Spain & Portugal on Ascent

Celebrity Ascent Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Celebrity Ascent

13 Night Spain & Portugal Transatlantic (Barcelona To Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 26, 2024

Ship: Celebrity Ascent

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8294

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 days ago

Review summary

Great cruise. Full ship. Everything went fairly smoothly. Captain was awesome with a great sense of humor. Cruise Director full of energy & enthusiasm made for an awesome time.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Cyprus Restaurant

5 out of 5

Cyprus was our favorite out of all main dining.

Rooftop Garden Grill

5 out of 5

Food was excellent. Wait staff attentive to all needs.

Magic Carpet

5 out of 5

Definitely spend some time enjoying the views. Bar staff was awesome.

Fine Cut Steakhouse

5 out of 5

Vivek our waiter was the best!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Top tier entertainment. Try not to miss any shows.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All staff respectful, easily approachable & always greeted you when passing by.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ships layout was nice. Theater was on the small side to accommodate all passengers. People were always standing in back of theater with all seats full (7:30 show). All common areas constantly being cleaned & sanitized.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Comfortable, decent size, very clean. Plenty of storage. Infinite veranda was a nice experience. Quite noisy with creaks & popping sounds due to wind & seas.

Ship tip

Plan to attend all shows. Get there 30 minutes early to get a seat. Enjoy all the wonderful food.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5
Disembark only.

Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5
Tour was nice. Cave tour & Barbary apes were wonderful. Apes were not aggressive.

Royal Naval Dockyard, West End, Bermuda

5 out of 5
Boat tour & snorkeling. Water was awesome shade of blue.

Ponta Delgada, Azores

5 out of 5
Beautiful landscape & luscious green pastures. Volcanic lakes were amazing.

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
Beautiful city rich with history

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Slow process. About an hour later then time given to disembark.
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4 Comments

shrink13     1 day ago

Thanks for the review. My wife are doing this cruise from Ft Lauderdale to Barcelona and then spending a week in Spain. Our first transatlantic after over 50 cruises. We prefer Celebrity over all other cruise lines.

Gwbigdog     5 days ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

karlgrgurich     6 days ago

Glad you enjoyed

cruising2004     6 days ago

Sounds wonderful! Thank you for your review.

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