The Summit is a lovely ship. The pictures that I had seen of it don't do it justice. It is tastefully decorated and seems immaculately clean. My DW and I were looking forward to the cruise. We had previously had four cruises on Norwegian, three on Princess and one on Royal Caribbean. We drove from Ohio across Interstate 80 and got to Elizabeth in about 8 hours. It was a nice road and a beautiful day for a drive. We stayed at the Country Inn and Suites and parked the car there taking the shuttle to the port. The cost of the shuttle was $70 for two, round trip. They were supposed to have one at 10:00 and one at noon. We were the only ones who signed up for the 10:00 and it was cancelled. We left promptly at noon and were at the port by 12:30 even after dropping off someone at the airport. They quickly took care of our luggage and we were checked in within a half hour.

After dropping off our carry on stuff in the room. We headed up to the buffet and had lunch. It was busy but there was ample space and plenty of food. The balcony room was spacious and was very tasteful.

The safety drill was absurd. They called us down to the theatre where we were shown how to put on a life vest. We were told to wait for other announcements. They were few and far between. The young lady in charge was rather humorless and kept demanding that a room full of people going on vacation and with nothing to do sit and be quiet because they could not hear the announcements (which weren't happening). They then began going through a list of names that were mostly in the room and had signed in leaving me to wonder how safe we would actually be in an emergency. Horribly organized and poorly done. You would think they had never done this before. Read more