Celebrity Summit Review
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We booked this cruise 18 months in advance and tried to do our homework to get the most out of it. We travelled from the UK the day before the cruise from Heathrow through Miami to San Juan. It's a long journey and the second half was delayed by an hour and a half. We were met by our Celebrity transfer who swiftly took us to our overnight hotel Caribe Hilton about 10-15 mins away. We were checked in to the noise of a very loud disco which was open to the reception area which was a bit off putting as you had a job to hear the staff talking to you but when we did arrive in our room in the tower block you could not hear it thank goodness.We were given instructions by the reception staff about our embarkation details from Celebrity for the next day. The room was ok - they had a large air conditioning unit free standing in the room going full blast which was so loud we had to turn it off in order to sleep. Thankfully the room was not too bad without it but you had to be careful not to fall over it! The room was a little tired but did the job for one night. The hotel itself seemed very nice - we walked around in the morning whilst waiting for our pick up. They did a buffet breakfast (full for $20 or continental for $12). We had the continental and it was very nice.
Our luggage had to be placed down by the bell porter by 11am to be picked up ahead of ourselves at 1pm. The coach arrived a bit early at about 12.45pm and we were checked in and on the ship sipping our welcome drink and heading for lunch by 1.15pm.
We had a nice lunch - it was busy in the Oceanview buffet but not unreasonably so considering it was embarkation day. After that we wandered back to see if our stateroom was ready and it was but our luggage did not arrive until 5pm which I was a bit disappointed in as we were in a sky suite and Celebrity said we would have priority baggage delivery. It didn't matter that much though as we toured the ship and then met our Butler Elmerio and steward Norma. They were extremely friendly and helpful and could not do enough to make your holiday enjoyable.
Cabin Review
Sky Suite 1
We were in a Sky Suite S1 8117 situated mid ship a couple of doors away from the mid ship glass lifts. We never heard the lifts or had any noise issues form neighbours or people passing by. The bed was very comfortable with very good quality bed linen and pillows. There was a walk in wardrobe and a safe. The bathroom was a reasonable size (for a ship) but we would have preferred either just a shower or a separate shower and tub as I have a few mobility issues and the side of the tub was very high to get over and then the height of the ceiling would be a bit low for anyone over 6ft tall. Everything was very clean. The balcony was a fair size but had no loungers or foot stools. After asking our butler for footstools - he said they were only supplied in bigger suites but did get us some smaller ones which I put a pillow on and it did the job fine. Lots of cupboards and drawers so no issues with storage and our cases fitted under the bed.