Celebrity Solstice Wine Cruise

Celebrity Solstice Cruise Review to U.S. - Pacific, Northwest

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 67

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Celebrity Solstice

9 Night West Coast Wine Cruise Northbound (Ensenada To Seattle)

Sail date: May 06, 2013

Ship: Celebrity Solstice

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 years ago

Review summary

The ship is exquisite. The food in both the main dining room and specialty dining was spectacular,l and the waiters in both were great. Our inside cabin room was surprisingly large (king bed, full couch, and large bathroom with walk in shower). There was lots of storage for belongings. Now the not so good --- port to ship transportation was pathetic. Long lines and hours of waiting. It took over 6 hours to get to the 2 hour destination. Staff on the ship were NOT friendly, Not accommodating, and not concerned if you had an issue. They control the temperature in the cabin. I asked repeatedly to lower the temp but they never did. We had requested a large table top so we we could meet other people, but we were put at table for 2 and they refused to move us. We also were put in different dinging time than our friends; they had 6:30 and we had 8:30. They also refused to allow us to change dining times, yet there were empty seats all over the room at both seatings. The bars and clubs were so beautiful, but the Larwence Welk band sucked and the DJ music was boring as well -- all old fashioned music, The shows were mediocre. Ship was spectacular -- experience was rather dreary. Most disappointed in the staff and boring music/agendas on board.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
excellent food and great service

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
boring

Entertainment

3 out of 5
OK if you were over 70 and like Lawrence Welk

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
Rude; would not allow us to dine with friends

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
like a 5 star hotel

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
large with lots of storage

Ship tip

Its worth the splurge to attend at least one specialty restaurant

Ports of call

Ensenada, Mexico

1 out of 5
Waste of time and scary to be there

San Diego, California

5 out of 5
Nice and plenty to do

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California Did not visit port

JOKE -- it was 40 minutes to get to LA and there was virtually NO transportation available -- very poor planning for seeing anything in LA

Santa Barbara, California

3 out of 5
Beautiful but nothing to do but shop and there was no provision to get disabled people onto the tenders so they were stuck on the ship

San Francisco, California

5 out of 5
Close to everything you might want to see

Astoria, Oregon

3 out of 5
Quaint but boring little town with nothing to do

Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5
Excellent - gardens were gorgeous and town was accessible and easy to navigate; plenty to do

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5
Good if you booked an extra day at end of trip; otherwise nowhere to leave luggage while you see the sights
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