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Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Celebrity Eclipse

7 Night Alaska Hubbard Glacier (Vancouver Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 16, 2019

Ship: Celebrity Eclipse

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1519

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Overall, our first cruise was a huge success!! We had a great time !! The food and staff were EXCELLENT!!! We will do another cruise some day!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Much faster and easier than we thought!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The main dining room/buffet, was usually crowded, but not too crowded. The food was excellent! There were many different types of food including Asian, Indian, French and some American choices as well. We enjoyed the specialty restaurant called Blu, at no extra cost because our staterooms were Aquaclass, which included a few perks. Blu was also excellent. Open for breakfast and dinner, the menu was exciting. Everyday there were traditional dishes, and part of the menu changed everyday as well. It was exciting to see what would be in the menu. The staff in Blu was also excellent!! Ida and Maria took care of us every evening for dinner.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We didn’t participate in too many of the on board activities. But there was a pretty good variety. We did listen to some of the music, which was good.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
EVERY staff person we came in contact with was very polite and attentive!!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
ALL DAY LONG the ship is being cleaned!!! It was immaculate!!! The ship had nice open spaces, design was very nice!!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Overall, VERY CLEAN!! Beds were comfortable! We LOVED the balcony and spent A LOT of time out there with our binoculars. We saw whales blowing, and sea lions floating from time to time.

Ship tip

Be open to try new things!!

Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

3 out of 5
No excursion, just where we got on the ship. It wasn’t what we expected in Canada. There were a lot of homeless people, and the city is is kind of dirty.

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

5 out of 5
We did the whale watching excursion! It was rainy, but really good. We saw A LOT whales, sea lions and dolphins.

Cruise Hubbard Glacier

5 out of 5
This was not an excursion but the glacier is DEFINITELY some thing to see!!!

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
We did the tram-AWESOME views!! We visited a dog sled camp. We took a bus to Mendenhall Glacier. We are some great food!! Try the Salmon Spot-DELICIOUS salmon cakes, Tracy’s Crab Shack-crab cakes, and Fish and Chips-fish and chips were wonderful!!

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
Our excursion here was Jeep and Canoe. We drove a Jeep to Lake Margaret, canoed across, had a little snack of clam chowder, took a short walk in the forest, HUGE TREES!!! We then got back in the canoes, back to the Jeeps. We took the Jeeps up a trail to see Diane Mountain. Great trip!!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
There was a little wait, but really it was quicker and easier than I expected.

Traveler Photos

Mount Diane Old growth tree Dog sledding camp The glacier The glacier Whale watching Whale watching
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1 Comment

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing