Throwback Saturday..Mercury then and now!

Original advertising video...Celebrity Mercury Part 1

Original advertising video ..Celebrity Mercrury Part 2

It is now TUI Cruises Mein Schiff 2...

Thanks! Many fond memories.

Wow, talk about a blast from the past! Great memories. I almost forgot about how great the T pool area was on the C class ships. And isn't it cool that suites had a VCR?! Also love the TV screens!

Thanks.

Loved this... Mercury was the first X ship we sailed.... great memories.

Loved the Mercury - it was our first Celebrity cruise.

We only did three cruises on the Mercury, but have very fond memories. And the Mercury Michael's Club was so classy.

Sailed the Mercury twice and she was a really nice vessel. One of the two was a transpacific and it was awesome.

Mercury was our first X ship....enjoyed sailing on her several times...Perfect in every way!

We Cruised on the Mercury in 2005.

We were on Mercury on Celebrity's first venture down under. What great memories.

2006

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Sailed on her sister, never had a chance on the Mercury.:D

Wow loved it ...sailed the Mercury in nov 2002 and must say this has been the best service ever so far. I also loved the escalator on the ship.

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Thanks for the post. Mercury was my first cruise ship too and it got me hooked. Quite a bit of the more interesting artwork from the ships no longer sailing in the fleet, like the big metal sculpture shown in the video is on the newer ships. That's on Silhouette now, outside the Sky Lounge. Boy, those carpets!:eek:

Very cool.

The Mercury was the first X ship my daughter and I sailed on. We remember

it clearly. We sailed from Baltimore, MD. The day before the sailing it was

in the 80's. The day of the sailing it was in the 40's. Everyone was bundled

up in coats, hats and gloves for the sail away party on the top decks.

We had a wonderful time.

Mercury introduced and spoiled us to cruising and she was outstanding.

The Mercury was our first cruise on Celebrity. We really liked the ship.

Service and food. Everything was exceptional.

Tendering back from a Western Caribbean port.

The multi deck MDR. We had a table assigned at the rear window that cruise.

This is one of the things I cruise for. Sunrise on Mercury

I found a place on her that I've not seen on another Celebrity ship since.

We also sailed her last voyage before going out of Celebrity service. We regretted that cruise because they had apparently transferred the best staff to other ships so we were stuck with what was left. They kept running out of food items as the cruise progressed due to under provisioning. The stores began packing up their inventory days before disembarkation. There were also no sales in the shops.

We thought the final voyage would be made something special. There was no celebration or acknowledgement on board of the sailing being her last under the flag.

We do still miss her although we'll not book another final sailing.

My first Celebrity cruise was on Mercury. Service was flawless, food was excellent, and we had a fantastic time. Sure got me hooked!

Spotted Flavio, who is now a Restaurant Manager in the first video. He confirmed to me that it was indeed him.

Anyone on here seen Eduardo? He was an amazing waiter who we ran into again aboard Infinity in 2008.

The Mercury was our first cruise on Celebrity. We really liked the ship.

Service and food. Everything was exceptional.

 

Tendering back from a Western Caribbean port.

 

 

The multi deck MDR. We had a table assigned at the rear window that cruise.

 

 

This is one of the things I cruise for. Sunrise on Mercury

 

 

I found a place on her that I've not seen on another Celebrity ship since.

 

 

We also sailed her last voyage before going out of Celebrity service. We regretted that cruise because they had apparently transferred the best staff to other ships so we were stuck with what was left. They kept running out of food items as the cruise progressed due to under provisioning. The stores began packing up their inventory days before disembarkation. There were also no sales in the shops.

 

We thought the final voyage would be made something special. There was no celebration or acknowledgement on board of the sailing being her last under the flag.

 

We do still miss her although we'll not book another final sailing.

I am surprised at your lousy experience on her last Celebrity sailing. We were on Zenith's last Celebrity sailing, a 15N repo Tampa/Bayonne, and had the opposite experience even though some of the art & was missing around the ship. They had a farewell Zenith party on the pool deck one night with all of the officers & much of the crew attending. Our final port before Bayonne was Bermuda, & the Captain hosted a luncheon for Bermuda big wigs. As she sailed out of Hamilton her final time, after 16 seasons there, she was accompanied out out the harbor with a fireboat water salute & all of the harbor vessels giving salutes with their horns. Barely a dry eye on deck! Still one of our favorite cruises.

We also sailed her last voyage before going out of Celebrity service. We regretted that cruise because they had apparently transferred the best staff to other ships so we were stuck with what was left. They kept running out of food items as the cruise progressed due to under provisioning. The stores began packing up their inventory days before disembarkation. There were also no sales in the shops.

 

We thought the final voyage would be made something special. There was no celebration or acknowledgement on board of the sailing being her last under the flag.

 

We do still miss her although we'll not book another final sailing.

We were on her a few times including that last trip back to Baltimore. A few problems here and there, but the saddest thing was to see the pool deck and other areas being demolished before we ever docked on the last day.

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Our first cruise was on the Mercury in January 2003. Purchased a sky suite when we checked in (from a regular balcony cabin) for $110/person, as I recall. The veranda was HUGE! Our butler, John, helped me get into my tuxedo. We hosted 6 of our friends/fellow-cruisers on our veranda for a cocktail party.

We were spoiled. Experience unequaled until we lucked into the penthouse suite on the Azamara Journey, this time for $110 total upsell (not at checkin, however) for a 12-night Baltics cruise.