Celebrity Beyond Review - Let's Talk Ship

foreign [Music] [Music] welcome to another episode of let's talk ship and in this episode of let's talk ship we'll be talking lots of sheep about celebrity Beyond we love one of these we love a model we always get one yeah but we love it anyway we just come off celebrity Beyond we went on a Saturday night Caribbean cruise we did have some pre and post Cruise stays in Miami which was awesome this was our first ever Celebrity Cruise and we had an absolute ball didn't we it was really really good now we did enjoy it quite a lot we had a brilliant town that cruise yeah and the ship was absolutely stunning it was a really quirky very designery kind of yes maybe some in some instances a little bit too designery it was designed over for actual practicality but it was very instagramable very very nice yeah very photogenic is the weird anyway on this Cruise as I've said we had pre and post Cruise stays in Miami so we stayed two nights in my Army first yep um the crews sailed round trip from Fort Lauderdale so we just got an Uber to there and on this Cruise then we had two days at Sea which we just spent enjoying the ship silent discos just relaxing just enjoying the ship uh and then we went to our Facebook call which as it was at Saint Martin oh yeah that's where we did the full Island Tour which was amazing it was really really good so an awful day for the day a little bus and we saw some amazing things we saw some Wildlife such as the iguanas and um it was it was a really really pretty place and we went to Mojo beach with the planes you've probably seen before they come flying over so you'll see you'll see anybody who's saying Martin has to go to America beach so we did that and then our second Port of calling was at St Thomas which as you know we we've been there before on uh CCC side but what happened was we actually birthed a different different like base or a port a different side difficulty you could still see the other other one but it was just a little bit too far away anyhow what happened was we got off and we we spent the day drinking Bushwackers and pina coladas and strawberry daiquiris and in this little Shack thing on their side which is great because you had the ship right behind you as a perfect bathtub it was a lovely day lots of liquid Sunshine but yes no it was a fun it was a really fun fun day we enjoyed that port a lot then after that we went to Puerto Plata which is our first time in the Dominican Republic but it's basically like a resort built for cruise ships specifically and is absolutely beautiful they have like a proper pool area there loads of shops they have some parrots there and not forgetting the bass but they have a place called Monkey Island which is like this enclosure full of like these little tiny moms we were at home and they were absolutely awesome we have to go there because we're the cruise monkeys so we did so we did we went there uh and then we had one last day at Sea which we got to enjoy the ship and and nurse a hangover and then we went back to my well Fort Lords out and then Miami yes where we stayed for one more night before flying back to London Heathrow and then home and home but it was a really good trip uh anyway before we get into this video we're just gonna please please please ask you to consider subscribing to our Channel if you haven't done so already and if you like this video please give it a thumbs up because it'll help us out loads um so yeah we're going to begin with our first chapter of the whole episode and that is our overview of celebrity Beyond foreign I have the little model it is here it is here so let's get into it shall we I'll let you do all the stats because you're the ship nerd I'm not shipping it I'm just holding the model so it's falling on to me anyhow celebrity Beyond is the third in The Edge class of ship for Celebrity Cruises she's actually 20 meters longer than Edge and Apex which are here older sisters uh she has a new sister come the way the ascent that is coming that is coming and because she's a bit longer she also has an extra deck as well okay so that's quite quite interesting to know so she entered to see this last year April actually in 2022 so she's quite quite new yes she holds 3 260 passengers which is quite a plus in modern days I wouldn't say that's massive no nuts probably coming up to about mid-size these days um but yeah there's some wonderful features on the ship I mean obviously as we've said before very instagramable very beautiful very quick as you can see the design is very very like very stylish but this here is one of our highlights the uh the Magic Carpet which is really really cool obviously it doesn't move up and down with you on it what it does is it's it's in situ for say this the day at the pool and it slides down to like the restaurant which is probably rural on fire for the evening which was really really close we love that we also love at the back there's a Sunset Bar which was really really cool because it felt like you went on a ship at all you felt like you were somewhere in like Greece or yeah or somewhere it was absolutely awesome the resort deck was beautiful really nice it's got the sculpture of an elephant with like a man trying to hold the elephant I don't know what that's all about and then there's this funny this funny little screen thing with these spikes but that was quite pretty isn't it one of the longest pools as well it is it is because the ship's been extended by 20 meters they've actually put that into the resort deck to make the pool longer that's quite cool if you're into lengthy swims yes um you'll also find beautiful inside the ship then you've got the Grand Plaza which is really beautiful yes so that's got that um it's like the LED chandelier yeah which just comes down blow it you've got a martini bar yeah um and they'll do like LED light shows on the um they juggle yeah that's where most things actually seem to like gravitate around yeah it's just like the central atrium of a ship really yeah it was the buzz in place for the ship which was really really good and then Eden Eden at the back now this here with the wonky window you should probably see if you've seen pictures you'll see there's a wonky window and that's because this is this whole little place and you go through this this like I don't know what it is it's like a void thing with these blobs it's like you're in space you saw a mirrored isn't it should go through there and then you come out and you're in this beautiful it's all got like all this like Greenery and it's a beautiful bar area but they do like these really cool um sort of shows and stuff and then they do like acrobatics and that sort of thing we love that area but it was really really nice it was really pretty so yeah there are the highlights of the chefs they're really really impressive and what you'll find out as we go through the video we'll talk more about most of those locations as well yeah so for this Cruise um we booked it using a travel agent called Cruise Nation yeah um the total cost of the cruise was 2 000 pounds per person that included our flights over and back from Miami and our pre and post Ohio two nights stay in South Beach yeah before the cruise the cruise which was a veranda balcony cabin yeah that included a classic drinks package uh Wi-Fi and I think it I'm at X and our tips yeah and then we also had a post crew stay in Miami South Beach well and then the flight have yeah so I was on we thought that it was it was very good value at the time when we when we booked this Cruise comparing it to competitor Cruise Lines it was very comparable in fact that's why we've booked it we thought we'd give a celebrity a go because it was just so reasonable we basically looked at Princess Royal Caribbean Celebrity and Pino and at the time price per night was all coming up pretty similar so that's why we chose um celebrity Beyond yeah but if in our seven eight years of cruising it is the most expensive Cruise holiday we've done so the drinks package we had was the classic drinks package and which included drinks up to ten dollars um there was an option to upgrade but um I think I was coming in around 120 pounds per person per week yeah so we decided not to upgrade and stick with the classic strings package and I think it we didn't struggle to find drinks we didn't get bored of the drinks that were often sufficient it was it was ample amount of drinks on offer Gins beers wines we were happy we were happy we were we were really happy with that and we like a drink so if we were happy with we would say unless you're really gonna sit there and drink cocktail after after cocktail like I mean premium cocktails as well because your Daiquiris were included so if you're into like your really high-end cocktails it wouldn't be for you you'd have to upgrade but we were we were satisfied we were really happy for us the class of Dreams package was perfect so now we're going to tell you all about our embarkation process and how easy and straightforward that was [Music] foreign it was short and sweet we would pretty much got to the terminal we were pretty much straight on board you can't fault it at all they took our bags we went straight through with a bit of fanfare there was a nice big sign the celebrity Beyond and all on it and we went straight through there was no no hiccups whatsoever no cues they did this funny little thing with the iPad what they do they checked your Ester yeah because we come from the UK to crsters um they'd see our boarding cards or boarding passes which was on their phones yeah and I think you would have photo taken because you hadn't taken it and I think that was it we were straight on board was like wow no it was no honestly it was so social so for us embarkation gets an enormous thumbs up like literally this has been the fastest embarkation for years if you've seen some of our other Less Talk ships we say they were the fastest but this is the fastest it seems to be getting faster yes good good good good good because we all want to just get on the ship don't we foreign so now we've embarked this wonderful ship we're going to tell you all about our beautiful cabin oh yes our cabin so we had an infinite Veranda on Deck six our cabin number was six two five zero which was sort of mid I would say more aft um basically you looked out of our Al Veranda our balcony and you could see the the last Lifeboat on the side of the ship so as I said we're on the starboard side pretty much staircase basically yeah which was actually lovely it was a really beautiful cabin we were really impressed with it and initially we'd we'd read or hear things online and people saying they weren't too happy with the infinite brand of the whole the glass panels line up the window sliding up and down Verandas don't seem to be popular and we liked it a lot and we loved it we didn't find it to be inconvenient at all it was the room felt really really spacious I mean it was a huge Improvement and in fact I I I honestly I think it is going forward I think it is really good idea because the only downside to it is is that the captain can manually stop you from opening your window um so that happened twice during our cruise um but that was it and it wasn't for a long period of time one was to clean the windows because they were doing a thorough crew mustard yeah kind of thing but the room was beautiful honestly it was and and to be fair I think I prefer this infinite Veranda because you can't see your neighbor's feet isn't it I feel more private it's more enclosed you're not always sat on your balcony and it didn't stop us from sitting on a balcony and it felt open enough when we did have the window down and if you didn't want to scene or whatever you could close these like little petitions which was basically made it back into like a balcony anyway and I didn't find it I found it really really nice it was very Tastefully decorated as we said very spacious had a nice flat screen TV lovely bed the one problem just going back slightly on that one the one problem we do find on newer ships is the balconies are quite small so when you both sat on the balcony it can be a struggle for one of you to get back in the room you don't have that problem because it was really good and the bathroom or shower room I should say the shower room was absolutely wonderful as well absolutely it was Irish it almost like they'd put like marble tiles and all in there was a nice little painting in there it was a really nice room in the shower was roomy as well and it had a glass door which you know a lot of people will really appreciate because they don't like the clean kittens like they do attack you sometimes don't they but it was an honestly the cabin gets a huge thumbs up from us and our room Steward was awesome as well it was really helpful really friendly always spoke can't fault a thing and store storage there was no lack of storage yeah we didn't struggle at all you even miss storage when he was in a ship tour I was like Lucas another cupboard behind you so you look at the cabin gets an enormous thumbs up from us it was awesome so the next thing we're going to talk about is one of the most important things on the cruise the dining experiences oh yes Food Glorious Food I always say that because we all love food and we're on a cruise and we love the food [Music] so we're going to start off talking about the complimentary options complementary and the main dining rooms yeah so obviously saying complimentary we have four main dining rooms on board we'll start with the first one which is down on Deck three and that is the Tuscan restaurant which is an Italian uh themed restaurant because each restaurant has its own theme I'm sure it might may or may not have said that but it has its own theme so we had some escarga which was absolutely delicious we love the escario not exactly Italian but it was it was nice we had some Skyway we had some some like like nice pasta and then um what's cannoli you had that what was that I did sit on the menu um and then I had a shrimp cocktail which was delicious I do like a shrimp it was pure fat I had the Scargo and shrimp it was awesome uh and then we had a I had a beautiful steak and then to finish off at a lovely strawberry angel like like angel cake it was really really delicious can't fault that at all it's a beautiful restaurant really nice really happy with the food it was lovely and the good thing as you've probably just seen from there you don't have to stick with the theme you can pick and choose they have always available options too so next we're going to go on to the Normandy restaurant which is a French inspired restaurant as well yes which was lovely we obviously we went we went to the Norman's restaurant on the last night of our cruise we had some fantastic food there as well it really set the cruise off to be fair it sent it off for the blast so we had some baked brie um which was delicious really nice with some escargot we did share there and we had um a lovely duck breast which was absolutely delicious with some fries and they give us I think we had some little big dual jacket potatoes with it as well I think we asked for that much they were happy to accommodate us which was great um and then you had MILF mill fire yeah so that was that was a nice little pudding absolutely it was delicious really nice and then moving on from that up on Deck four then we have the other two of the four main dining rooms so we're gonna go into the Cypress restaurant so there we have like a Greek Mase board which the the um the waiter insisted we tried which was delicious it was quite nice so that came out before anything else although on this particular evening I was absolutely stuffed uh so we had that and then we both had a french onion soup which was oh that was delicious that really was delicious yes and I'm Gonna Leave the pudding to Gavin I think he can try and say this one the pudding oh the the you mean the Greek custard pie or the uh Gala Deco or something like that I might put the words across the screen why don't you have a go at trying to say it it's really difficult so we're just going to say the Greek pudding it was nice it was it was really yeah but you had it I was too I was honestly I was so this one particular so far but food was delicious so moving on from the Cypress restaurant we have the fourth and final restaurant from the main the main dining rooms and that is the Cosmopolitan Restaurant which is the American style restaurant so here we had some lovely food yes um I went for the escargot for my starter I mean that's one of my favorites and I went for like the salmon but the salmon I've got to be honest was from the always available so basically as we've said before in all the restaurants you have always available options and salmon was one of them and I love it so I went for that and Gavin went I went for a salmon starter and a pasta Main in that one but the food for main dining room food it was absolutely delicious have no Faults with it whatsoever it was a good quality tasted fantastic service was really really good we can't honestly we count for a thing it was it was wonderful some of the best main dining room food we've had yeah it really really is I mean I will say that about all of celebrity the food is up there uh so moving on from that our next complimentary dining venue is going to be the Alba bakio which is like a cafe coffee shop thing which is in the by the Grand Plaza basically so there you'll find your sweets and your pastries coffees yes to have along with your coffees but you can have like alcoholic drinks as well obviously they depend on the package yes but yeah but you know yeah there was always a popular place are always free um moving on from there we have the Eden Cafe which is pretty much outside or just before Eden that's really nice and again complimentary yeah beautiful we had like a turkey sandwich I believe it was quite festive cranberry I think because we just come out of Christmas we were going into the first week of January so yeah we had a lovely turkey and cranberry sandwich that was absolutely delicious uh there is also a complimentary um like a it's like a cat uh what's called like the spark Cafe yes they do these kind of juice bars which is up by the solarium but I got be honest we never used it and we never really saw anyone go there ourselves it was always quite it was just at this quiet hole in the corner I haven't got any footage of it because we didn't use it um yeah we would have preferred it to have been a while ourselves but never mind that was in the solarium so the handy thing was just outside the slurium you then had the mass Grill yeah which we did like yeah which was delicious I mean they had some phenomenal beef burgers there was just loads it was just I was so tasty it was just a nice nice little it was that was our go-to very good we got back on the ship late afternoon or something we'd go there and get some fries like a greasy quick it was delicious and then after that then we've obviously our final um complimentary Day Option is the ocean view buffet or restaurant they call it the Ocean View cafe but um it's a buffet yeah everybody else is basically basically the Ocean View cafe as we've just said is a buffet but it caters for just about anyone and everything uh it's phenomenal it's this it's a nice Eerie area yep very spacious plenty of seating even on its most busiest um times we found somewhere to sit we found if you sat more towards the AFT of the ship which leads us into the next bonus is the pizza part we always find if you sat at the back it was quiet but yeah as I said there is a pizza section they have their own Pizza Counter they make fresh pizzas on board as well and they're really really good um we did like them I wouldn't go as fast anymore my favorite pizzas though God be honest I I think the parmesan garlic bread they did was pretty good I'm still torn between MSC and Royal Caribbean Europe and I do quite like that one I had on anthem of the Seas the the the the Caribbean or the Caribbean dream whatever it was I had the Hawaii it was it was nice that was nice but yeah the food is lovely um we did um the buffet quite a few breakfast we do it for a bit of lunch and we call it the snacks during the day as well there was always something tasty available basically so then depending on what cabin grade or Choice you've gone for you then also have complimentary options you have the Blue restaurant and the luminae now the luminae is for the retreat guests only so if you're just a normal peasant like they're like us you won't you won't have access to that same for blue blue exclusively for sweets as well sorry yeah yeah that's for like sweet enough we did have a little look around we did have a little nose around the Blue restaurant you know but I I mean I don't know what what options they have I didn't actually see their menu but the restaurant looked quite pretty but had no way in hell of getting into the other one because they closed those doors and you are out but I think the complimentary dining got a massive it gets accomplished down on the show Good was a really really good we're really impressed with it it's awesome so now we're going to talk about the charge building or specialty dining that they have on board we did go for a few of these we're gonna start sort of deck by deck as we normally sort of do so we'll start with when we didn't actually get to try uh which was the um the voyage restaurant really cool you go through these doors it looks like something off Deep Space Nine it is awesome but you go in there it's very very secluded very very intimate it's a nice area didn't get to try the food see the food but it the dining area looks nice yeah so moving on from that we're going to go on to Legrand Bistro which is in the the Grand Plaza yes um so basically we we did have a look at that during the day and they do have some nice like hams and meats and breads they do loads it's like a bit of a French style it's a French style restaurant in general if we had more days on board I think we've been visited we had intended to try it but we didn't get around it but what we did do was try lepity Chef and that was absolutely awesome so entertaining and the food was really really good it was a set menu so don't ask me what the hell we had I can't remember now I'd had a few wines I was enjoying the show my plate was blowing up there was paintings there was firework it was lovely um but the food was really really good we we thought um it might be just a an experience but it was actually the food was actually good as well it wasn't just the the Le Petty Chef doing his cooking it was a really good meal and how much did that cost us um I think we did um the petty Chef I think it's between 55 and 6 60 pounds and so you can pre-book your diet please per person yes so you can pre-book your dining with celebrity um before you Cruise um but the prices do fluctuate would you do it again of course I do it I won't do it again yeah uh moving on from that we then have the Eden restaurant which is another one of those we didn't actually experience we did stick our head in and have a look around one afternoon the restaurant looks lovely the smell from down there was awesome the food did smell really good because we very often went to the Eden like the Eden itself in the evening in the evening so we could smell the food it look good we did have a little Cruise there was a menu on the side we'd have a little quick Gander at that we are interested in doing Eden I would suggest you book early um because then when we looked at our dining it was already fully booked Eden so you need to get in there really quick get in the quick but that that's unfortunately one we didn't try so we can't give you any recommendations on that but it did look and smell amazing and moving on from that this is one of this is now become our favorite dying experience ever this has now took Facebook for long time we had The Veranda on q9 was topless this is now the top so we have the fine cut Steakhouse oh and it was good it was good God it was amazing Gavin went for a crafting cupcake and that was nice wasn't it and then I went for this had to do one over the uh the shrimp cocktail I had a lobster cocktail that was oh my God there's a net that really was amazing people that was lovely yeah it's awesome and I'm not sure where this actually come into the whole thing or it was a starter or part of the main but it was like this strip of like pork or bacon which was oh it melted your mouth obviously God it was so delicious it was really really really good and then what we decided to do was to share a tomahawk tomahawk steak oh it was it was huge of this enormous bone and it was just I was cooked to Perfection it was cooked exactly as we requested it it was beautiful we thought we'd ordered a one Tomahawk Steak between the two of us but no they suggest we get another plate so we actually had a Milan chop as well yeah they brought and then to finish off you went for the cheesecake because I was dying I couldn't I couldn't eat no more but that was definitely worth every penny It Go honestly is the best diet experience we've ever had on any cruise ships it is top top place it really blown us away it was delicious so we Hydra and again I think that was coming in around 55 to 60 pounds per person yep so next the next um specialty restaurant we have is raw on five which is pretty much opposite um so this is like the sushi bar now this we decided to just tune up to um on the last day pretty much yeah I think we've been popped in the day before and we just said have you got any space that guy was like yeah we have so we just nipped in there and as we said before I think the Magic Carpet does come down and go there to expand the it will extend the area um if it's nice and warm but you know on our sea day we didn't see that but the food was lovely I mean I will be honest we ordered loads of food it we couldn't remember what we all did so we ended up we just shared our food between us but it was very delicious to be honest it actually worked out nice because we got to try a lot more than we would have if we just went with our own food so mix and match and worked and it was delicious it was nice at all it was it was good yeah it was lovely really really nice they're moving on another chargeable aspect of the the dining we do have Scoops up at the pool deck so if you're liking July it's in the buffet area as you walk in there's like an ice cream counters that is chargeable um so we didn't we did we would have tried it but we just didn't have enough time but um it looked what I seen quickly walking past I mean I never walked past it but it did look really nice so that that was probably quite nice oh and then our our last one oh this is the one we booked well on board wasn't it now this was another really really good diet experience this was amazing again chargeable and that's the rooftop garden I think it was 45 per person plus the uh 20 graduity or service charge on top of that food was really really good have no complaints with that it was lovely because in the Caribbean we were it was quite warm so it was nice and Breezy and fresh and it just it was lovely so yeah but it was another venue where we nearly needed rolling out of that's so much of it I haven't quite a lot I think we went for like the sliders some salads um I think you would have chicken yeah some wings in there um steaks and dessert it was delicious but in general what we will say is the food on Celebrity or celebrity Beyond definitely was absolutely phenomenal you can't fault a single dish whether you pay for it or you don't it was exceptional but that honestly if you do pay for it you do throw a bit more cash with it it just takes it one step that experiences honestly it's definitely worth it I would highly recommend yeah so yeah as far the the dining options we've we've mentioned we'd recommend them definitely next time we go on board and there will be a next time at some point we will try the others and we'll give you our feedback on those but honestly the ones we did try were they blew us away I don't feel you have to spend money because like we said the main dining rooms are sufficient enough and they're really tasty it's lovely so dining I think gets massive them for us yeah it's one of the best so now we've talked about the dining experiences let's talk about the bars and entertainment oh yes foreign after you've had your nice lovely meal you probably want to go you know have a few drinks in a bar or watch some entertainment and there is load to do and slightly Beyond so we'll start off with the theater so the main theater was to be honest this this is going to come from me because those who have watched our Vlogs and know us well no I don't normally do the shows I get really bored I don't mean to but I just can't I get itchy feet I normally have to hold him in place but I went in to see a show I watched the whole thing and it was it was really really it was really really good they've got it the screen that goes all the way around oh it was so it really immerses you into the show it was fantastic that was Stage Door wasn't it I think and then we went back again and I just stuck our head in and I got stuck watching another show and I didn't want to leave if I watched the whole thing again from the point we went in we watched it was like this person in like a like yeah that was that was um another one of their popular shows that was it was actually quite popular if you want to see the shows you do probably need to get in there a bit early yeah uh the next our next uh bar is go we're sort of working our way through the ship deck by deck front to back kind of thing we got a little plan uh so we're gonna go through the martini bar now this was pretty pretty awesome very very engaging the uh as I talked about earlier really the light the light show the chandelier show clearing goes uh so it does like all the little disco lights at the top and then the barman they do a little juggling they do electrics they start they even stand on the counter they do RCS is really impressive to watch it's really engage and everyone gets involved there's an atmosphere it's quite nice you've got you've got like seating around um online tears yeah around the back sort of stage yeah like around it's brilliant yeah and you can sit around the bar if you want as well and you'll also find in this bar there's a lot of entertainment so it'd be like um live vocalists or they'll do your favorite silent disco I went there I did go there once I missed the second one I didn't quite make it but the first one oh it was loads loads of fun of Sonic disco is awesome yeah the martini bar is definitely a very popular so next then we have the club which is like the late night dance venue or dance club as it's as its name suggests but they do do things during the day they do like quizzes and things you said yeah quizzes on board um we didn't bother with any of those we did go to the disc at the end of the night but it did get the ship did get quiet on our cruise it got quiet quite early which was a bit of a disappointment I will say that but it was fun we enjoyed this we enjoyed the clip and then you had your little Disco If you wanted I did so next we have the craft Social bar so this is where you'll find um beers and Ales and things like that it's very traditionally so yeah it's your Pub on board I suppose but they also do nibbles there as well I think they I think when I look at the menu as wings and things like that you have to pay for those yes they're not included but yeah but and they do like the show Sports and all it was a TV and it was very sporty orientated so yeah you could probably watch your games in there as well that would be quite good that's then right next door to the casino which leads on uh so yeah you've got this quite an expansive Casino area it's not the biggest I've seen on a cruise ship but it was sufficient it was good it always seemed quite busy good pop it we didn't we didn't bother we're not we're not Casino we're not we're not big gamblers or anything like that we we like to know where our money's going that's usually on the drink um we know what's going to happen we can go and guarantee the result it's not chance it's not a chance we know uh and then after that then we have the world class bar which is an upper level um and forward just again pretty much off the Grand Plaza and this is quite sophisticated that's what I say there's some like specialty cocktails and things in there yeah but it was a nice semi quarks obviously you've got the noise from from the Grand Plaza coming up but it's not as immersed in it as yeah like as the other bars if you want to watch the action but not be part of it yes it was quite sophisticated it's very nice nice little area and it had great views over the place as well it was lovely so let's head further aft and now we'll get back into Eden again so you know we've covered like the Eden restaurant we covered the Eden Cafe how beautiful the venue is itself it's very very nice with the squeaky little floors and stuff but there's also a lovely bar there the bars beautiful it really is it gives starts off at the bottom and goes the shelves go all the way up and you get the staff were really really good there it was really nicely just some nice cocktails yeah we we when they quite often had a wine or two and it was a lovely little place to go really nice especially during the day because you had this aft Windows as well by day it's quite it's like a lounge really the lounge area in the day and you can obviously see the Wake as you were saying it's lovely but by night then they do some shows so on our cruise there was two shows I don't know what the shows were called but these demand shitless with muscles and they were flying around and then there was this other show where they would like Tweedle Dee and Tweedledum the same same end they were jumping around off the books or whatever they were doing it was good it was very entertaining it always seemed very very popular so if you want to see those shows you know they're on your program get the super really I mean we've spoke to friends and they've suggested basically make a night of going to eat and go there from the beginning maybe even have your food there and stay there we went there I think about 10 15 and it was we struggled to get a seat that night and the show doesn't start and even when we did have a seat we did get it was in interrupted by people coming through to try and watch it it was so popular so it's definitely worth getting in there nice so now we've left Eden we're gonna head up on deck and our next stop is the pool bar now the pool bar was really really good we always found to get served in a timely manner yes the staff were great always chatty always friendly it's a great bar to just sit take taking the sun taken the scenery watched the whatever's going on people watch and they usually have entertainment in the pool didn't they yeah they do like um quizzes and stuff there's always something going on there so it's a great great place and it's nice and when you're somewhere hot like the Caribbean it's nice and fresh it's absolutely lovely so yeah the pool bar was awesome and then moving on from that then we have the magic carpet here it is we have this little bit here it goes all the way up and all I dance this is actually a bar as well which is quite cool so obviously we've said when it's down by on Raw it sort of expands on the raw restaurant there it's at the top it's like an additional sort of pool bar yeah that and we we were there for the sail away of other we're watching we always pops down there we just like to go out on there it was very very often some Dynamic views the size of the ship especially when you're at Sea and stuff it is really really impressive very popular bar though again you would struggle to get a seat there during sail away because everybody would be there it was good and then we've got Sunset bar so that was really really now as I said to you before that's basically you don't even feel like you're on a ship you walk through you feel like you're in Greece you feel like you're in Santorini or somewhere the way it's designed the layout even looking at the bar it you just you know when you you just feel like you're on land you don't feel like you're at sea at all the way the steps and it's beautiful but there's just loads of seating around it as well and it offers some spectacular views out to see there is a smoking area there as well so if you if you're a smoker you can it's about a way you can have your own little area and you can still have a bar nearby so we're going to end our little uh bars and entertainment aspect of this uh barcal barcel uh yeah we're gonna end this with the uh the mask bar which is up at the top of the ship yes small you probably miss it if you blinked but it's there it's there and it does offer some great views we had we sailed when we sailed out of um Fort Lauderdale for that wasn't it and it was lovely we had some drinks it was a nice little Lily was lovely but that was that's that's that's pretty much that's going to cover all the bars and everything on board I think we've got it all yes if we missed something let us know in the comments below but I think we I think we've got them all I think we've got them all so after all of that eating and drinking and being entertained you're probably gonna want some rest relaxation and maybe you're going to want to like just redeem yourself a little bit so we're going to go into the health and fitness aspect of celebrity Beyond and the celebrities known for its World wellness and well-being yeah definitely [Music] so we're going to start off with at the front of the ship we have the spa which was wonderful there's there's quite a lot of facilities in there it does lack like a hydrotherapy pool I will say that um but the these loads this has got like sauna um there's like these nice chill out relaxing swing chair things there's a beautiful open deck area I think it's on like the top of the bridge where you can if you can get if you're open the door you can see out just I mean that that was really nice we did stick our heads out there and we didn't actually use the the spa facilities it was around 89 per person per day per day and then they did do a pass for like the week but we still felt it was kind of expensive we do like a hydrotherapy pool and given that they don't have one was a little bit like you said disappointing but it just didn't feel like it Justified the price for us because I'm just just sit in a sauna or a steam room which we have done on other cruise lines in the past and it's been complimentary yeah we just didn't feel like it was weird and the thing is with with this cruise we knew it was going to be decent weather but the space was beautiful fall to be fair it was nice it was woke up and smelt wonderful in there and the staff were really helpful in addition to that you've also find a salon and a barber shop oh yeah they're there as well so if you want to like Spruce yourself up while you're away you know what happens if you're on a longer Cruise as well your Fades grow out your beard grows out you might want to tidy yourself up so that's also available this is what I found quite beautiful is that they have like a reception here and then just behind that they have a staircase which takes you straight up to the gym we didn't use that either we had all good intentions we did have good intentions so in there you will find plenty of techno gym equipment yep so it's all um all the main equipment's all techno gym really good around the corner you'll find some Palace and bites yes um then they've got something called the motion Studios haven't they there's like these two little private rooms which they do like spin classes and things in I think um the f45 fitness programs which is like is that part of their partnership yes as we said this is our first time with celebrities so this is all new to us so we're trying here people we're trying and then if you don't you know want to go into the gym or you want to be outside you have got that amazing job if you want to get here if you want to get your cardio and you want to be out on DAC that's available the jogging track is amazing it's a big figure of eight shape it's really cool how they've to be fair it's quirky but it's really cool how they've done that I was quite impressed with it how it works now but it did it does sort of mess the layout of the ship up a little bit but we'll get into that later on but I found it really really cool so I I think for almost health and fitness does get a thumbs up even I suppose we didn't immerse ourselves in it it looks it looks good it looks good so yes we must move on [Music] oh so in addition to the gym if you want to get your heart rate going to get a bit of cards you're in you do have the option of going to the pool now celebrity Beyond has plenty of pools and open deck areas to exercise in but we're going to focus mostly on the pools for this aspect of it so we're going to start off with the solarium at the front of the ship um it's a beautiful area it's enclosed sheltered from the elements the pool is heated there are two hot tubs there most of the day it's adult only which is good because it's nice and quiet but they do offer a little time little family time for family time because I suppose like on this instance which we experienced the rain came down and it was kind of nice for the kids to have at least a little chance to Splash around in the pool um but yeah it's a lovely lovely area we really enjoyed it we're very relaxed there's lounges and all up there and they do have like a juice bar thing which is part of the spa which is a bit we didn't as you said we didn't use it but us there as well in addition to it but it's a lovely area I've got to say that was good moving on then we have the main Resort pool deck area which we're led to leave has been expanded on because the ship is 20 meters longer than Apex and Edge it's a beautiful beautiful space isn't it yeah there's a nice as we said before there's a nice bar there uh it's it's really is great it's and then the pool as we said it is really long so that's that's you'll find they'll do things like the aqua classes and things up there as well there's stuff going on up there it's a lively place during the day again there's plenty of hot tubs and even have these really cool ones that sort of come up like their own champagne glasses which are absolutely immense so moving on from the resort pool deck area we have the rooftop garden oh which is a beautiful beautiful area there's lots of real plants there a nice TV screen uh it's very relaxed it really makes you feel like you don't feel like you're at Sea is it is great it's like something from Avatar movie it looks incredible and again there are also these little plunge pools on the starboard side and they're really really cool they're like Infinity plunge pills they're freezing they're not heated but they're good and they offer some spectacular views out to see is they are incredibly really really are and in addition to this uh the other outdoor areas they do have some lower down like I would say saw on a conventional cruise ship like the Promenade yeah but they're broken up it's not a wraparound promo there's nothing like that it's more like smoking areas with like really cool chairs like some of them are quite funky they were like brightly colored and stuff but they're really cool and again you get to admire some spectacular views out to sea so there was there was plenty of Open Spaces plenty of lounges if you know if you wanted to get away somewhere quiet you could always find it on that nice little Nook so I I think uh open deck spaces gets a thumbs up there's plenty of space it was very very well thought out so now we've explained all of the the main areas and dining venues and pool areas and everything else about uh celebrity Beyond we're now going to give you our final four [Music] oh so what should we think of celebrity Beyond gav well the ship was stunning wasn't it I think as we've said the ship itself was really beautiful so many Instagram moments on there um the food was some of the best food we had yeah and it was always oh the food was consistently exceptional I would say it was fantastic and I don't think we had a bad meal to be honest we didn't so you know food food definitely gets a huge thumbs up from us in that one um entertainment and things like that there was always something going on wasn't there it was and it was quite Lively like like we said before you've got the main um the Grand Plaza was there was always something going on bit quiet in the day sometimes that you know they could have done with like maybe someone playing an instrument or piano or something but it was all right it was good um but there was plenty to do I mean we went we just found it was a bit quiet for us but I don't think it was necessarily it's not to do with celebrity as such I think it's just us as people we've gone we've become these sort of people I like to go on water slides I mean we like to do ropes courses and things like that all that fun kind of but I mean account for can't fault it really was it that was good we had a good we had a really good crew yeah it was good it was I think what we what we did tend to find is that um being from this side upon or you the UK We Dine quite late so I think a lot of the ship um in the Caribbean um a lot of people dined early and then had the shows later in the evening yeah but we'd be dining when everybody else was in the shows and then when we came out everybody was getting ready to leave to head to bed so it was we sort of missed the crowds I think yeah being yeah and of course we had jet lag as well because it's a different time zone it's quite a substantial different time zone as well so we did have jet lag and the thing is you could see that you could see what we're saying is positive or negative I suppose because we like a busy atmosphere and a busy ship yeah where a celebrity is not a busy show no you know you don't struggle to get served it was they they do focus more and I think they they're trying to be more relaxed they want you to relax but we don't always necessarily want to relax with that sort of piece there's nothing wrong with the shows we're brilliant the entertainment was phenomenal the only thing I will say is I think in my opinion that a big Pitfall with it is and this is this is a negative I think Eden needs to be controlled I think unfortunately it's just they only had two showings and they weren't even the same showing of the same show and people it gets round and people just swamp the place and I feel like that could be rectified by simply just saying book on your app on your phone it's limited to x amount of space is once that's full it's sold out those people go in they sit down is controlled and those people get to enjoy it I feel it was way way way too overcrowded unfortunately the two nights we went to see the Eden shows both of them there was something that didn't go right the first night um we got there it was so busy we ended up getting stuck in there and we couldn't see the show we were stuck because it was so busy and then because of the way the show is is like the slope around the back and the Entertainer was dancing down in the spotlight and I couldn't just go walking down because I wanted to leave and go to the silent disco so I had to stay I didn't want to use the disabled elevators because I just didn't feel like that was right um and then the other side was just so full of people we just physically couldn't leave and then by that point by the time we did leave we missed the silent disco which was a big disappointment that set me more that was the first thing to show the second year we'd got in there early got us especially and then we had people standing in front of us so we couldn't see the show so it was it was a shame and it wasn't just a few people you know that it was it was a big group of people we'd all sat there nice and early and we were all affected by people standing there but again like you said that could easily be rectified just simply by by restricting the amount of people in there and just making it bookable that would fix it so that's that's probably the only real major gripe we've got about yes but we say it's a minor grab because it impacted two of our nights it becomes a bigger gripe but overall it was it wasn't there is only one other small small negative about the ship and uh this could be a personal thing or maybe you might understand it if you're coming from my perspective the ship is really quirky really designery absolutely phenomenal but the layout is all swooshy and swirly and if you suffer from sea sickness at all it can make you feel a little bit disorientated now I mean it looks really really impressive and it is really really cool and it you know I feel but when you've suffered from seasickness walking up slopes it and down steps of the chips moving and you're not feeling quite right does make you feel a little bit and I will say this the top deck's been all sloped it looks nice but is it practical when they get wet I found myself slipping a few times and I'm gonna say I'm quite stable on my feet most of the time but you know if you were a little bit light on your feet it does work against them a little bit as nice as it looks I just feel it might not be practical we had deferred a few first-time Cruisers say the same thing the shift design was confusing it wasn't yeah but you know nothing yeah nothing major really like literally that's the only thing we complain about is Eden and the top layer the swirly woolliness of the ship but you know we move on the other thing we loved about said was that destination Gateway when we got on and off the ship that was brilliant wasn't it it's really good uh yeah it really was and the thing is just nice and cool in there you're not stood outside in the heat in electric queue or the rain or you're not exposed to the elements you sort of shouted the get you on board nice and quick and it's dealt with it's nice it's very it's very very cool and it's also with a lower the the magic carpet down and they expand on that and then they that's where they set you off on tenders so it's a really functional well throughout area it's really really it's really good because if you're on another ship you see every going straight on the ship not realizing the in destination Gateway yeah I will say the staff on the screws were absolutely brilliant they were really really friendly they could have done with a few more of them I think they did seem a bit stretched but then that seems to be uh across the board at the moment with a lot of cruise lines they're struggling to get stuff so you know there's nothing and head over and nothing against celebrity we we tend we tend to find it easier to go to the bar to get a drink um because there wasn't any waiters coming around was there especially in the Slayer and things like that so big question Luke would you sit on somebody Beyond again I would there was you know we had a really good time it was very different for the first day or two it took me a while to get my head around which I thought okay it's a new cruise line but I have been on new Cruise Lines quite recently like this is like Royal Caribbean and princess and stuff and I did find them quite easy to to fall into I did find this ship harder to fall into found it harder to navigate because there's lots as I said because the sweariness of the the decks you've got a lot of dead ends and stuff it gets quite confusing um but it's a beautiful shape I can't afford the food it's it's honestly it is nice I'm highly recommending it but I would say it might not be for me if it's this size of the pond if it goes to like Europe where we are I think a different crowd it I think it might work maybe it was the passengers that made it the vibe not quite fit yeah but I think there's nothing wrong with you on that one there's nothing wrong with this it is lovely and honestly we're really impressed with it but we just went Blown Away by it no but I don't know how much of that's the atmosphere and the vibe and I think I'd I'd agree with you if it was in a mad we'd love to try it um because one thing we did find women in the Caribbean we'd see like other ships um on embarkation day I mean we'd only be on the ship we should be really really excited but we sort of was Ovation or Odyssey of the Seas and we were like we want to be on that ship I've got ship Envy I want to go in the board up up on above the ship and the bumper cars were fun oh and the solarium is amazing then again we saw MSC Seascape we wanted to see we wanted to go on that ship then we saw Britannia we were watching the same way so they're sailing away and they've got a party we're sailing away we've got nothing I know they have a party and we're really quiet we've just got a Whole Foods it just every time we we loved the ship but there was something missing all the time you always wanted something off another ship which is kind of sad but the ship itself is beautiful it really really is and I'm not this isn't a negative we really have enjoyed our time on board and it is really really great and I would recommend it but I just know whether it is for us no maybe if we try an older ship with the decks and more traditional like flat and everything's deck by deck I think we might the thing is if it is if every ship was the same and yeah as we've said before there is a cruise line for everybody on this occasion maybe this Cruise Line isn't quite for us maybe the ship isn't maybe celebrity is because I mean we were really impressed with celebrity but maybe the ship isn't quite for us you know or maybe the ship is for us but it was just sailing the wrong area and a different crowd it might be awesome and the other thing we remember is this was our probably most expensive holiday we've done which we've found before we you know this might be advice if you've never hit a ball sometimes you often find the more money you spend on a cruise the more pressure there is to enjoy it and and you feel more analytical because you've spent more on it and I feel sometimes it can take but sometimes you better off just booking really really cheap and last minute and you seem to enjoy it a lot more for them we tend to it Randomness there's no major complaints at all it's just is it for us we just at the moment we're not quite feeling it we don't hate it we don't absolutely Blown Away about it but it's not bad it's a really good time yes so we would recommend it you know don't be put off no honestly we're not trying to put you off we've got nothing bad bad to say about it and all these things that we've mentioned about the crowds in Eden we have put on our feedback form so hopefully they will get them and they will Rectify me that's that's also a top tip is if there's something not writing a cruise and I give you a question at the end do fill it in because the more feedback they get the more people that say these things and voice their opinions it helps them it really does so yes so I think yes probably concludes our let's talk ship I think we've talked enough so yeah what I was gonna say was hopefully you found what we've said has been useful if you do have any questions please please please 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Published: Fri Jul 14 2023