We just returned from our January 17th sailing on Celebrity Summit and had terrific time.

Background: This is our fourth cruise, and our third on Celebrity. All our previous cruises have reviews on Cruise Critic. My wife (27) and I (33) are professionals living in the inner suburbs of Washington, DC. We have no children. We cruised with long-time friends of ours, neither of whom had cruised before. While I wouldn't call them cruise converts now, they were happy with their experience on Celebrity. They were skeptical going in, but I believe the cruise exceeded their expectations, especially in terms of food and service.

To summarize our previous cruising experiences briefly: our first cruise was an Eastern Caribbean itinerary on the Caribbean Princess in April 2007. With Princess, we were happy. However, the presence of 1000+ children was a big issue, one I know that was shared by other cruisers on that trip. Our second cruise was a short Bahamas trip on Celebrity Century; we were largely disappointed, as it appeared Celebrity did little to make that short trip special or even worthwhile. Our last cruise prior to this was an Alaskan itinerary this past summer on Celebrity Infinity. That was delightful, and restored Celebrity's reputation in our minds. Despite some mixed reviews about this ship on this itinerary, I am pleased to say this cruise matched or exceeded our expectations. Read more