Amazing Alaska Cruise on the Solstice

Celebrity Solstice Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 52

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Celebrity Solstice

7 Night Alaska Tracy Arm Fjord (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 26, 2017

Ship: Celebrity Solstice

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9251

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

My husband and I just returned from a fabulous Tracy Arm Fjord cruise (May 26 - June 2) and we did not want it to end!  Our stateroom attendant, Malcolm, was fantastic and would ask everyday, "Can I get you anything else?"  Our Grand Epernay server, Nelson was great and so friendly.  My husband had some of the best salmon for lunch that he has ever had in the main dining room  the day of embarkation.  The last night of our cruise he had lobster and Beef Wellington (so tender!!!).  The ship was spotless and remained so the entire cruise.  There were Purell liquid hand sanitation stations all over the cruise and we were urged to use them.  The public restrooms were beautiful and they were kept that way all day for the entire cruise.  There were even rolled cloth hand towels if you did not want to use paper towels.  There were plenty of common areas with comfortable seating throughout the ship.  The ENTIRE crew actually SMILED and asked you if you needed anything before you asked them!  The ports were okay; I wish they would re-do some so entry at Victoria had more shore time.  The best part of ship time?  Hands down, it was the magnificent Captain Tasos Kafetzis!!!  His hilarious daily messages over the P.A. system were looked forward to by all passengers.  We attended his program on the building of the Solstice and though we learned so much, Capt. Tasos had the audience laughing and laughing!  If anyone cruises when he is the captain, PLEASE do not miss The Liars Club!!!  The entire 1,350 seat Solstice Theater laughed for a solid hour and the captain was the hit of the show!!!  Captain Tasos told us he works three months and then is off three months, so check with Celebrity and make sure this wonderful captain will be the master of the ship for your cruise!  He told us his brother, Dimitrios Kafetzis is captain of Celebrity Silhoutte!  We were told he is even funnier than our Capt. Tasos!!!  Celebrity rocks!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Malcolm kept our cabin spotless and since we had a Concierge Class cabin, he brought daily canapes each afternoon and kept fresh fruit available for us.

Ship tip

We chose 8:30p.m. dining for the Grand Epernay and never waited----just simply walked to our assigned Table 225 on Deck 3. Food was always plentiful, they never ran out during first seating at 5:45p.m. We also chose 8:00p.m. dining in The Tuscan Grille and were not rushed at all. Great food.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

3 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

WeCruiseToo    7 years ago

Sounds like an amazing cruise, thanks for the review!

deb44    7 years ago

Can not wait for my Alaska Cruise Great Reviews🛳

paulabaldo    7 years ago

hi, yes we did the same cruise as you did and agree on everything you said. It was a fabulous cruise til we got off and went to our next destination of Vegas. What we weren't told was that the cruise liner, even though they took our payment for the cruise account also withholds a major portion of that account for the next 10 - 15 days leaving our Vegas holiday short of funds. The need for this I don't understand.....

Bellahawaii52    7 years ago

We had a great time on #Solstice from Australia to Hawaii with Captain Taos. He was great. Also sailed on the #Silhouette with Captain Dimitrios twice. He is also very funny. Loved them both.

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