Rare Presto2 Posted April 13, 2018 #1 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Hi, this may seem a silly question, but we are considering booking a one week cruise and then stay in Sorrento on TUI's 'new' ship the Explorer 2. It made us smile to see that she used to be the Celebrity Mercury. Still has her X funnel ! We know that she will have changed in many ways but are wondering if anyone on here can give us any information re the size of the ship and what the suites were like - size, location etc - and if the aft cabins were good. Sorry if this seems silly to ask, but am sure that there are some of you out there who have lots of knowledge about the old Celebrity ships. It is our 25th anniversary and we have been going around in circles for months now checking out cruises and land holidays. This cruise would give us a weeks cruise and then a stay in Sorrento where we had our honeymoon. To be honest we had looked at the Edge and then seen this cruise and stay. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted April 13, 2018 #2 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I will try and describe some really great cabins on that ship assuming everything is pretty much the same. On what used to be the top passenger deck which Celebrity called the sky deck were four cabins on each end and each side. All the cabins in between were suites but these cabins were the same size as the suites and had huge balconies. They were so nice the new owners may have made them suites if that whole deck is still suites. Celebrity had these cabins as veranda cabins which were much cheaper. They were so desirable when Celebrity created Concierge Class, these were designated as Concierge. Same thing happened on Galaxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandgeezer Posted April 13, 2018 #3 Share Posted April 13, 2018 It's about the same size as the Millennium and Constellation. It's been gone so long that the only one who can give you real information on it is someone who's been on it recently. The new owner could have done just about anything to it. We were on it several times in the mid 2000s , and we still have fond memories. In fact we enjoyed it more than any of the Solstice ships, back when cruising was something special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted April 13, 2018 #4 Share Posted April 13, 2018 It's about the same size as the Millennium and Constellation. It's been gone so long that the only one who can give you real information on it is someone who's been on it recently. The new owner could have done just about anything to it. We were on it several times in the mid 2000s , and we still have fond memories. In fact we enjoyed it more than any of the Solstice ships, back when cruising was something special. The Mercury was part of the Century Class ships (~77,302) which are smaller than the Millennium Class ships (~90,963 GT). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted April 13, 2018 #5 Share Posted April 13, 2018 The aft cabins were mostly family rooms, had a rooms divider for privacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karynanne Posted April 13, 2018 #6 Share Posted April 13, 2018 We cruised 8 times on Mercury. Loved that ship! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollie Posted April 13, 2018 #7 Share Posted April 13, 2018 We miss all the Century class ships. Sailed on all but the Mercury. They were the perfect size. imho Rollie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Aurora Posted April 13, 2018 #8 Share Posted April 13, 2018 We were only on the Mercury three times, but she was our first Celebrity ship. So we too have special memories. It seems to me that someone posted video of the re-modeled Mercury interior after she was moved over to TUI. Does anyone else remember that post? It would have been in 2011 or 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constance331 Posted April 13, 2018 #9 Share Posted April 13, 2018 My first sailing on X was Alaska on Mercury in a Sky Suite. Now these really were sky suites! Deck 12, with humongous verandas! I have also sailed twice on Century in SS. All as a solo. Sky suites on M-class & S-class ships (I’ve subsequently been in several) simply do NOT compare. So, May 2004 - picture it: onboard for Mother’s Day. Daughter arranged casino credit (along with a bouquet of roses) as a gift. The casino was stunningly gorgeous. And the casino bar.... beautiful. I’m sitting at a dollar Wheel of Fortune.... got the spin....and hit the thousand-dollar prize.:') I recall sending my daughter a picture of the hundreds all spread out on my bed. What a Mother’s Day. What a magnificent vessel. What a first-time sailing. I LOVED C-Class. Just the right size. Mercury is (and in my humble opinion always shall be) ) a real first-class ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted April 13, 2018 #10 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Mercury has always been our fav ship but no idea how new owners may have changed it. We always took a balc cabin with a short 1 flight walk up to the pool and buffet...that cabin the became Concierge..and wtarted to feel worn and dated, Ship had a real T pool within the spa...but who knows now? Had always hoped they would keep it and make it a boutique spa ship... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excitedofharpenden Posted April 13, 2018 #11 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Wonder if they still have hammocks on the balconies? They added them when she became Mein Scihiff 2. Mercury was my first ever ship and I have happy memories. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaBag Posted April 13, 2018 #12 Share Posted April 13, 2018 We sailed Mercury for Celebrity's first trip down under. it still remains one of our best cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_dylaness Posted April 13, 2018 #13 Share Posted April 13, 2018 We stayed in a sky suite in mercury in 2009. I think 13th floor? Suite itself a little lacking but GIGANTIC balcony! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LasVegasSolo Posted April 13, 2018 #14 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Mercury was the first cruise I took 9 days from Vancouver to San Diego and it hooked me. What I remembered most is the fantastic crew and beautiful fan tail on the back of the ship where everyone seemed to relax at night watching the wake. Loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted April 13, 2018 #15 Share Posted April 13, 2018 My first sailing on X was Alaska on Mercury in a Sky Suite. Now these really were sky suites! Deck 12, with humongous verandas! I have also sailed twice on Century in SS. All as a solo. Sky suites on M-class & S-class ships (I’ve subsequently been in several) simply do NOT compare. So, May 2004 - picture it: onboard for Mother’s Day. Daughter arranged casino credit (along with a bouquet of roses) as a gift. The casino was stunningly gorgeous. And the casino bar.... beautiful. I’m sitting at a dollar Wheel of Fortune.... got the spin....and hit the thousand-dollar prize.:') I recall sending my daughter a picture of the hundreds all spread out on my bed. What a Mother’s Day. What a magnificent vessel. What a first-time sailing. I LOVED C-Class. Just the right size. Mercury is (and in my humble opinion always shall be) ) a real first-class ship. That's the deck I was writing about in the earlier post, all the rooms were sky suites except the two at each end on each side of the deck. They were classified as Category 2 cabins and had huge verandas. We did one on the Galaxy and one on the Mercury. I think the room numbers were 01,01, 41 and 42 with the deck number added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Presto2 Posted April 13, 2018 Author #16 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Have just been reading through all of these posts. Just knew that there would be folks on here with fond memories! Will check out the deck plans tomorrow. :D Thank you all SO much - keep the ideas coming :-) I am guessing that we will end up this cruise with TUI or the Edge / Connie Decisions, decisions, decisions Thanks again :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix_dream Posted April 13, 2018 #17 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Sailed on Mercury at least a couple times. One fond memory was of a cruise down the west coast of Mexico - yes, Celebrity used to do that! No telling how the inside of the ship may have been changed - it could have completely been remodeled so any advice we could give would be useless. Loved the ship, but it is definitely smaller than M class ships. I am prone to motion sickness so I have to admit I prefer the larger ships for that reason, but really enjoyed our Century class sailings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peteymil Posted April 13, 2018 #18 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Our first cruise!! It was a beautiful ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve H Posted April 13, 2018 #19 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Our first cruise ever, took her to Alaska on the inside passage in 2003. Had my wife and two teenage boys in a ocean view cabin after that trip we were hooked on cruising ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted April 13, 2018 #20 Share Posted April 13, 2018 We cruised on the Mercury for a round trip 12 night Mexican Rivera cruise from San Diego in 2005. Great cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bake apple Posted April 14, 2018 #21 Share Posted April 14, 2018 We sailed on the Mercury for our first cruise from Vancouver inside passage to Alaska. Beautiful Art Deco ship and we still talk about it! Wonderful scenery of course and one wicked nasty storm on the way back. Good times.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvz2cruz Posted April 14, 2018 #22 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Add us to the list of having our first cruise on the Mercury. It was wonderful and we loved that ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Cruiser 6143 Posted April 14, 2018 #23 Share Posted April 14, 2018 My first Celebrity cruise was also on the Mercury. Those sky suites up top were great and the balconies were huge! But, as others have said, who knows what the new owners have done to the interior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny01 Posted April 14, 2018 #24 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Our first cruise with Celebrity was on the Mercury for a Thanksgiving family cruise in 1997, I think right after she was launched. We were sold on Celebrity from there on. We made 2 more than another family Thanksgiving cruise out of Baltimore in 2010 right before she left Celebrity service. We saw her in Copenhagen in 2012 as the Mein Scihiff 2 in 2012. Loved Her. Den Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunpsyche Posted April 14, 2018 #25 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Hopefully they still have the thalasotherapy pool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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