Good-- but not teen friendly

Item: Celebrity Ascent
Rating: 4
Author: giobraund

Celebrity Ascent Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

giobraund

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night San Juan Tortola & St. Kitts (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 17, 2023

Ship: Celebrity Ascent

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7282

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

beautiful ship-- not teen family friendly-- many pros and a few cons. would possibly return only because ship was nice. captain was funny and entertaining at first, but came off after 7 days a bit much-- too narcissistic.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

very quick to get on board

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

food was good-- service at main dining rooms at dinner was very slow between courses. also not a lot of allergies listed.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

decent amount of activites-- staff running them was great. loved the irish young people

Entertainment

4 out of 5

wide variety of entertainment each night-- however the room seating was too small in every venue except the theater so we missed many shows because they were filled. upsetting-- wish celebrity would take some of the pay for dining restaurants that we hardly saw used and build bigger eden audience space and the club space as well. both too crowded.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

very kind and hard working.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

beautiful ship-prob the prettiest i have ever been -- regular NCL, Royal and Disney, Holland cruiser

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin was gorgeous. lots of space--however there was a lot of creaking from the balcony ceiling area. not sure if it was because it is a new ship and things have not been noticed yet

Ship tip

be wary of booking with teens/we had 8 people -- grandparents, teens, aunt/uncle and every night in the club--even though we were there and with our daughter-- we were kicked out because she was 17 and 9 months (and not 18 years old). it seemed rude, and un family friendly.. this happened to other families too. because of this i would be hesistant to book celebrity as this has never happened to us on other lines-- MSC, NCL, Royal, etc.

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

from their years ago

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5

arrived too late-- the old town is cute

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

4 out of 5

beautiful - did a snorkel tour to norman island-- a lot of fun-- but VERY crowded boat going to snorkel

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Basseterre, St. Kitts

2 out of 5

was ok-- run down a bit and then the rail -- which was part of our excursion didn't show up after waiting in heat 90 + minutes with kids and elderly

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

walked off and it was quick and easy--

7 Comments

Sogmoore 11 months ago

They have to set a standard. Move on and have fun.

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javawoody 11 months ago

Ridiculous complaint

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Ruby13 11 months ago

Everyone has to follow the rules and it can’t be allowed for one unless it’s allowed for all

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cruising2004 11 months ago

Thank you for your review.

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Gwbigdog 11 months ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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JimOhio 11 months ago

It is ridiculous to complain about an age-related policy. Once a company starts to stretch the rules, where does it end? 17 and 9 months becomes 17 and 8 months, then 17 and 7 months. Next thing you know, they'll be giving birth in the night clubs.

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Niavlys 11 months ago

Not legal means not legal.. Tks anyway for sharing

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