General

This was our first cruise and first trip to Alaska so most of this is at face value and not a comparison to any other ship or cruise line.

This was ultimately a fine cruise. It was, however, marred by damages to the ship prior to the cruise which caused us to be kept in port in Seward for neatly 3 days causing us to miss 2 of the scheduled ports, Juneau and Skagway. These itinerary changes were not reported until after we boarded the ship and we're "updated" irregularly over the time in port. There was much consternation throughout the ship, and most people were not pleased with the 'compensation' package that Celebrity offered. However, I imagine, much has been reported about that on the [Cruise Critic message] board, so I'll stick to the land tour and cruise itself (and stay on the positive side). Read more