Equinox Review mostly some pictures

[cw2go]

Love all the pics! Thank you! 

[Trish Traveler]

1 minute ago, cw2go said:

Love all the pics! Thank you! 

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed them.

[TXGREG]

We will be on the same 9 day cruise on Equinox in early May. Any recommendations on staff; Favorite bartender, wait staff, etc?

 

TIA

[TeeRick]

Thanks for the review and pictures.  We got off the Equinox Jan 30th after 9 days too.  Great cruise and great ship.  We missed Aruba but stopped at Nassau (meh) and then GC, Curacao and Bonaire.  We liked Bonaire the best! 

[hopeless holiday booker]

11 minutes ago, TeeRick said:

Thanks for the review and pictures.  We got off the Equinox Jan 30th after 9 days too.  Great cruise and great ship.  We missed Aruba but stopped at Nassau (meh) and then GC, Curacao and Bonaire.  We liked Bonaire the best! 

Why did you miss Aruba?

[TeeRick]

Just now, hopeless holiday booker said:

Why did you miss Aruba?

It was changed a few months before the cruise.  No idea why.  Nassau was a very poor substitute.

[Texed]

Thanks for posting, nice.  😊

[KKB]

Thank you for your lovely review!

We did the same cruise in Nov--you aren't kidding that the crew is fantastic! And the ABC islands are our favs!

[mamaday]

We also were on Equinox January 12-21.  Ready to go again.  Thanks for the lovely pictures as we did not take many.  

[newindysun]

Thank you so much for sharing your lovely photos!  We are on Equinox in late May headed to Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao.  

[Duanerice1]

Thanks for the review.  We are on the April 6 version of this cruise.   Snorkeling in all the ports as they have some of the best snorkeling in the wold.  

[Martha1974]

Thank you for your review - we’ve just booked our first Carnival cruise for the Western Med in October 2024… I know it’s 18+ months away but I’ve started looking at videos and reviews already so I’ve really enjoyed reading your thoughts and seeing your photos (not the same destinations I know, but it still gives a feeling for the ship) 

[britestar]

Wonderful pictures, thank you posting.

[jean87510]

Thank you for the review!  We board the 18th with same itinerary.

[Trish Traveler]

On 2/4/2023 at 12:18 AM, TXGREG said:

We will be on the same 9 day cruise on Equinox in early May. Any recommendations on staff; Favorite bartender, wait staff, etc?

 

TIA

Sorry I didn't respond sooner.  For MDR we had Celebrity Select Dining and ate at various times each night with reservations.  Generally, they try to keep you in the same section with the same wait staff if possible.  But since we varied times it wasn't always possible.  We did however have two great teams many of the nights that were wonderful:  Sasparinga & Agness, and Ashish & NiNengah in the MDR.  And Samyle was terrific as our sommelier.  As far as bartenders, all were good.  We visited many of the bars and had great service. We don't hang at a particular bar, so I can't give any specific bartender recommendations.

Overall the crew was fantastic and hardworking.  Have a great cruise!

[boxkite]

Trish Traveler, thanks for your review!

 

We board Equinox on the 27th. Glad to hear that you enjoyed the cruise.

[Cruise till you drop]

Great pics and thanks for the reviews.

 

We sail on the Equinox on a great itinerary in Jan 2024 and stopping at 

Antigua 

Martinique 

St Lucia

Barbados 

St Kitts

[boxkite]

Cruise till you drop, that is the same itinerary we will have for our cruise on the 27th.

 

Looking forward to all the islands as they will be new to us.

Edited February 17, 2023 by boxkite
changed island to islands

[1Virgo]

On 2/4/2023 at 10:38 PM, mamaday said:

We also were on Equinox January 12-21.  Ready to go again.  Thanks for the lovely pictures as we did not take many.  

we were on that too!     DH did the land sailing in Bonaire and loved it

[TXGREG]

On 2/17/2023 at 2:49 PM, Trish Traveler said:

Sorry I didn't respond sooner.  For MDR we had Celebrity Select Dining and ate at various times each night with reservations.  Generally, they try to keep you in the same section with the same wait staff if possible.  But since we varied times it wasn't always possible.  We did however have two great teams many of the nights that were wonderful:  Sasparinga & Agness, and Ashish & NiNengah in the MDR.  And Samyle was terrific as our sommelier.  As far as bartenders, all were good.  We visited many of the bars and had great service. We don't hang at a particular bar, so I can't give any specific bartender recommendations.

Overall the crew was fantastic and hardworking.  Have a great cruise!

Thank you! 

[Stem to Stern]

Great pics.  Thank you for sharing.  We first did this itinerary on Equinox back in 2018.  It was a 10-night and included Key West.  We loved it so much we went back to the ABCs on a 9-night on Equinox in 2021.  No Key West or Grand Cayman, but we picked up Nassau on that one.

[C4HCG]

On 2/17/2023 at 9:02 PM, Cruise till you drop said:

Great pics and thanks for the reviews.

 

We sail on the Equinox on a great itinerary in Jan 2024 and stopping at 

Antigua 

Martinique 

St Lucia

Barbados 

St Kitts

We did that itinerary last year - if you like music and a drink try the party bus excursion in St Lucia if it’s still available. What a day that was - still giggle recalling it.

Edited February 19, 2023 by C4HCG

[Trish Traveler]

Glad you all enjoyed the pix.  The Equinox is definitely a great ship, with some varied, interesting itineraries.  For those of you sailing soon... have a fabulous cruise!

[Bstein493]

We were on the Equinox last May, 9 day ABC's.  So excited to be sailing on her again April 24th..10 day.  While nothing is ever perfect, the ship is beautiful, activities as busy as you want to be and the food was fine....I feel as long as I don't have to cook or clean up I am happy!