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Item: Celebrity Ascent
Rating: 4.5
Author: jojomon

Celebrity Ascent Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

jojomon

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 8

Helpful Votes: 217

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

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4 Night Taste Of Luxury Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 22, 2023

Ship: Celebrity Ascent

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10270

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Not unexpected on a first sailing of a new ship, there were a number of systems with glitches and some staff, in shops, not fully familiar with merchandise and check out processes.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Had to have passports rechecked for some unknown and not explained reason

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Le Voyage as usual was very good, Tuscan, Cypress were also very good, Blu had issues with pace of meal as kitchen seemed to be having problems.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

In spite of numerous Celebrity cutbacks, the staff were very friendly and helpful.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Suites were waitlisted so went Aqua Class. Cabin was fine

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

7 Comments

Oceancove 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to feb4 cruise on ascent

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kristysmom224 11 months ago

I was on the inaugural cruise, and everything from food, entertainment, and service was topnotch. Not sure what this person is talking about.

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Gwbigdog 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruising2004 11 months ago

Glad you had an enjoyable time. Thanks for your review.

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javawoody 11 months ago

Appreciate the review

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Lawnboy1956 11 months ago

These kinds of teething problem are normal on an inaugural cruise so I always avoid them.

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Niavlys 11 months ago

Good to know. Maybe because staff are fairly new and dont yet work in harmony. Nonetheless, this is unexpected from Celebrity. Tks for sharing

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Beautiful New Ship, Terrible Food and Service

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