Celebrity Mercury

Pros: service staff excellent. waiters were professional in their job.
Cons: ship in dismal repair.too many things gone wrong.bad decisions made

My husband and I cruised aboard the Mercury from Sydney to Honolulu for a total of 29 days. The carpet was split in many places - the food the first 2 weeks was mediocre at best - there were 2 ports of call that they were unable to get us to, then ...

Pros: Excellent food and service. Good ports of call.
Cons: Some tours are very overpriced. Too many days at sea on Australian/New Zealand cruise.

I just returned from a wonderful cruise on the Mercury that started out in Sydney and ended in Auckland. One thing I was concerned about and would like others to know (who may not)is about the tipping. I noticed that on the last night in the dining ...

Pros: Food, Waiters, everything
Cons: Balcony painting

My husband and I have cruised approximately 5 times and we can honestly say that this was one of our most enjoyable cruises that we have taken. We had to fly into San Diego from the East Coast but Celebrity arranged our flights and transfers. They met us ...

Pros: Great ports, good food, good service
Cons: Some small cons - read review

We took a Celebrity Cruise to Alaska the last week in August 2006. Our ship was the Mercury and our itinerary included Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan in Alaska. We also cruised by the Hubbard Glacier and down the Inside Passage. THE SHIP OVERALL ...

Pros: The staff & the food
Cons: Three formal dinners, similarity in shore activities, closet "stateroom."

This, our third cruise in fifteen years, was our first aboard a Celebrity ship. The other two (Holland America and Royal Caribbean) had been what you might call "eye-openers." I'd always resisted cruises on the basis that they go nowhere and ...

Pros: Magnificent food, great crew, scenery, drinks, ALASKA, shuffleboard
Cons: price (sometimes), small room, TOO SHORT OF A TIME!!!

We began looking for a vacation to take with our family to celebrate me and my wife's 25th Anniversary. We wanted something special and something we could remember. I was consulting with a woman in our Corporate Travel office at work and she said when ...

Pros: childrens daycare
Cons: cheap food extra charges dirty mexico

sailing date 13 oct 2004 I sailed with my wife and 3 yr old daughter. stateroom fare 5022.75 plus extras shore trips, alcohol and gratuites. About 800 bucks more. The food on this tired ship was disappointing even in the pretentious MANHATTAN restaurant. ...

Pros: A great introduction to the inside passage.
Cons: None

I have come to the conclusion that there are two types of cruisers out there; people who book cruises more for the ship and cruise experience than the ports of call, and those who primarily base their decision less on the ship and MORE on which ports of ...

Pros: Food and Sky Suite and our cabin deck
Cons: not enough time at ports, exursions highly priced & paying for alcohol sucks

My husband and I took our honeymoon on the Royal Caribbean "Rhapsody of the Seas" several years ago. We decided to go on a cruise again, but this time to a colder climate...Alaska. We chose Celebrity because of it's high rating and it's outstanding ...

Pros: Classy and great service.
Cons: Spa classes and seminars were a bit lame.

This was our first cruise and we didn't expect much. We were very pleasantly surprised. Check-in was a breeze. We got there about 2:15 and were in our stateroom (after having to get assigned our "Guaranteed Oceanview Stateroom", and giving up our ...

Pros: We did not even have a chance to enjoy the vacation
Cons: Exorbitant fees, not being told of the NO re-embarkation policy, overblown medical diagnosis

My parents, husband and I took the 7-day Celebrity Mercury cruise from San Francisco. What was meant to be a celebration of my mom's birthday turned into a nightmare due to an overblown diagnosis and being dumped off the boat. The first morning the ...

Pros: Food, Independent Entertainers, ship condition
Cons: Shipboard production company, stateroom linen condition

M/V MERCURY: THE DEFINITIVE REVIEW Note: Ratings assigned as follows for services listed at end of review… POOR – Far below expectations and not acceptable BELOW AVERAGE – Did not meet expectations AVERAGE – Meets expectations, but not out of the ...

Pros: Great personalized service, fantastic food, good shows, good excursions, great value for money!
Cons: Ports cut short by cruiseline, drinks expensive!

Our trip started in Kentucky and we flew into Seattle. We (my husband and I) arrived in Seattle around 11AM local and took a cab to the pier. Celebrity's pier 66 is wonderfully located right in the downtown area. The cab fare with tip was $35. ...

Pros: A wonderful vacation, enjoyable ports of call.
Cons: No dinner buffet on the Coastal Cruise, Butler service wasn't.

For most middle-class working families, the thought of an affordable first class trip indulgence sounds wonderful –on paper. Booking: We used Cruises Only to book our California Coastal trip on Celebrity's Mercury. This agency ...

Pros: overall amenities, excursions, concierge class stateroom, stateroom attendant, and service at dinner.
Cons: pictures are ridiculously expensive, service at open seatings and buffets is less attentive

We just returned from our honeymoon to Alaska on the Celebrity Mercury. It was in a word - fabulous! Our stateroom was "Concierge Class" and included a veranda. The "Concierge Class" status let us skip the entire line for embarkation. Our room ...