We had a different experience on the Summit than some of the other recent reviewers had. Sure, there were some glitches but we had perfect weather during a great itinerary(Barbados, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Martin, St. Thomas) so it was hard not to have a great time.

We enjoyed the layout and refurbished furniture and finishes in CS 6106. I will try to post pictures of the room and balcony later today on the Celebrity forum. The balcony was long -- we easily fit 9 adults out there a couple of times. On the other hand, the balcony is also narrow. There was a smallish table with two regular chairs. It would have been nice to have loungers of some sort but I think it is too narrow a space for them. It was also nice having the three large windows in the room although the pulley mechanism in the middle broke a couple of times. They need to replace those along with some adjustments to misaligned cabinets. Also, if you are taller than me (5'7") you may not like the adjustable hand held shower which was barely higher than me at its peak.

Service ranged from very good to excellent (our butler, the sommelier) across the ship. In fact, we thought the service on this cruise was better than the last couple we have taken. Our butler, Elvis, was a great surprise to us given the lackluster butler we had on the Solstice a couple of cruises ago. He managed to setup a couple of nice sail away parties (with plenty of free food) that we hosted for several families we were traveling with and otherwise was always around ready to assist or so it seemed to us. Read more