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Item: Celebrity Solstice
Rating: 5
Author: KulshanView

Celebrity Solstice Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

KulshanView

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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7 Night Alaska Tracy Arm Fjord (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 22, 2015

Ship: Celebrity Solstice

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

Everything about this cruise lived up to its billing: wonderful veranda stateroom, great food, good shore excursions, and endless entertainment. We especially appreciated the nature talks by onboard naturalist, Brent Nixon, and the very entertaining port talks by "Miss Amanda", Mary Amanda Fairchild. The highlight was traveling up Tracy Arm Fjord to see the Sawyer Glacier up close...all accompanied by narration from the naturalist. Throughout the cruise we saw Humpback and Orca whales, Dalls porpoise and many eagles - just what one would expect to see in Alaska.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

We chose to eat at the Oceanview Cafe much of the time but also enjoyed the Grand Epernay Restaurant when we wanted to have a treat. We were not interested in the specialty restaurants.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Best: Brent Nixon's nature talks and Miss Amanda's port talks. We normally went to bed early and got up around 4-5am to enjoy the mornings.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

NA - no children with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

I was surprised by the size of the veranda: lots of room to move around and with a table and two chairs to boot.

Ship tip

Don't miss the Hot Glass show. One of the glassblowers give great narrations while others are making individual works of glass art. There are blankets available when it's cold, so don't let this stop you.

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