We selected this cruise in order to see the Hubbard Glacier and we were not disappointed! Check it was well staffed and the queues were for immigration. We arrived at our alloted time and it was not too long before we were settled into our stateroom with balcony. Our room was clean and Mario kept everything in good order with the minimum of fuss. A nice bottle of wine awaited us and a small ...
This cruise was to be our first since covid.
We wanted to find out how the cruise industry and especially Celebrity were adjusting to the past challenges caused by the pandemic.
My wife and I have done over a 100 cruises mainly with Celebrity and Princess, but have also cruised with Royal Caribbean, NCL, P&O, Fed Olson, Stenna, Thompson, DFDS, Townsend Thoreson. BEI Line.
Embarkation for ...
We live in western Canada and had FCC to use so decided it made the most sense to sail out of a port that was: a) in the same country we are in, and b) sailing to places that are drivable if there are repeats of the past couple of years and we need to suddenly change plans. So Vancouver to Alaska made the most sense.
We originally booked a Sky Suite on a splurge, then decided to really go ALL ...
This was our second time on Celebrity, and first time to Alaska. No cruises for the past two years due to COVID, and we were happy to be back! This was a great decision for us as we cruised out of and returned to our home-town Vancouver BC. No flights, no hotels, no stress!
Embarkation: Check in on-line and upload of documentation was fairly easy. Once at the terminal we had very minimal wait, ...
1st time on Celebrity and I was impressed with the excellent service, ship cleanliness, and entertainment. Captain Leo was engaged and very visible with the passengers and presented life sayings from his grandfather. Cruise Director David was lively and engaging presenting the right balance for the cruise clientele. Cabin steward (Early) maintained the cabin in spotless condition twice per ...
Wanted to do Alaska & it finally happened. Living in BC it meant no flights for our first time back to cruising post Coivd.
Embarkation was a breeze from the port of Vancouver and there were 3 ships in port. Lots of helpful people guiding you to your ship. If you had all your docs in order it took us 30 minutes from porter to cabin.
We enjoyed the Rock City show, the Martini Bar, our waiter ...
We chose the cruise as part of a 5 week trip round Canada, originally due to travel in Sep `21, cruise was recommended by Trailfinders as it fitted in with the rest of the trip. Our first experience of Celebrity
Not a great first impression, lots of pre-boarding emails with reminders to provide vaccination proof, have a test before boarding and complete the online check in and upload id, ...
We were so excited about going on this cruise after being locked out of travel for so long but it turned out to be awful.
Every meal we ate either in the mast grill, dinning room or cafeteria was cold, coffee was watered down, no sanitization on the boat from washing stair banisters to buttons in the elevator, no mask mandate in common areas. The celebrity app was not up to speed on the on ...
I’d been on this ship in Nov ‘19 and loved every moment so when the opportunity to do another cruise on it this year was offered back then, I paid my deposit. The ship is supposed to be safe, full vaccinated passengers and crew. Passengers are expected to test negative before boarding. Their staff was apparently tested back in Vancouver 11 days earlier. The ship had Covid cases on board ...
We boarded Celebrity Eclipse in Honolulu for a tour of the Hawaiian Islands.
We paid full price for a Balcony room and were a little disappointed to find all the passengers who booked inside cabins were given free upgrades to balcony rooms because the ship was only at 50% capacity. I also have a severe gluten allergy and I was disappointed at the lack of choice of gluten free options. The ...