REVIEW CELEBRITY SOLSTICE AUG 8TH CRUISE

Celebrity Solstice Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

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Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 50

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Alaska Sawyer Glacier (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 08, 2014

Ship: Celebrity Solstice

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9185

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 10 years ago

Review summary

This was our first cruise and we enjoyed the experience

DISLIKES: (1) Our co-ordinator was Jessica Dickason who was very pleasant and helpful but she had never been on a cruise ship before. We are surprised that uses agents who have never

cruised before. Jessica misled us in a major way when we asked her on which side of the ship we should select our Balcony cabin. She said any side was OK. This turned out not to be true and is not true if the ship cruises straight along side the shore line. Obviously the STARBOARD side along the shore line is the "better" side of the vessal. We chose the PORT side and missed close views of the terrain and ports that were always along the STARBOARD side. WE missed close views of the Fiords and the coast line of Alaska. We understand that Jessica has moved on to another job.

(2) It was overcast and rainy for most of the cruise therefore we were not able to view the majesty of Alaska which was hidden. WE booked a $900 excursion thru to watch bears but due to the heavy rains the streams were flooded and the bear viewing site was a wash out. We realize that cannot control the weather but we had plenty of dates to choice from but again Jessica Dickason was of no help.

(3) The entertainment and the Life programs were generally very good except for the shows put on by the Celebity staff which lacked production value and were pretty amateaurish

LIKES: Excellent ship; Excellent Food; Excellent Service and great cabin. Really enjoyed the on-ship time

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Excellent food. The main restaurant needs to have a better wine list.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Brent Nixon who did the Life series was brilliant

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Celebrity entertainers were amateruish however the external entertainers were great

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Mr Menino and Mr Salvo restaurant staff were great. The cabin attendant was excellent

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very well maintained ship with a great captain

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

This cabin was excellent but it is on the Port side. If the ship's route causes the starboard side to face land always choose a cabin on the starboard side.