May 2015 Celebrity Solstice-Alaska
Celebrity Solstice Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage
7 Night Alaska Tracy Arm Fjord (Seattle Roundtrip)
Sail date: May 08, 2015
Ship: Celebrity Solstice
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 1001
Traveled as: Singles/Friends
Reviewed: 9 years ago
Review summary
Beautiful ship, incredible scenery, wonderful weather, attentive service, very good food (in main dining room/specialty restaurants). Ship passengers predominantly rural, middle Americans with casual disregard for manners and social graces. Ports were strictly geared to 'kitch' souvenir shops and tourist trap restaurants. Shore excursions were offensively over-priced and seemed designed to process as many tourists as possible in any given time frame.
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Food and Dining
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Entertainment
Service and Staff
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
Ship tip
The full buffet had a nice selection of breads, salads, main dishes as well as specialty foods -- Asian stir-fry/Indian (India), etc. -- as well as plenty of fruits & beverages. Try not to call it the "Sneeze-Guard" Cafe or converse with your mouth packed with food.
Ports of call
Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska
5 Comments
shadow8800 9 years ago
I was also on the same cruise the Solstice on May 8th and it was my first cruise as well. I agree with you on a few things, the staff was friendly and the food was good. The room we had, a balcony room on deck 10 was perfectly ok for us and had plenty of space. I did think the buffet was a bit chaotic but over all we were happy with our first cruise. Most of the folks we met on board were very nice people. I am sorry your experience was not what you thought it should be. Maybe next time will be better if you choose to cruise again. Best wishes
JusMe 9 years ago
If you felt the bath and cabin were small on the Solstice good thing you did not go on some of the old ships that had 119 sq ft interior cabins. Yes Alaska is expensive to do excursions and most of the close in shopping is tourist traps for t-shirts, but that is true of just about every major port.
I can suggest on your next cruise to book a suite if you need more room. The booking sight I use shows the ship floor plans and tells you how large the different cabin types are.
Best wishes that your next cruise will be all you want it to be.