Firts, came Ernesto. We begged to cancel and switch to another week and offered to pay and additional charge but they refused. When we arrived, no one was there to help anyone on the ship. There was little staff and they whole ship was slippery. Many people feel. The staff provided no assistance to anyone and just looked on. The food was awful - no salmon every night as promised. They claimed it was delayed but it was being served in the alternative room. Meat was only available in medium rare. The waiters were rude. The cabin was dirty. I found cheerios from the last guest under the bed.

The cruise was very rocky the first few days and activities were cancelled but passengers were left alone to slip and trip while the crew was no where to be found.

Also, the lunch area was unsanitary and many servers did not where gloves.

If you value your health, I would not recommend this cruise or its line.

The waiters and the stateroom attendants were also rude. A first for me on any cruises.

Did I expect too much - A well staff cruise - meat cooked to order at least medium well not raw and assistance when needed.

I would not recommend this cruise line to anyone.

Terror on the high seas.

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Originally posted by legal eagle:
I would love to here other peoples comments.

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1. Thank you for the laughs.
2. You need to get out more.
3. It's time for one of these.
4. You need spelling lessons.

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Originally posted by nycruiser:
Didn't Ernesto effect the Bermuda cruises that left this weekend?

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Actually it was Florence which affected this week's cruise. The ZENITH sailed Sept. 9th and cancelled Bermuda (which was hit by Florence on Monday), going instead to Freeport and Nassau. I have a group on board right now and although the seas are rough, they're having a great time. Everyone was given the option to cancel the cruise and credit the amount towards a future sailing, or else those who sailed are receiving $150/cabin shipboard credit.

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Am I correct in assuming that someone with the forethought to purchase travel insurance would have been covered if they opted out of said cruise?

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Originally posted by Carlos Fernandez:
Legal Eagle, Celebrity is the best luxurious cruise line out there[...]
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They are good - but I would not go that far to call them 'best (!) luxurious line' - even to call them luxurious is probably an exaggeration - 'premium' seems to be more adequate.

As with ANY cruise line (or ship) it is indeed possible to have bad luck - and it is 'details' which can spoil a vacation. But it is very inadequate to dubb it 'terror on the high sea'.

P.S.: I never heard that a cruise line claims to serve salmon every day - salmon is not as special as it used to be - serving salmon or offerring it at a buffet is actually a cheap trick to give the impression to be sophisticated - this is a very weired way to judge the quality of the food served aboard.....

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Originally posted by Ernst:

P.S.: I never heard that a cruise line claims to serve salmon every day - salmon is not as special as it used to be - serving salmon or offerring it at a buffet is actually a cheap trick to give the impression to be sophisticated - this is a very weired way to judge the quality of the food served aboard.....

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Whole thing sounds fishy to me. Why hasn't she come back and answered everyone else's post?

I can't figure out what she means by "When we arrived, no one was there to help anyone on the ship".