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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Sep 5, 2006
Pros: Great ports, good food, good service
Cons: Some small cons - read review
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 28, 2008
Pros: service staff excellent. waiters were professional in their job.
Cons: ship in dismal repair.too many things gone wrong.bad decisions made
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 12, 2008
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.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 5, 2007
Pros: Food, Waiters, everything
Cons: Balcony painting
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 14, 2006
Pros: The staff & the food
Cons: Three formal dinners, similarity in shore activities, closet "stateroom."
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 11, 2006
Pros: Magnificent food, great crew, scenery, drinks, ALASKA, shuffleboard
Cons: price (sometimes), small room, TOO SHORT OF A TIME!!!
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 21, 2006
Pros: childrens daycare
Cons: cheap food extra charges dirty mexico
Summary: 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. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 10, 2005
Pros: A great introduction to the inside passage.
Cons: None
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 1, 2005
Pros: Food and Sky Suite and our cabin deck
Cons: not enough time at ports, exursions highly priced & paying for alcohol sucks
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 31, 2005
Pros: Classy and great service.
Cons: Spa classes and seminars were a bit lame.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 19, 2005
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
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 30, 2004
Pros: Food, Independent Entertainers, ship condition
Cons: Shipboard production company, stateroom linen condition
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 24, 2004
Pros: Great personalized service, fantastic food, good shows, good excursions, great value for money!
Cons: Ports cut short by cruiseline, drinks expensive!
Summary: 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. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 1, 2004
Pros: A wonderful vacation, enjoyable ports of call.
Cons: No dinner buffet on the Coastal Cruise, Butler service wasn't.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 27, 2004
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
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 30, 2004
Pros: Marvelous service, beautiful ship, mostly good food
Cons: As usual -- we had to go home.
Summary: My wife and I took the Celebrity Mercury round trip from San Francisco on May 17, 2004. We cruise fairly often and had previously taken two cruises on Celebrity (Millinneum and Constellation), but this was our first time on a Century-class ship. We had ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 5, 2004
Pros: The ports of call and the overall cleanliness of the ship.
Cons: The food! not as advertised. And being overrun with children.
Summary: I booked a outside stateroom (8220) on the Celebrity Mercury on the 8th deck, Panorama. It was the last outside cabin available, the ship was 110% booked, hence the title of my article. There were 460 children aboard (!). This cruise looked good because ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 3, 2003
Pros: Unbelieveable Service, Good Entertainment and Food
Cons: Lack of Activities and Squeaky Ship
Summary: My wife and I took a late June 7-day cruise on the Celebrity Mercury to Alaska, leaving through Vancouver. This was our fifth cruise, so I have something to compare to, when giving some of my opinions. I'll give a rundown on, what I consider, the most ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 2, 2003
Pros: Attractive "mod" ship, wonderful staff, pretty darn good food, and flaming coffees!
Cons: Bring back the piano guy to the Cova Cafe!
Summary: Robert and I sailed on the Celebrity Mercury for Christmas...and liked it so much we booked it again for February 7, 2003!
Here is the link to the photo gallery from this cruise. It is mostly photos of the ship: http://tinyurl.com/5ztx
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 13, 2002
Pros: food in formal dining room, cleanliness
Cons: food elsewhere, customer service, children under 3
Summary: We paid an extra $500 to bring our 1 year old. They were only to provide a crib and high chair (no food, no bedding, no diapers). The crib presented to us did not meet any US safety standards. My son's head could fit through the bars. We opted to ... read more
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