Review: July 28th Sailing of the Celebrity Solstice.
To begin: I have sailed in riverboats on the Rhine, as well as on the Fair Princess, the HAL Ryndam, the Constellation, Eclipse and Infinity. This was my first cruise since 2014. It had been cancelled several times due to health problems in the family and the Covid issues. My personal rating of this cruise is six out of ten. It would have ...
Three generations including ten grandkids, 2 to 13 years. This was an ideal itinerary getting Texans out of the summer heat and seeing sights even many of the adult kids had never experienced. Celebrity has a good kids program and that was a major benefit.
Ship size was a compromise--large enough to have multiple activities and not so huge that there are no intimate spaces.
Ship was full ...
The 2023 President Cruise was abso-tively 'over-the-top'.
This was my third time on SOLSTICE, my very FIRST cruise aboard Celebrity was on her in 2010 and she's as fresh appearing as I recall (and I have a great memory!).
It was another (my 25th aboard Celebrity ships) Xcellent sailing.
Service is unwaveringly Xceptional. As was the food. Ditto for entertainment.
This frequent ...
I decided to take the plunge and book a cruise to Alaska as my first cruise ever. Glad I did. I didn't mind the ship was older. I don't need all the fancy "bells and whistles". My room was clean. I liked all the activities provided. Food was good. Loved all the excursions that I did. Loved all the ports that the ship stopped at. I'd book another cruise with celebrity! Everyone on ...
Where do I begin...First let me say that the weather was perfect, normally supposed to be raining this time of year but we got super lucky and it was sunny and 60's the whole time. Second, Alaska is AMAZING!!! This trip was the Dawes glacier cruise out of Seattle. Everywhere we went was amazing. Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway were incredible ports. Now for the cruise ship, deep breath...
The ...
We went on our first Alaska cruise September of 2021 when the Celebrity Millineum had only 600 passengers - (first cruises after Covid). It was great with less people, but some places were closed due to covid like Canada. We decided to return to Alaska this May, as it is easy to travel there living in the Northwest. The ship was most likely at full capacity this time. Our only problem was ...
We had been on Celebrity before a couple of years ago but had done a second Marella Cruise in January which we thought had gone downhill so back to Celebrity. Alaska was on our bucket list. Not the fault of Celebrity but Seattle Airport is the pits. Queues so long we had to go down the escalator, round the block and back up stairs before we even got to the main queue so would never go back ...
We chose this cruise for the itinerary and May sailing. The ship overall is very clean and pretty but is showing a little bit of wear and age. The crew is excellent and really makes this ship special. Our room steward was the best we have had on ten plus cruises. The staff in the Blu restaurant were excellent and the food overall was very good and wonderfully presented. The buffet was very ...
We just thought to try it once and see if it was for us. We had a good experience for most things except for the cost of buying cappuccino in the morning. It was so disappointing and distasteful that we poured it down the drain and said we will never buy it again. It cost about $9 each, what in the world for. What were we to spend the on board credit for? I sure didn't know and who to turn to ...
Things we liked: wonderful boat and amenities, the crew was kind and hard-working, and the food was good for the most part. The ports were great and we liked the setup of the ship. Service and food in Murano was exceptional, best place to eat by a long shot.
Things we didn't like: service in MDR was very rushed, we felt hustled along to order and eat, food was good though. Service in Tuscan ...