Celebrity Beyond HONEST Cruise Review | CruiseReport
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- We spent seven nights aboard Celebrity Cruises largest Edge-class vessel, Celebrity Beyond. This Western Caribbean cruise was our 139th cruise and the 109th ship on which we have sailed. In this video, we give you an HONEST review of the ship, the crew, the entertainment and compare Celebrity Cruises to other premium cruise brands.
00:00 - Start
01:07 - Our Background
03:29 - Embarkation
04:24 - The Ship
08:56 - Accommodations
10:18 - Bars and Lounges
14:04 - Food and Dining
17:02 - Entertainment and Activities
19:38 - Crew and Service
20:59 - Demographics
21:27 - Premium Brand Comparison
22:56 - Conclusion
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This was the most thorough and "classy" review I've ever heard from any travel agent. Congratulations!
We absolutely love the Edge class ships, especially the Beyond. Have been on it twice already and am going again. It's a magnificent ship and like you, only have the best to say about every aspect of this ship and the best, most attentive and happiest crew. Most especially, our favorite Captain.....Captain Kate, and of course, also "Bug". Lol Thank you for the time and care you took in specifying everything about the Beyond. I totally agree with you.
Our first cruise was this year on Celebrity. We have a 13 year old and she was one of few kids on the ship. She still had a very good time. The staff was very friendly and enjoyed having her on ship. Our sommelier even made every night special by surprising her with a fun and different nonalcoholic drink! Our family enjoyed them so much, that we are cruising with them again in July!
A 13-year old??? Ha ha ha!!!
Love that you provided your background/credentials based on your experience and preferences to present a fair balanced and valid review, great and helpful review thank you!
Just returned on March 12, 2023 from a 7 night cruise on Celebrity Beyond. We splurged on a Sky Suite in The Retreat. It was nothing short of amazing. The staff could not not do enough for you and having access to The Retreat Lounge was a phenominal benefit not to mention the premium drink package and premium wi-fi that was included. The worst part is that it may have spoiled us forever as we don't know if we can return without a suite. All the bad parts of cruising disappeared being replaced by pure luxury. If you can afford it there are not enough words to describe the difference.
Cannot return without a suite?!? Ha ha ha!!!
Come on man.
We completely agree with you about the The Celebrity ships. We sailed on the Beyond out of Southampton on its inaugural cruise and was very impressed with the decor, stateroom (infinite veranda), food and bar choices and the entertainment. The staff/crew were all very helpful and seemed to always have a bit of time to talk to you. Celebrity has been our favourite cruise line for many years and we look forward to sailing the oceans with them for many years to come 🤓
Just disembarked from the Celebrity Apex this morning and now waiting for a flight home. Your review is spot on. To anyone considering an Edge class Celebrity cruise this review tells you everything you need to know. Thank you and thank you Celebrity Apex for an amazing cruise to Key West, Belize, Cozumel and Grand Cayman.
I totally agree with the comments on the Sky Suite. Best value at sea for me. It’s the lowest cost entry to the Retreat and the perks seem to be a good value for the additional costs. Have been on both the Edge and Apex and am looking forward to finding an interesting itinerary for the Beyond!
Wow! We just LOVED your presentation. We sail on the Clebrity Beyond for a transatlantic from Rome to FT. Lauderdale this October. We have been on Celebrity Summit and Holland America and just LOVE Celebrity, especially the food, the entertainment, and the solarium! Thanks again for the amazing info. I'm looking forward to more!
I just wanted to say that this was an incredibly thorough and engaging review! I am a 33 year old solo cruiser and have been looking for a relaxed and modern experience and I think this fits the bill perfectly. Thanks so much from a new subscriber!
How special for you!?!
I have been cruising for many years and watched many reviewers. This is the best and I look forward to watching many more!
Just finished my very first cruise, and my girlfriends second cruise ever (first since '08) on Celebrity Beyond. We are a 25 year old couple that absolutely loved our stay on the ship. Your review has been the most accurate and thoughtful by far that I have watched. We had the same room and package as you, so its great to see as an unexperienced cruiser how amazing, and top tier our stay really was. We both fell in love with Celebrity and plan on doing another cruise with them within the next few years. 10/10 recommendation for any couple. Thanks for sharing.
I just loved the detailed description of this Celebrity cruise ship. I am a 55 year old first time cruiser. This cruise line and Virgin will be at the top of my list!
We love Celebrity, especially their Edge class ships. Sailed on Apex and going on the maiden voyage of Ascent in December. Will likely book Beyond next. Thank you for your hard work in delivering your reviews. Great info!
Thank you! What a great review! Must have been amazing indeed! You’re so lucky!
We recently took Celebrity Beyond starting in Rome. This was our 6th cruise and we would definitely recommend CB. As you stated in your piece the crew, entertainment and cleanliness of the ship were spectacular. We totally agree with your review.
Wow, this is such an incredible video! Thanks so much for your detailed approach! We hope to sail on the Beyond next month and this was extremely helpful. We haven't done Celebrity yet, but just recently got off of the Sapphire Princess on a 16-day Antarctica cruise in February. It was amazing! (Your comparison at the end of the video was also very helpful). Thanks again!
Hello, once again you have done such a great review and so pertinent to all cruise fans. You seem so nice that we hope to see you one day on a cruise ship.
We have done 2 Edge class ships so far the Apex followed by the Beyond.
Both ships are very nice but for us the Beyond has all the minor upgrades that makes it our number one. We loved the new and larger design to the Sunset bar giving it an even more vibrant atmosphere. The central chandelier is also a better fit to the atrium making it a much larger sitting area to enjoy the great martinis and people watch. One of our favorite evening spot was the added World Class Bar that makes this cruise feel even more upscale with those special cocktails.
For us the Ultimate verandas was the perfect room as we are not big fans of a balcony cabin as we hardly go on it when we have one. So with the Infinite Veranda it made the room feel so much larger that we appreciated it.
As far as for service we felt that the Apex service was outstanding in all the area of our cruise compare to the Beyond. We found that on the Beyond the server in the MDR seemed rush and understaff as service was really slow and such had no time for smiles or engagement with its guests. That was pretty much the only area where the crew seemed a bit less friendly but not all there fault if they were understaff.
Celebrity is becoming one of our favourite cruise line lately that fills out all of favorite stuff in life.
On an other note do you have a Shipmate account ?
Have a nice day to both of you 😊
Thanks again
Sea Ya
Eric
Thank you so much for this video. I am amazed by how professional and engaging it was. The photographs and video were truly professional. Your dialogue was on pointe, descriptive while not full of extraneous babble, with really fine narrative style and timbre. Seriously, great job. We will be cruising in 2.5 weeks on Beyond and the first time with Celebrity. This video was perfect and exactly what we were looking for.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video. More to come.
My wife and I have sailed on the Celebrity Edge and Apex and are confirmed on the Beyond for my wife's 70th birthday next August. We LOVE the Edge class ships, especially the Sky Suite and Retreat privileges. You're comment about the friendliness of the crew is SO true, all crew members we encountered went out of their way to greet us with a smile. The meals we had were amazing!! We can't wait for our next Celebrity cruise.
Same here! We will be on the Beyond in October for a transatlantic this year. Rome to Ft. Lauderdale.
@@Angiehere-1 omg this sounds great
Thank you for an excellent review. We are heading for our second trip on Beyond. This time we will be spending more time on the ship and trying more of the spaces. We were on the Mediterranean cruise and spent more time off the ship. The ship had so many venues, that we did not experience everything. This helps us to prioritize.
Amazingly done best ever review congratulations
We just watched this video and are so glad we found you! We are planning our first cruise!
Your cruise experience is very impressive! I thoroughly enjoyed your detailed review! Thank you for sharing!
We will be on the Beyond in 33 days from now and your video really excited us. Now looking forward to it more than ever! Thank you.
I am a new subscriber and I was so delighted by your fantastic review. thank you so much and I certainly look forward to watching you again!!!
Just got off Beyond a couple of weeks ago. I couldn’t agree more with your review especially your comments about the staff. We absolutely loved this ship and the crew. Thanks for the video.
Glad I found you! This was a great review. I love Celebrity and I thought your review was thoughtful and fair. Looking forward to more content.
Great insightful review. Thank you.
I love your reviews!! You do such a wonderful job!
Thank you, Elaine.
We agree with all that you said about Celebrity beyond the staff, food entertainment was exceptional.
Thank you for your review. We are due to sail on the Beyond in September 23. As a couple with grown up children we both really appreciated the review taken from a couple perspective. We are new subscribers and look forward to seeing more. Many thanks.
Your highly thoughtful and thorough review coupled with your skilled editing touch has earned you a new subscriber. Well done sir! My wife and I are looking forward to a Southern Caribbean Beyond sailing in January. Our first Edge class experience. (fourth Celebrity cruise overall) Your review has really solidified our confidence in the fact that we have made a fine choice. So looking forward to it! Thanks again for a great review and good luck with your channel!!
Much appreciated!
We salied Beyond in Sep 2022 and concur totally with your comments and video!
Great review, Thank you.
Amazing analysis! A lot of other vloggers such take note. Going on Beyond in a sunset sky suite for a 10 night southern caribbean itinerary. Apex for our second time in 2024
We just got off the Beyond 2 weeks ago (and did the Apex last year) and your review was spot on. The Celebrity Ascent is already booked for 2024.
We sailed our first celebrity late November on Apex it was lovely. We are sailing on Beyond in just a couple weeks. Can’t wait. Great review.
I cruised on the Beyond in July 2022 starting in Barcelona and did the Mediterranean fabulous! Then b2b on Apex in September 2022 to Cyprus, Israel,Turkey, Greece outstanding! I loved it so much that I’m going on Apex to Scandinavia and Solstice in July to Alaska and then Solstice to Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Hong Kong 😊love the Sky suites
My wife & I sailed on the Beyond Jan 2023. Loved every aspect. The Retreat was awesome.
Hey guy’s loved this review, just got off my first cruise ever from the Solstice and loved it, so we just book a futur cruise on the beyond for 2025 Panama canal and southern Caribbean..i just can’t wait it seems like a gorgeous ship..and must say like you said for the service and staff they were always friendly and smiley all the time..😊👍🏻 looking forward to more clips from you guy’s, thanks!
Friendly Canadian 😊
My wife and I have sailed on the Edge and Apex within the last 14 months. Loved both of them. I will definitely sail with them again.
Great review thank you. My wife and I are retiring soon and hope to be doing a lot of travel in the next ten years or so with cruises being a part of that. Now I know where to go for a good review when trying to choose the right one. We have only been on one cruise about ten years ago on HAL and we had a great time.
Love your review. Well done in every way. We have cruised many times on Celebrity over the years & love the line. Your review of the Beyond has inspired us to sail on the Edge class ships for a first time. Thank you for the great content.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very informative. Thanks for posting!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love how you mixed your small business with pleasures!! I'm taking notes!
Well done. I concur 100% with your review. I've been on EDGE as well.
We sailed on the Celebrity Edge in 2021 for our 25th anniversary! We love Celebrity! But we REALLY love the Edge class ships. We just booked a Southern Caribbean cruise on the Celebrity Beyond coming up in the summer of 2024! Great and informative video! I agree 100% with all of your conclusions. My wife loves the controversial "infinite" veranda! I love the ambience of Eden -- and the cafe there might be the best lunch experience on the boat! 2024 will mark our 5th Celebrity cruise -- and while this past summer's cruise on the Equinox didn't live up to my past experience and expectations with Celebrity, as a soon to be 50 year-old overweight public school teacher who has been on 15 cruises on 4 different cruise lines, you cannot beat Celebrity for relaxing, enjoyable adult cruising!!! Keep up the good work!
Excellent review!
Loved the review and love the Beyond. I have been on all three Edge class ships and Beyond is my favorite mainly because of the upgrades at the Sunset bar. My only observation is that you missed the Spa and I love the Sea Thermal Suite, one of the main reasons I sail in Aqua Class, that and Blu.
Great Presentation! We love Celebrity also. Going on the Beyond in April already on the Apex. Can't wait for the Xel.
Booked for April 2024.
So happy to see your review , thank you!
My wife & I have sailed on Edge and Apex over the last two years. Have Beyond booked for this coming January. Your video was very accurate and I agree with your assessment. We were devoted Princess cruisers but after two horrible cruises with them back to back we switched to Celebrity. We are happy that we made the move.
Hope you enjoy it!
We sailed on the Beyond in Jan/23 and we loved the ship. Our only grievance was the rooftop restaurant. It was extremely windy in the restaurant and we didn't think the food was all that good.
We have not sailed this ship yet but we have booked for a 10 day cruise in an Edge Villa. it is expensive but hopefully worth it. You video was excellent and really told a great story of the overall experience. Thank you !
Your reviews are thorough and not boring I really hope you get more subscribers you deserve them! We sail on Edge this Christmas 2023 and are so looking forward to this ship, we have done 4 cruises on Celebrity but not in several years so we are looking forward tot he Edge Class ships.
Thank you.
Very good and explicit review and I agree being in a suite and the retreat is a totally different cruise experience to being in the general population
Great thourough commentary...I enjoyed your review
Can't wait! Sailing on Beyond March 2024
Considering a Beyond cruise. This is a great video. Learned quite a bit. Honest
We are on this ship in 11 days! Cannot wait! Thank you so much! 🎉
Have fun!
After multiple cruises on Viking in PV cabins, we were unsure of taking cruises on a large ship. But after this review, and your several in depth reviews of the Apex Sky Suites and food last year, we just booked a Sky Suite on the Beyond last week! Now we have 11 months to wait, but we luckily have two Viking cruises in between. 😊
Maria, I think you will love the Sky Suite experience.
Very good review. I’m new to researching Celebrity lines and you gave a lot of useful information. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent review! We are on the Celebrity Ascent this December and will be our first Celebrity experience. You have made us very excited (We have done 31 cruises).
We have sailed Virgin Voyages (Scarlett Lady, Seriously Suite cabin) and aside from the music, I think you would really enjoy the food and experience as they are top notch!
Totally agree with your assessment. Loved the Edge. Food, entertainment, bars, amenities: outstanding!!! Have already booked another Edge class voyage (Beyond). Hoping Kate McCue will be our Captain.
Just found your channel. I love your style. I can’t wait to try Celebrity Beyond. We’ve sailed RCCL, Carnival and NCL. I’m ready for something different. 🎉
We have been on 42 cruises and we do love Celebrity.
Glorious and FABULOUS. I pray on day I well be on-board.
Great review cheers. First time cruiser here. Looking forward to the beyond this July out of Rome It feels like I’ve been on the ship already with this great review. Thanks for your hard work.
Hope you enjoy it!
Just came across your channel looking for reviews of the Beyond cruise ship. We’ve sailed on the Edge and recently the Ascent. My wife and I are both 66 and have only been cruising since 2020. We’ve been on about 8 cruises and all have been with Celebrity except 1 Princess cruise to New England/Canada last fall. We agree with your assessment of Edge class ships and Celebrity. I also like Solstice class of ships. We are sailing on the Beyond March 11 for 11 nights. BTW I subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work.
Found this video as we are considering booking Celebrity Beyond for later this year. Thanks so much for this excellent overview of the ship and what she has to offer. We've subscribed, and will be following your channel for more content, since we're also adult cruisers... with a teeny tiny channel of our own.
My husband and I are booked on Celebrity Beyond in October. Your review was excellent and extremely helpful. I can’t wait to see your dining and stateroom report. Thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!
First time with you. We cruise often and watch many vloggers. Very impressed. Looking forward to you 😊
Thank you for a very comprehensive and pointed review. As a family, we have cruised 7 times on the Disney Fantasy, all 7 night cruises. We obviously love Disney itself, but the biggest draw to Disney cruising for us is the level of service that is provided everywhere, every time. We are looking to do a shorter cruise, just my husband and I without our children, and are considering other cruise lines, mostly for cost and to be adult focused as we are around 50 yrs old. Destination is not as important as level of comfort, cleanliness, and of course service. Thanks again. We will be watching many more of your videos as we decide.
We love the edge class and have been on all three ships. We enjoyed our Sky suites and are going on two this summer in Europe. Thank you for such a detailed review! We have been on virgin, Holland and Viking and so far Celebrity is our favorite.
You're a virgin??? Really?!?
Thanks for this review. We just booked for next November!
Great review thanks, I would love to sail on this ship 😍
Just subscribed and hit that like button as i really appreciated your review.
My wife and i are going on our fourth cruise in October. Our first though with Celebrity Equinox on a 8 day southern Caribbean 30th wedding anniversary cruise in a Aqua class cabin.
We are also looking to book another cruise in April 2024 with my best friend and his wife and are considering the edge class ships which look beautiful.
I know there newest ship sets sail in December this year the Assent but Beyond looked great as well.
Thanks again for the great review!
Robert.
i really enjoyed your video. My wife and I are going on Beyond on April 27th cruising down to Aruba and Curacao. Super excited that we've chosen Celebrity for out vacation.
Cheer Paul from Toronto
Just subscribed. I'm enjoying your review very much. :)
Can't wait for our first cruise. Thanks for the video.
Hope you enjoy it!
Lemon drop martini is my favorite too.
New subscriber! Love this review. We are heading on our first cruise ever Spring 2024 on the Ascent for a 12 day Mediterranean. Your video was so helpful for our planning and our excitement level as well. ;)
Have fun!
trying to plan out my first Cruise at 63 and im going nuts...lol.thank you for this video!
Nice review! We have been on several Celebrity cruises and it is our favorite large cruise line. We have booked a sky suite on a Southern Caribbean voyage in January (2024) and are looking forward to The Retreat experience.
Scheduled on the Beyond for October 23 to the Mediterranean. Looks like a good fit for me. I am a solo traveler in her 50s. I picked this cruise because it seemed like older crowd but not tooo old. I don’t like the party ships. I hope I don’t have the excursion problems. I really want to see Pompeii! Thank you for the great thorough review.
I think it will be a perfect fit for you. And, you will LOVE Pompeii.
Excellent review. We are going February 7. You have a lot of good information.
Thank you for the excellent review from a new subscriber! The Celebrity Beyond was my only my second cruise and followed a Viking river cruise. I think the Celebrity Beyond was a very good fit for our Caribbean cruise that was a balance of ship resort style entertainment and destination excursions. The service and staff (including Captain Kate) were amazing and the food and drink were very good. Compared to Viking, I would say that the casino is not a plus for us, the "class" based system with Aqua and Suite status is a negative, and the glitzy on-board shops were a negative. We will certainly cruise with Celebrity again. But, when our trip is more destination focused, we will stick with Viking for their destination enrichment, inclusiveness, and omission of up-selling premium restaurants, luxury stores, photos, etc.
We are going on Celebrity Beyond this October- our first cruise! Thanks for your very informative blog. Looking forward to your blog on the ships dining.
Thanks for the thorough and informative review. I am off to travel with Celebrity for the first time in August. Your video made me look forward to it even more!
Glad it was helpful!
We are booked for December this year. Excited to try out this ship, not many kids sounds great, beautiful decor
We have sailed all three Edge class ships and agree that the Beyond is just fabulous. We will be back on in a couple weeks and will be on Ascent in January.
We really like the decor and relaxed atmosphere and adore cafe alBacio.
If the kids/grandkids are with us is probably Royal. The wife and I? It’s Celebrity.
We’re so excited to sail in May. First time on Celebrity. Thank you for this exceptional video
Hope you enjoy it!
Great review. We are going in may and can’t wait! I’m excited to make my donation to the Casino as well 😂😂
Great review! We are going on Beyond April 1st, 2024 with another couple really looking forward to it. My wife and I have been on 4 celebrity cruises now, Equinox 3 times, Millennium once, and really looking forward to sailing on Beyond. This review enforces everything we are looking forward to on this class from Celebrity, thank you for the thorough review!
Hope you enjoy it!
New subscriber.... thank you for a great review… Really appreciate it since we will be cruising on celebrity beyond in April 2024🚢
Great video. My wife and I were on your cruise- saw you working on computer most days in coffee area in the morning. I thought you were like a CEO of a start up and had to have Zoom meetings. I never have seen your videos before and connected the dots from the guy working on his computer every morning to your channel. Great work ethic. Your video is a great representation of the ship and cruise. We will definitely keep watching your videos. Thank you!
A couple of people recognized me (believe it or not) and came up to say hello when I was at Cafe al Bacio.
Sounds like Celebrity would be a good choice for us, just getting the chance to get back in in about 10 years. Have done HAL, RCCI, NCL, & Princess and haven't cared for the direction RCCI & NCL have been going. Joined at first viewing; great review!
Great video, sailing May 2024.
this is a great review. thank you . I really like your approach. I haven't looked at your video list. I hope you make a video that answers questions like, is the price difference between silversea and celebrity worth the price difference. thanks
I completely agree, I just did Discovery Princess and Beyond and the difference is nigh & day with real plants vs fake, ok food vs amazing food and Captain Kate is amazing and engaged, celebrity does cruising VERY WELL