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How recent was your visit to Sorobon? That's great news if it has been cleaned up and no new reports of problems. We'll be sure to ask when we rent our golf cart

Check Cosol tours. There's 30 or so from our Roll call going in April

Thanks for the heads up on the current seaweed issue. Experienced similar problem in Mexico a few years back. That smell and mess was a constant problem for the shop owners. Heading here in a few weeks and renting a golf cart so will likely re plan our day due to your input

We're using El Tigre in Barbados (Calabaza booked up) Mi Dushi in Aruba and Woodwind in Bonaire in April

Thanks for the review. I've got them booked in April and looking forward to it. We were able to book direct at a lower price as Celebrity didn't list it on our shore ex

Yes, I found this a few days back as well. Seems like a good deal to me

Open at 6:30 am

Last month on the Reflection was told Celebrity is going back to Steiner. We also had some issues with the spa staff in regards to use of Persian Gardens, very rude for customer service standards

We took the See Antiqua by Sea excursion last month for $109 p/p and definitely didn't have 150 people on our tour. We really enjoyed our day and would consider going again next time. No. the snorkeling wasn't the highlight of our day but we enjoyed the scenery and the catamaran itself was very nice. Google Excellence to see what cat they use. I'd book it at that discounted rate without hesitation.

Just to be clear I'm not the one complaining nor sick. Our cruise has been fun, not great. Yes, the crew are friendly just lots of them appear sick. Also, no there isn't usually a fee to see the doctor if it relates to noro. Not exactly sure what the pax mentioning doctor fees had been seen for as isn't any of my concern. We too have been to specialty restaurants most nights this cruise. Plenty of different wait staff at all of them. Guess it's just the luck of the draw as to who waits on you each night as to whether or not someone is sick. Enjoy your cruise we usually do. Some just end of being better than others. We enjoyed all our ports just thought others might find it interesting to be forewarned about St Lucia dock being in repair. Off to enjoy my last night of this sailing!

Wanted to mention the Connections party Celebrity hosted for the 65 or so of us. This has now been only the 4th one I've attended with Celebrity and I wonder why they don't do a little more for us. They introduce a few of the staff and then just disappear to leave us to meet but they just don't seem to do anything else. Other cruise lines try to impress us with great snacks, treats sent to our cabin later, raffles, etc. Why don't they use this opportunity more? Am I the only one who feels they're missing the boat on this one?

Yes, it must be bad. We're also on ship and have been told by fellow pax that the ship is up to as much as 50% sick with noro. Their daughter had signs 5 days back and I personally have witnessed two other areas where people had gotten sick ( one another young girl ) that the crew was in the process of cleaning. Have also overheard people talking about the doctor $$ visit. This morning was the first sign of any additional cleaning going on in buffet, all windows, phones, etc. Up until now everything has been self serve as usual in buffets but LOTS of staff appear to be coughing and not feeling well. They look to be run down and not up to par. Have had servers in Murano and MDR as well as Elite Tuscan morning coffee break coughing while taking food orders and our cabin steward doesn't appear to be feeling well today also. Days ago while in spa relaxation room I also heard numerous spa girls coughing and sneezing even though they didn't stop giving treatments. So come prepared if you're boarding soon. I'm glad to be leaving. I always wash my hands prior to eating and only use fork and knife no hands. But it seems to me the staff pass things around and they touch everyones key cards and drink glasses, etc. Wish they would have been more proactive.

We also had a small boat that was sinking off starboard side this morning. The Capt left his Navigation talk to head up to the bridge to oversee. They put out the small lifeboat with 6 crew on board to check it out, No one was found and they marked the boat and called in to Coast guard to report location, etc. before we continued on.

One surprise we had was tendering in St Lucia as they are repairing the usual dock which only left space for one ship, Adventure OTS. It took forever to go a very short distance to shore. Lots of waiting and caused us to miss our pre arranged tour with Cosol. Even with Elite plus status we couldn't take tender till 9:30 while we arrived at 7:00 and tour was to start at 8:30. No advance notice until we noticed it in the daily. We were supposed to dock at all ports according to Celebrity and our posted schedule.

Cruise has been okay not great

Yum! Food Republic, my favorite thing about the Escape. Have a great Halloween cruise

Please say hi to Rory and the gang in the Martini bar from Richard and Patricia. Ask them how the chihuahua Johnny is doing and if he's still around. The one we got them was last up in the booze case and came from Bonaire

Do you recall what they were charging for this Island tour? Did you take the ferry to Nevis on your own? Thanks

Also on this sailing and just happy to have been able to drive thru the state from Tampa area to Ft. Lauderdale today. For the first time in days we finally have a/c and can watch tv, internet. etc. Was hard to find hotels even open and some people in this area evacuated to our area only to move again when the storm came our way. Can't believe we're even going on this cruise after this past weeks events. I don't care where they take us, just gonna feel incredibly lucky to sail.

Thanks for the review. We've been deciding on our upcoming day in GC and so glad to hear you've enjoyed the Nativeway tour enough to do so 4 times. That's good enough to make my decision easier!

Enjoying your review. Thanks for the idea for DJ's Clam shack in Key West. We'll be stopping here in a few weeks during our Equinox cruise. The trolley was also offering $5 of p/p for a Summer promo on their website recently

It's not throughout the whole Solarium area. They used just the Aqua Spa cafe area and portside of the pool. We had no noise problems in Aqua 1552 either

When we sailed EQ in July they had Silent Disco once in Entertainment court and on the last evening in the Solarium starting at 10 pm. A LOT of us partied that last night. It's really great fun!

Really enjoying reading your review. Thanks for doing so.

We're also sailing in cabin 6240 Sept 15th and wondering if the bed is by the balcony or bathroom?

Have you been noticing any noise issues ie humming or fan type especially in the bathroom, hallway area?

There have been previous complaints on the S class ships for this location, so curious what your experience has been so far.Thanks for any input

Check out Twizy tour with roadrunner bonaire, might interest you.

Enjoyed reading your review, thanks for sharing your thoughts on the Equinox

Glad to hear your comments regarding the Hampton as we've not yet stayed here. Cost of cab approx?

Pretty sure Cruise Connection bus ceased operations some time ago. You should be able to find some hotels with cruise and stay, park for up to 14 nts with shuttle one way to the port included. We currently have Hampton Inn Coconut Grove booked with same options for our next two cruises. Hilton Garden Inn Miami airport is another that does this as well.