Celebrity Summit Review
MIssed the ship but made it to the first stop.
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The cruise on the Celebrity Summit was to celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary. We've been on 8 cruises before but have never been to the island of Antigua, Barbados, or St. Lucia. We like the shopping on St. Martin and St. Thomas so the itinerary was perfect. Normally we, like most cruisers, go to the departure port the day before the sailing. In this case I let the Celebrity agent talk me into flying into San Juan the same day. But it was still my decision. The ship left around 8PM that evening and the plane was to leave from Raleigh to Fort Lauderdale at 11AM that morning.
Well, everything was perfect. We boarded the plane in Raleigh on time and taxied to the runway. While we were about to take off the Captain came on the intercom and told us we had to return to the gate because of a bad thunderstorm in Fort Lauderdale, it was spring break and crowded and they only had one runway open. Since we were delayed from taking off two hours and we had a one hour layover we missed the plane to San Juan by 15 minutes (the plane was delayed taking off). Celebrity was notified in Raleigh of our demise and they said they would track the trip from there on. We did have another plane to San Juan that would barely get us there in time but that plane was also delayed. Bottom line is that we arrived in San Juan around 7:30PM and by the time we got our bags we missed the ship.
Celebrity had a person meet us at the baggage claim who informed us the ship was leaving without us and that they were taking us to a very nice hotel (Condado Hilton) on the beach. We were to stay there overnight and Celebrity would take us back to the airport the next day to send us back to Florida (Miami this time) from there we were to fly to Barbados, which was the first stop of the Summit on Monday AM. The flights went as scheduled but we didn't arrive in Barbados until 10PM on Sunday night. After some minor issues in Customs we were taken by taxi to another very nice hotel ACCRA Beach Hotel and Spa. The next morning Celebrity had a taxi take us to the ship. Whew...we missed the first night and the day at sea but finally made the ship.
Cabin Review
The room was roomy enough and had a larger balcony because it was located near the suites on the 6th floor. Loved the Concierge Class extras and would definitely get it again. Getting an afternoon treat was very nice.