My thoughts on Reflection from March 11-18, 2017

[Zoey1]

I'm hoping I don't go too long :) I have posted reviews from the Reflection before ( this was our 4th time on this particular ship) but some things had changed since we were on her last and I learned of many from these board so I am hoping this helps to pay it forward for others.

Some of the newer things since we were on her last, Michaels Club having sky suites as well, apparently according to their concierge that since these suites were added most of the original MC concierges have left ( more work but not more pay is our assumption) this equates to a less personal experience with the concierges but to compensate, Signature suites and up now have speciality restaurants included and right now all four perks as well.

On this trip we were in the Signature Suite (4109 last time we had 4107)

On the Reflection we have stayed twice in Signature Suites, celebrity suite and Royal suite. We loved having the 2nd bathroom in the Royal suite but have to say the Signature Suite is really terrific. Right off the Solarium corridor and aqua spa cafe. We had the best butler we have ever had on any cruise, Stevo he was like a quiet ninja;p always there before we even knew we needed him, he really took care of most things whereas MC concierge did more. Our room attendant was lovely as well, kept the cabin very clean and well stocked. I think his name was Dewa and he loved talking Football with DH.

Entertainment- full discloser, I am not usually a fan of cruiseship entertainment though DH is, Inprefered back in the old days when 2 new shows were after late dinner however other than production shows I felt the entertainment was much better than usual.

I was bored to tears with broken strings and even more so with Elysium but the two comedians had both regular and late night shows ( this was also new having a second late night comedian) We had seen Robbie Printz before and observed both times his evening show was much funnier than his late night. The other comedian AJ Jamal both of his shows were hilarious,four tenors of rock were terrific as well.

CD Sue Denning ( I believe she left after this sailing) was outstanding, again hands down the best CD across all the lines and different ships, she was very visible, warm , caring, funny and OMG sooo talented, one night out on the pool deck the singer ( also great) gave her the Mike and Sie's rendition of Mustang Sally had us all screaming for more, wish we had the opportunity to hear her sing again.

Food, we had breakfast in our room, lunches most days in Oceanview cafe which was really good, Porch for lunch was also really good. Thanks to these boards we learned of another new addition the gourmet burgers at Lawnclub grill.well worth the surcharge, if you were on this sailing with me I'm sure you heard me recommending the warm chocolate chip cookie with vanilla ice cream, I had been dreaming of it since our last sailing and it did not disappoint. Service in LCG is great and it is just a fun experience day or night.

Murano was a disappointment, too formal, too much fuss, food was not hot and overly salty,we did not complain but it just left us not wanting to go back.

Qsine is always so much fun and so yummy. Our favorite server Eva had gone home but her partner in crime Nathan was fabulous, even the Matre D was so friendly and full of fun, if he saw us even walking by the restaurant he would call out hello.

Some of our favs over the years still hold true, lava crab,disco shrimp, meatball trilogy (OMG) the tacos and one night we had sliders and another the painters mignon was really good. Tombstone dessert another winner.

Some other observations- PLEASE please check your onboard accounts carefully on your television screen daily, we had charged $10 Extra gratuity at lunch but was charged $100 ( MC concierge said they had put in the gratuity 10 times, also luggage valet is complimentary in suites but we were charged $25 twice, as of Friday evening this was still not credited but Alex assured us that it will be done, so hoping I do. It find this on my credit card.

The deck by the solarium is dangerously slippery, I myself tripped but was lucky enough to not go down but I saw two women go down HARD, I do not remember ever thinking it was so slippery before, but it certainly is despite the pool butlers squeegee the floors.

The ship is kept immaculately clean,in very good shape, but the carpeting is a bit faded and I understand she is going into dry dock soon.

We were thrilled with the return of luggage valet a service we had really missed, even if this is not a covered charge it will be the best $25 you will ever spend, younput your luggage tags on leaving your bags Friday evening and literally do. It see your bags again until your final destination, it is a great convenience.

The edge was revealed on 3/13 and if you missed the showing it was on television constantly, ship will not be out for well over a year and we were gib smacked by the prices for two years from now in March and decided despite how fabulous it looks to wait it out abit.

Sorry to go on so long but I know despite having been on many many cruises and this particular ship 3 previous times, I loved reading about it before my sailing and did learn some new things. If you have any questions , I would be happy to try and answer them

If you are still reading by this point I am impressed as I think I just bored myself! Thank you for allowing me to share our experience.

Wendy

[Fish Lover]

Thank you for the review! I hope you had a wonderful vacation. Thank you for explaining luggage valet. I wasn't sure how it worked.

[mafig]

Thank you. Not bored at all.:hearteyes:

[jules815]

Thank you for your review. We'll be on Reflection in 13 days. :D

[Zoey1]

Thank you for the review! I hope you had a wonderful vacation. Thank you for explaining luggage valet. I wasn't sure how it worked.

 

Thank you fir the nice feedback, I just looked at my review and realized despite having said I didn't want to go too long I did lol

 

Luggage va,etc is the best money spent IMHO it is so convenient not to have to look for and schlep your luggage at the port terminal.

[Zoey1]

Thank you for your review. We'll be on Reflection in 13 days. :D

 

Thank you Mafig and Jules815.

 

Reflection is one of our very favs ( in case you couldn't tell by my loooong review. You will love this ship, we have been on many lines and with Celebrity most of the S class ships and still love this ship ( going on her again in the fall!!

[coldcanadians]

Thanks for the revue. We board this sat in the same room you just had. Sounds like it will be good.

[Zoey1]

Thanks for the revue. We board this sat in the same room you just had. Sounds like it will be good.

 

Loved these signature suites, hoping Steveo is there, he really was wonderful, another perk was free laundry, how cool to come home with clean clothes!

We also asked to have a plate of cheese,crackers and fruit every afternoon. You will have a great time!

[Jim_Iain]

Thanks for the review.

[benjaminhuf]

Thanks for the good review!

[JahHaus]

Wendy...we, too, we're on Reflection last week and, even as lowly S2 occupants, still felt the special treatment and attention from Alex and Elle (Hendricks and tonic with cucumber!) in Michael's Club...what I didn't know is that Luggage Valet was comped in suites. Does that include us in suite steerage? This was, far and away, the best of our now eight Celebrity cruises...booked Equinox for 2018...in another S2.

 

 

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[Zoey1]

Wendy...we, too, we're on Reflection last week and, even as lowly S2 occupants, still felt the special treatment and attention from Alex and Elle (Hendricks and tonic with cucumber!) in Michael's Club...what I didn't know is that Luggage Valet was comped in suites. Does that include us in suite steerage? This was, far and away, the best of our now eight Celebrity cruises...booked Equinox for 2018...in another S2.

 

 

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Oh my goodness, I hope I didn't give THAT impression, that was surely not my intent. I " think" it said Celebritynsuite and above, Zenith class, which I had saved it but it said it clearly in the top right hand corner of the flyer that addressed the luggage valet program. I agree this was a really special sailing , I read another review also saying the fellow passengers helped make it better, we met so many friendly, nice people.

 

Did you see the older red hat ladies? I have heard if the red hat society, DH had not and was a bit bewildered and I really didn't know what their club was about but one lady was asked by someone in the show and said something like friends over fifty having fun, they were a hoot.

[StreakedBlonde]

I'm hoping I don't go too long :) I have posted reviews from the Reflection before ( this was our 4th time on this particular ship) but some things had changed since we were on her last and I learned of many from these board so I am hoping this helps to pay it forward for others.

Some of the newer things since we were on her last, Michaels Club having sky suites as well, apparently according to their concierge that since these suites were added most of the original MC concierges have left ( more work but not more pay is our assumption) this equates to a less personal experience with the concierges but to compensate, Signature suites and up now have speciality restaurants included and right now all four perks as well.

On this trip we were in the Signature Suite (4109 last time we had 4107)

On the Reflection we have stayed twice in Signature Suites, celebrity suite and Royal suite. We loved having the 2nd bathroom in the Royal suite but have to say the Signature Suite is really terrific. Right off the Solarium corridor and aqua spa cafe. We had the best butler we have ever had on any cruise, Stevo he was like a quiet ninja;p always there before we even knew we needed him, he really took care of most things whereas MC concierge did more. Our room attendant was lovely as well, kept the cabin very clean and well stocked. I think his name was Dewa and he loved talking Football with DH.

Entertainment- full discloser, I am not usually a fan of cruiseship entertainment though DH is, Inprefered back in the old days when 2 new shows were after late dinner however other than production shows I felt the entertainment was much better than usual.

I was bored to tears with broken strings and even more so with Elysium but the two comedians had both regular and late night shows ( this was also new having a second late night comedian) We had seen Robbie Printz before and observed both times his evening show was much funnier than his late night. The other comedian AJ Jamal both of his shows were hilarious,four tenors of rock were terrific as well.

CD Sue Denning ( I believe she left after this sailing) was outstanding, again hands down the best CD across all the lines and different ships, she was very visible, warm , caring, funny and OMG sooo talented, one night out on the pool deck the singer ( also great) gave her the Mike and Sie's rendition of Mustang Sally had us all screaming for more, wish we had the opportunity to hear her sing again.

Food, we had breakfast in our room, lunches most days in Oceanview cafe which was really good, Porch for lunch was also really good. Thanks to these boards we learned of another new addition the gourmet burgers at Lawnclub grill.well worth the surcharge, if you were on this sailing with me I'm sure you heard me recommending the warm chocolate chip cookie with vanilla ice cream, I had been dreaming of it since our last sailing and it did not disappoint. Service in LCG is great and it is just a fun experience day or night.

Murano was a disappointment, too formal, too much fuss, food was not hot and overly salty,we did not complain but it just left us not wanting to go back.

Qsine is always so much fun and so yummy. Our favorite server Eva had gone home but her partner in crime Nathan was fabulous, even the Matre D was so friendly and full of fun, if he saw us even walking by the restaurant he would call out hello.

Some of our favs over the years still hold true, lava crab,disco shrimp, meatball trilogy (OMG) the tacos and one night we had sliders and another the painters mignon was really good. Tombstone dessert another winner.

Some other observations- PLEASE please check your onboard accounts carefully on your television screen daily, we had charged $10 Extra gratuity at lunch but was charged $100 ( MC concierge said they had put in the gratuity 10 times, also luggage valet is complimentary in suites but we were charged $25 twice, as of Friday evening this was still not credited but Alex assured us that it will be done, so hoping I do. It find this on my credit card.

The deck by the solarium is dangerously slippery, I myself tripped but was lucky enough to not go down but I saw two women go down HARD, I do not remember ever thinking it was so slippery before, but it certainly is despite the pool butlers squeegee the floors.

The ship is kept immaculately clean,in very good shape, but the carpeting is a bit faded and I understand she is going into dry dock soon.

We were thrilled with the return of luggage valet a service we had really missed, even if this is not a covered charge it will be the best $25 you will ever spend, younput your luggage tags on leaving your bags Friday evening and literally do. It see your bags again until your final destination, it is a great convenience.

The edge was revealed on 3/13 and if you missed the showing it was on television constantly, ship will not be out for well over a year and we were gib smacked by the prices for two years from now in March and decided despite how fabulous it looks to wait it out abit.

Sorry to go on so long but I know despite having been on many many cruises and this particular ship 3 previous times, I loved reading about it before my sailing and did learn some new things. If you have any questions , I would be happy to try and answer them

If you are still reading by this point I am impressed as I think I just bored myself! Thank you for allowing me to share our experience.

Wendy

Wendy, did the Reflection have any type of app to load on your smartphone that gave the ability to chat with family and friends also on board? This app was available on a recent Carnival cruise we just took and it was great to find people on board and met up with them. We are headed to the Reflection in May for a cruise to the Greek Isles.

 

Thanks, Karen aka StreakedBlonde

[Zoey1]

Wendy, did the Reflection have any type of app to load on your smartphone that gave the ability to chat with family and friends also on board? This app was available on a recent Carnival cruise we just took and it was great to find people on board and met up with them. We are headed to the Reflection in May for a cruise to the Greek Isles.

 

Thanks, Karen aka StreakedBlonde

 

Hi Karen,

I am not aware of an app but what a fabulous idea. If you have a wifi package, and your family or friends do, you can text each other which is what DH and I did.

We did the Greek Isle cruise on the Reflection a year ago this past October, it was fabulous, we had some great private tour guides if you need recommendations I can see if I can find them.

We ended up finding two other couples on our roll call, we all took a chance and booked all our private tours together, truthfully it could have gone either way but we ended up having a blast together, the other two ladies and I emailed back and forth so much before the cruise that we felt like old friends by the time we met.we will surely cruise together again!

[doug52]

Zoey, thanks for your review. I was so glad to read your comments on 4109 as my Wife and I will be in this same suite for the upcoming TA in April for 16 nights. We are looking forward to all the sea days where we will get to enjoy this suite. Thanks !

 

Doug

[Zoey1]

Zoey, thanks for your review. I was so glad to read your comments on 4109 as my Wife and I will be in this same suite for the upcoming TA in April for 16 nights. We are looking forward to all the sea days where we will get to enjoy this suite. Thanks !

 

Doug

 

Doug,

Love the suite and the location, it is the 2nd one in from the doors to the solarium and we heard zero noise, the balcony is a really nice size and we just love these signature suites. How great to have this for a trans Atlantic! Enjoy !

[easyboy]

Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

Thanks for your feedback.

[JahHaus]

Wendy...I was being sarcastic...and, yes, you couldn't miss the Red Hat ladies...bumped into a group of them in NYC recently, too...they know how to have fun!

 

 

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[KYFLOHgal]

Great review! We are cruising on the Connie in May after she comes out of dry dock. From what I have read, the Connie will be getting the Q-Sine restaurant. What type of food is served in this restaurant? Thanks!

[Zoey1]

Great review! We are cruising on the Connie in May after she comes out of dry dock. From what I have read, the Connie will be getting the Q-Sine restaurant. What type of food is served in this restaurant? Thanks!

 

It is like tapas, appetizer like, you pick from descriptions off an iPad and they are presented in really cute ways. Everything from sushi " lollipops to filet mignon, biut all appetizer sized, it is a really fun experience.