First of all we had a very difficult time getting into San Francisco due to weather conditions (heavy fog). My wife called Celebrity help desk to find out if the ship was leaving later than expected. We were told in a very cold voice to be at the terminal by 4 pm or we would not be allowed to board. After landing in SF on another airline and a mad, mad dash to the cruise terminal by taxi at just minutes before 4 pm we saw hundreds of people outside standing in line waiting to get into the terminal. There had been many, many delays getting people onto the ship. We paid Celebrity for a shuttle ride to the ship but received a text from our travel agent that Celebrity notified her that anyone arriving at the airport after 12 noon would be on their own to get to the ship! No shuttles! What? That was dozens of people coming into SF just after noon. We never received that text from Celebrity and we were signed up with them to receive updates. Then there was no greeter present anywhere to tell us what was going on and to confirm how to get to the ship. We have been to Alaska many times on Princess and Holland. How can you have a Alaska cruise with NO naturalist on board? Whoever was doing the VERY limited narration at Tracy Arm had no idea what to say.

When we boarded the ship we had no drinking glasses in the room and no do not disturb sign for the door. We also found out later that there was a Welcome Aboard letter with some details about things we missed. We never received that letter (our 5th and probably last cruise with Celebrity). We also never received one of the bags they give you for shopping at the stores on shore until we asked for one! Production shows (3) were very good. Other entertainers were okay, about what you expect. Food okay. Curtains in stateroom looked like they were 30 years old. Bed was hard as a rock, very uncomfortable. Ship was nice but seems to look somewhat old and dated. Compared to Princess, who seems to always do everything right, this trip was a disaster.