We have just returned from the Galapagos Cruise with Celebrity Xpedition Cruise A departing 26FEB12

Although we had originally booked and planed on travelling on what is now Cruise B over a year ago we tried to make the best of the experience given that we had 3 days advance notice from Celebrity that our trip of a life time that we had planned on is now all rearranged My wife and I had this trip planned specifically for our wedding anniversary on 29FEB this is our once in every four years chance to do a great celebration. After contacting Celebrity we were told that they had been aware of the change since January 2012. We were also aware that the new regulations were to be in effect as of 2012 per the Galapagos national park system. I understand that itineries can change without notice, but what we were upset about was the lack of notice or caring from Celebrity. We went ahead and continued with our 10day package that included a two night pre departure stay in Quito at the JW Marriott hotel.

We had decided to do an additional night on our own at the Marriott hotel so that we would be rested before the actual tour started. When we enquired at the front desk as to what time the representatives would arrive at the hotel we were advised that they would be there at 1830hrs so we decided to delay dinner so we would be sure to meet with Celebrity and get all of the correct information for the remainder of the tour. Read more