Grand Celebration Review

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Nickel and dimed to death

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viboy
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Feb 2017

Perhaps I am bit skewed as this was a "free" cruise donated from my parents but this free 2 night cruise cost us over $1,000 Canadian. My wife is claustrophobic so we paid for an upgrade to an outside suite. $650 extra only to receive a room with a window. No balcony. Next our drink "coupon" book for $80 u.s. plus 18% gratuity for 10 drinks. The assured us that this included top end liquor but when I ordered a Hendricks martini I was told that it would be extra. The comedy show was an extra $12 u.s. each. Since when is entertainment on a cruise extra? We paid an additional $69 each for a glass bottom tour (which we expected to pay). We get our bill at the end of our 2 day "cruise" to find that they also charged us an additional $25 u.s. per person per day to clean our room, and a fuel surcharge. The Stellar restaurant had decent food but the buffet wasn't much better than the cheapest buffet in Vegas. Servers poolside seemed to have no designated areas. You would order a drink and then while you waited you would have to turn away 3 other servers who kept trying to take your order. Do they work on commission?

Overall a very old boat with limited things to do. I've had better food and seating on a BC ferry.

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