NYE Celebrity Ascent

Celebrity Ascent Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Celebrity Ascent

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

Sail date: December 31, 2023

Ship: Celebrity Ascent

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

Great holiday cruise with all things great as usual from Celebrity

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Unbelievably easy. Arrived and I’m cabin in 15 minutes. Luggage arrived within two hours.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Buffet amazing with a large amount of variety. Only used a few times. The buffet had a “ seafood extravaganza” for lunch the last day. There must have been 10,000 lobster tails alone. Ate in 3 of 4 MDR. All wonderful with normal portions. Blu mostly, it was very very good but some of the portions were laughably small. Did Eden and Voyage for two dinners as well

Eden Restaurant

5 out of 5

Lives up to reputation. Best meal on the cruise. Excellent service and drinks were unique and delicious

Le Voyage by Daniel Boulud

5 out of 5

We had done the Chefs Table last cruise so we knew this would be great. It was. Second only to Eden. Service exceptional.

Blu

5 out of 5

Food was great and very high quality. A few portions very very small. But u can order as much as u want

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Theirs is tons do to all day if u choose both free and paid. Cannot understand people saying Celebrity is boring. Cruise directors gin and interactive.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Did not go to all shows. But it’s obvious Celebrity put an incredible amount of time and resources into entertainment. The talent level, costumes, choreography and visual effects were unreal

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The usual from Celebrity. Abundant and friendly staff. No real waiting for drinks, elevator or food, despite it being a full holiday sailing

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Brand new ship with no details spared

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Aqua class. Very spacious and more than enough storage. Shower is very large, which did cut into the overall space in the room. Also the sink is very large so the counter space was small. Shelving was ok and a large drawer and 3 long shelves under sink We had an infinite veranda Which we like and slept with top open every night

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5
We did Celebrity’s walking food tour. It was ok. We have been on way better food tours. Our guide was good, but only one of the stops was worthwhile. We are schedule to go again on another cruise so I plan to do the rainforest and make a diner yes on our own.

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5
I rented a car and we drove to where we wanted. Drove to Cane Garden Bay which was very pretty and fun, ate ay Myett’s. Amazing conch fitters and then did some shopping. Nice day. Driving is not for the faint of heart

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5
Booked a private tour at Nevis through Thenford Grey. Visited many places. Highlight was the hot springs. Gorgeous and lush greenery at other places

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5
Did the Everglades tour post cruise.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Did a post cruise excursion which included airport drop off. Rented a car from there and went to football game that night
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