drakes2

I tend to agree with you. They kept running out of Decoy cab most nights on the Eclipse and were substituting from their basic package. One night I paid the upcharge for the Opus as they said they had other red cabs that I could choose from but I refused to pay another extra charge after that. I live in Canada and my local stores are also well stocked with some fabulous wines. For my next cruise I'll just bring my own wine from home and forget about the AI entirely. Just not worth the hassle any longer.

Just returned from an 11 night Hawaii cruise on the Ecliise. Included in cruise price was the basic drinks package covering all beverages up to $9 per drink. Since I'm mostly a cabernet wine drinker and enjoy better quality wines I decided to upgrade to the premium package which covers drinks up to $15. The first few nights I found some decent but not great and certainly not much of a variety of cabernets up to the limit included. By the fifth night I found the MDR had run out of the Decoy and was trying to substitute the cheaper wines such as Reservado from Chile. While its not a bad wine I didn't understand why the sommelier would not offer one of their better wines since they had such a limited selection to choose from. Wait tines in the MDR were long one evening we waited 2 hours and 15 minutes for our entree to appear. When we questioned the waiter he said they were short staffed and kitchen could not keep up. Maitre D was nowhere to be seen. I gave this cruise a rating of 3 out of 10, the best service I received was from my cabin steward. This was the first sailing for the Eclipse since March of 2020 and clearly they were nowhere near ready to sail. Food quality was mediocre and was served warm most evenings. Have done more than a dozen Celebrity cruises and this was the worst of them all.