This is our third cruise with Celebrity, and our second successive trip aboard their older Millennium-class ships. Many of the things we like about Celebrity--the polite and attentive staff, the cleanliness of the cabins and public spaces, the choice of dining venues, the ease of embarcation and departure--were in evidence again on this cruise. Since our favorite thing to do en route to our destination is to sit on our little veranda and look at the water, we tend to avoid the common recreation areas and glitzy nighttime shows in the theater. Much as we could, we also did our best to ignore the things that annoy us, including the constant hawking of drink pacages, shore excursions, photographs, specialty restaurants, spa treatments, and gee-gaws.

Two irritants hard to ignore were the cheesy contemporary pop music they insist on playing in the background in the Oceanview Cafe (totally ignoring the demographic of the ship's passengers) and the noise above our Aqua-class cabin on Deck 9, immediately below the pool area on Deck 10. I recommend that you check the location of your cabin very carefully before you book on Summit or its sister ships, particularly if your cabin is located on Deck 9. The decor in the cabins is a bit on the fusty side, with an orange and brown pallete reminiscent of the 70's.

We're not tuxedo and dress-up types, so most of our meals were taken in the Oceanview Cafe (despite the music), but we did go to Blu a couple of times and liked the service and food very much. Their maitre d' (I believe his names was David) was extraordinarily warm and welcoming. Read more