My wife and I are in our early 50's and have sailed 8 times on RC and once on Disney. We wanted to try Celebrity and this itinerary was great because it went to Quebec. We had been to New England and Canada on RC, but they stopped going to Quebec about a year before I booked that one. This cruise also did a stop in Newport R.I. and P.E.I. which we didn't get on our earlier trip.

As Diamond members with RC we were automatically made Elite members on Celebrity. We got the cheapest suite they offered. Because of this, we bypassed the long check-in line and were directed to a line with only one couple in front of us. According to the greeter "suite trumps everything" and the sky suites are not much more than the balconies. I'll get into other perks later because they are worth noting.

Ship: Summit is one of the smaller and older ships we have traveled on but was very nice. I have read a lot of reviews talking about how old it is and showing its age. Because of them I spent a lot of time looking for defects and found problems here and there with cosmetics and deck tables which were in really bad shape. I don't know that I would have noticed or cared if I hadn't been purposely looking for them. I understand the ship is going into dry dock next spring for refurbishing but there was little to detract from our experience as it was. Being a cold cruise the crew repainted the pool, sanded the aft deck and did a lot of re-varnishing since most people didn't use the pool deck much. The only real problem I had is that at 6'6" I had to duck while taking a shower. I couldn't stand in the tub and I doubt the refurbish will correct this. Read more