Royal Vs Celebrity

[mcatmcat]

Can’t really compare them bc I haven’t sail with Celebrity but every time I’m unloading the luggage from my car and waiting for others, dropping a friend at the port, or simply waiting for my ride to arrive folks leaving Celebrity seem really old. Nothing bad against them but I can tell their ships focus more on them than us.

I guess royal will keep my business for now.

Just compare commercials.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tatka]

Age really depends on the time of sailing!!!

 

In fact our oldest sailing out of 8 companies was with Royal Caribbean late September to New England/Canada. People were celebrating 90+ birthdays and 60+ years of marriages left and right!

 

Our 4 out of 5 cruises with Celebrity were to Caribbeans and Bermuda. First when we were 31 with 11 years old. Neither of us felt out of place agewise. There were about 400 kids/teens on 1900 pax ship.

Of course Voyager class and newer have more to do for kids and young adults, so it attracts more families, but Celebrity is far from old people line.

[broadwaybaby123]

I've been cruising Celebrity since I was 5 years old...my very first cruise was with them. I'm 30 now and not once did I feel out of place due to my age. There were always tons of kids and teens aboard, as well as young adults.

 

I've cruised Royal Caribbean too, and had the same results. It just comes down to preference. I love both but I prefer some of the activities of Royal Caribbean than Celebrity. But I like Celebrity's food better overall.

 

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[griffy116]

We sailed on both Celebrity and RC last summer. There were six of us and we had 3 balcony cabins and our ages ranged from early 20's to 60's...three generations.They really are very much alike but we returned to RC this summer. We found the food very similar in quality, although we thought there were more choices on RC menu. We're Diamond on RC, so Elite on Celebrity. Plus side for Celebrity was the fact that it was easy to get a canned drink on Celebrity which I preferred to the fountain drinks. LOVED al Baccio on Celebrity. The cloth towels on Celebrity were nice but I felt a bit wasteful. RC is head and shoulders above Celebrity on the entertainment. I'm not sure what the draw is for the grassy areas. Celebrity cabins are very nice and I love the storage in the bathrooms. We ran out of things to do before the end of the 7-night cruise on Celebrity. We didn't get around to everything on RC. We didn't find the passengers any different or the nights in the MDR being more formal. Celebrity doesn't even have a formal night any longer. They have "chic" night and that's open to interpretation which seemed to be as varied as on RC. I'm a smoker and was hesitant about going on Celebrity and finding myself behind a couple of trash cans trying to hide to grab a smoke. I was pleasantly surprised to find the smoking area on Celebrity was much nicer than RC. GREAT comfy area with much nicer furnishings so I'm always amused with the comments about smoking areas between the two. I probably spent more time in the smoking area on Celebrity than RC. The casino being non-smoking isn't a biggie for me and I can see why Celebrity has a non-smoking casino because it isn't really enclosed like it is on RC. The layout of the RC ships seemed better to me, including the shops. Celebrity is very "quiet." Perks on Celebrity were really nice for Elite because you are really getting a bump up from Diamond on RC. We missed the entertainment and activities on RC so that was the deciding factor for us in choosing to return to RC over Celebrity, but everyone is different.

[Tatka]

Actually I didn't like storage area on Silhuette in balcony room. I like to hang my clothes, but not all of them. There were only 3 drawers total in cabin in some reason.

[Iamcruzin]

Can’t really compare them bc I haven’t sail with Celebrity but every time I’m unloading the luggage from my car and waiting for others, dropping a friend at the port, or simply waiting for my ride to arrive folks leaving Celebrity seem really old. Nothing bad against them but I can tell their ships focus more on them than us.

I guess royal will keep my business for now.

Just compare commercials.

 

 

 

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Marketing did a good defining the two brands. Celebrity focuses on a multiple itineraries making that the destination and not the ship. The Royal Caribbean is focusing on a beach day with the family and amusement park on the ship. Two different targets for two different lines. I would never think of taking my kids even now at ages 23 and 26 on Celebrity and I wouldn't book Royal Caribbean for a trip for just me and the wife.

[Tatka]

Wow... We had 3 wonderful cruises with Celebrity while our son was a kid/teen, and now cruise with both without him. Love both lines.