Alaska Celebrity Summit Alaska Cruise Reviews

If anyone has any questions about my comments in this long review, I can be reached at pgauker@bellsouth.net. And I mean it! Travel experiences are to be shared! I still get an occasional question from my Summit review from '04 Ft Lauderdale to Panama and back. PRECRUISE PREPARATIONS -- I received an email ad thru Cruise Critic with an offer I couldn't refuse: Air included to Alaska! I hadn't ...

ALASKA INSIDE PASSAGE CRUISE: Ketchikan, Skagway, Juneau, Icy Strait/Hoonah, Hubbard Glacier, and Seward. My husband and I chose to go on an Alaskan Cruise for our wedding anniversary. We tried to do something special each year for our anniversary. Choosing the Alaska Cruise was perfect. We flew from Hawaii to Vancouver, B.C. (which was our port of embarkation). The Summit is ...

This was my second cruise, the first being a 4-night RCCL sail to Key West and Cozumel with my sister in August 2003. It was the first for my husband, and it was our honeymoon. Overall, we had a wonderful time, and thoroughly enjoyed our vacation. We did, however, experience some disappointments that I'll mention below. GETTING THERE & EMBARKATION -- We flew into Anchorage on Thursday, and awoke ...

To return the favor to those cruisecritic members who were so helpful to me I wanted to "pass it on" to those of you who are just now beginning to plan your cruise of a lifetime! We thoroughly enjoyed every minute of our cruise of the inside passage from Seward to Vancouver on the beautiful Summit. Thanks to others suggestions, we chose the Celebrity Suite which was really unbelievable. The ...

My wife, Beth, our daughters Heather, 20, and Hayley, 18, and I were on the July 3 Cruisetour #15 (July 9 sailing of the Summit). Pre-cruise: The limo picked us up at our home at 6:15 Saturday morning. No traffic to the airport and check-in/security was relatively painless considering this was July Fourth Weekend at LAX. Celebrity had us booked on a "one stop/no change of plane" flight from LAX ...

We did the Summit Alaska gulf cruise 7/04 and can only sum it up in one word - Wow! We've taken 4 other cruises but this was our first to Alaska and our first on Celebrity. The sum of the parts were greater than the whole, and since the parts were all excellent, the whole was inevitably grand. On embarkation in Seward, we were greeted in the 'grand foyer' by dozens of suited attendants offering ...

My husband and I traveled with our 2 year old daughter in our room, with his parents across the hall. The staff was very accomodating with our needs, even bringing us a second crib choice. We used the onboard babysitting while the baby slept and we went to late seating. It worked out so well. The wait staff was extremely attentive and helpful during meals and the food was outstanding. I highly ...

I selected Celebrity because the reviews about its food and service were excellent, and that it delivers good value for the money. I enjoyed this cruise. It is one of the most relaxing vacations I've ever had because I didn't have to re-pack for 14 nights and I didn't have to 'drive' anywhere. The only part of this vacation that caused stress was the lack of a place for kids under 3 to play. The ...