PP (Oceanview) that was an absolute delight...all inclusive, amazing service, two nights in included specialty restaurants and delicious meals in the MDR, a very solid list of included wines, comfortable cabin, plenty of loungers at the pool...I could go on and on.
I never say never, but am finding it difficult to imagine doing another Celebrity cruise, especially since the people we talked to in the Retreat had little better to say about their experience there or in the specialty restaurants.