Celebrity Mercury

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: 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: 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: Outstanding food and service, friendly staff, attention to detail!
Cons: Our stomachs were not big enough, it was too short!

Overview
This was my third voyage on a Celebrity ship (I had been on the Meridian and Horizon about 10 years ago), but my husband's first (he had only been on Carnival ships before). I had high expectations, as my two previous cruises with...

Pros: Unbelieveable Service, Good Entertainment and Food
Cons: Lack of Activities and Squeaky Ship

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...

Pros: Wonderful, relaxing, pampered vacation. Highly recommended.
Cons: It costs money to drink soda.

My husband and I took our first cruise on the Celebrity Mercury. My parents are frequent cruisers and were recommending a cruise vacation to us for a while now. My husband and I were a little skeptical. We had the usual apprehensions about cruising...

Pros: Attractive "mod" ship, wonderful staff, pretty darn good food, and flaming coffees!
Cons: Bring back the piano guy to the Cova Cafe!

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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Pros: The ports of call and the overall cleanliness of the ship.
Cons: The food! not as advertised. And being overrun with children.

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 ...

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: 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: 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: Marvelous service, beautiful ship, mostly good food
Cons: As usual -- we had to go home.

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 ...

Pros: Pampering, good food, spectacular shows, and AWESOME scenery!
Cons: Daily activities were, well, uninteresting, felt we were nickel & dimed to death.

We went on the Mercury in the last week of May, 2001 for an Alaska cruise.

Perhaps I just expected too much after reading all the other e-pinions, but I was a little disappointed. It was still great, mind you, but I was surprised the first...

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: Great shower. Plenty of deck room. The comfort of the Celebrity theater. Elevators take no more than 30 seconds to arrive. No blaring announcements. No theme nights. No waiters dancing with food on their heads.
Cons: The pools and hot tubs close every night at 7:00pm. Shipboard shops are boring. There was only one half hour each day in which NO FOOD was served anywhere!

The Mercury is beautiful, but not glitzy and overstated. It does not feel like you are on a megaship, and rarely did we experience crowds. The staff and crew were warm, cordial and very helpful throughout the cruise. Our stateroom was very well...