This review is for a May 2013 sailing of the celebrity summit from Bayonne, NJ to Bermuda. DH and I are in our 30s and this was our second time on the summit, the last was a Southern Caribbean Cruise a few years ago before her refurbishment.

We drove to NJ the day before and stayed with family. We arrived at the cruise port around 11:30am, dropped off the luggage, and waited in line about 20 minutes to get through the security scanners. Check in took only a few minutes and after that, we were on a bus that took us over to the entrance to get on board. A glass of welcome champagne in hand and we were ready to start vacation!

As many will say, the summit is an older ship and it is showing some wear and tear in places. With that said however, crew members were constantly cleaning and painting and I think they work hard to take good care of her. One thing we love about celebrity or the summit in particular is her particularly hard working and excellent crew. We went to the martini bar to upgrade the beverage package we received as part of the 1-2-3 promotion and one of the bartenders took our cards, promised to remember our names for the week and take good care of us - and he did. Our stateroom attendant was similarly excellent, called us by name by midway through the week, went over and beyond to help us with anything we asked for or that he felt we might want. Read more