Europe Celebrity Summit Europe Cruise Reviews

Embarkation was laboured and disorganized - we queued for ages at check- in - we were advised that there were too many people on the gangway - when we got to the gangway we were penned in a glass overbridge for at least twenty minutes in the heat of the midday sun. Luggage also took a very long time to be delivered to our stateroom - in fact we had to attend dinner in the clothes we traveled in. ...

Many areas were noticeably downgraded. For example, many of the signage on the buffet items were missing, and on many days, the soup remained a mystery and remained untouched by many that stopped by to look into the unmarked kettle. Chicken fajitas were offered; however, no tortillas were available despite asking day after day. It was not uncommon to see waiters, servers and bartenders couching ...

Overall, the cruise was a great experience, more because the ports of call were great. Cruise began in Barcelona, stopped in Villefranche, La Spezia (instead of Livorno, more on that later), Civitavecchia, Naples, Santorini, Athens, Dubrovnik, ending in Venice. Celebrity does embarkation and disembarkation extremely well. Perhaps that is th only edge I would give Celebrity over the other cruise ...

Left Norfolk, Virginia and connected in Philadelphia for our overnight flight to Madrid, Spain. We took the pre-cruise tour to Madrid and Barcelona. Our tour guide in both places was wonderful. We stayed in 2 different hotels. One in Madrid was a classy hotel with wonderful food in the morning. We loved Madrid (not so much the graffiti). Seeing the Palace de Royale and the Prado made this part of ...

BACKGROUND INFORMATION My husband and I have been on 21 cruises around the world, including France, Italy, Greece, China, Russia, Australia & New Zealand, the Panama Canal, Norway and of course the Caribbean. Needless to say that we know our way around the world of cruising! We have been on Regent formerly Renaissance, Silver Seas, Princess and most of all Royal Caribbean. When Celebrity decided ...