12 Nights on Edge

We just got off Edge which did 12 nights stopping at the Bay of Islands, Suva, Lautoka, Apia and American Samoa.

The boat itself was very clean. We stayed in a concierge class Infinite verandah room. The room was very spacious and so was the bathroom, water pressure was great in the shower and it was nice having a big window in our room, even though we couldn't open it most of the time due to the heat and steam from the tropics.

We bought one Premium wifi for one device between us, but I had no trouble connecting my own WiFi network in the room, and using a firestick on the TV. We could stream at 720p nicely. Cheating the system a bit here, but it's 2025 wifi should be free.

The ship itself was very clean and the staff I could not fault, great across the board. Except for everyone constantly hounding you to purchase drinks packages and specialty restaurant dining it did calm down after the first few days, but seriously it felt like being in Suva and getting hawked by tour operators. This pressure obviously comes from the company and not the staff. Celebrity will unashamedly try to bleed you for every dollar they can, it's a bit gross.

There were enough bars and restaurants onboard so we were never bored and always able to change the vibe when required. I found the cocktails to be very weak, full of sugar and a waste of time, seriously better off with beer and wine. We bought a premium drinks package which I wouldn't do again. This is because, we didn't drink enough to warrant it over 12 days with 5 ports. We didn't want to be drunk and hungover the whole time. I'm sure we could have paid as we went and still come in way under.

The food was great, but we're not fussy people. We ate at the buffet for breakfast and sometimes lunch. Good variety of options. The Spa cafe made yuck smoothies, be prepared to build your own if you think that orange juice and carrot should never be paired lol. The coffee from Bacio is flat out terrible. I think this is an American problem. There is only one jumbo size cup, and the staff didn't seem to know what a long black was.

The 4 main dining restaurants were great, food was always nice, and it amazed me at how well they run at pretty high quality, considering the amount of people they constantly were catering for. We ate here for lunch quite a few times to escape the feeding time at the zoo vibe of the buffet. Just don't expect a good steak.

Specialty restaurants. We ate at Eden on a chic night. Was nice to dress up even tho most didn't. Nice food great service, crab cake was the standout here. Our waiter ordered us dessert after we declined and we were so glad she did. Everyone raved about Eden, but yeah not our vibe. Rooftop bar and grill didn't seem like it should have been a specialty restaurant, pretty basic food and this was the only place where the wait staff were a bit lacking, but this could have been sure to the large table of ships officers they were trying to please. Fine Cut, we went twice, get the tomahawk, I ate it myself easily. Great steaks, awesome staff. Recommended. Raw on 5 went here twice also. We ate the towers of crab and shellfish. Very fresh, the sushi rolls were nice too. This is a restaurant where you don't have to spend a lot of money if you don't want to. Recommended. Le Petit Chef, great show, worth doing once, food was average at best.

The ports were bad, but we knew this was going to be the case. The ship docks in the ports, so there's not a beach for miles. You think Fiji and then tropical beaches? Well not in Suva and Lautoka. It's poverty and people desperate to sell you anything they can. Felt a bit gross waking around to be honest. Samoa was a bit better, but yeah best advice is fork out on an excursion, or pay a driver to take you out of town as fast as you can.

The music could have been better on the club nights, seriously DJ tone deaf cleared the dance floor time after time, all the oldies were long in bed, we just wanted to dance so something with a beat and this was the feeling from others too. Terrible.

The last thing I will say it's a general observation on the passengers. My god some people need to make more of an effort and the staff need to enforce sloppy dressing. There was a man who insisted walking around in bare feet in the main dining room. I called him out on it too and he just looked at me like in confusion and walked off. There were people wearing beer singlets and thongs in the grand plaza on evening chic nights. People dining in shorts and t shirts in main dining. On evening chic nights, people were staring at us like we were overdressed. For God sakes make an effort.

Great cruise, glad we did it once, 12 nights was a little long for us.