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Celebrity Solstice Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 47

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
Celebrity Solstice

7 Night Alaska Glacier Cruise (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 16, 2019

Ship: Celebrity Solstice

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We went with friends and had a great time just eating and hanging out with each other., but all 4 of agree we will not do this cruise line again. Too geared towards jewelry and alcohol. No shop for emergency necessities.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We were boarded very quick

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
BUFFETS---Coffee was always cold, dessert bar was always different each meal which was great, but it was such a maze trying to get to a certain food bar especially when they wouldn't be in the same place. American food was terrible . Played the most horrible loud what they called music. SPECIALTY RESTAURANT-- was great, service from the wait help was awesome.

Grand Epernay Restaurant

5 out of 5

Food was good, our host and wait help were awesome

Bistro on Five

4 out of 5

Very nice and courteous, complimentary treats were delicious and beverages hot

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Did not participate

The Spa

4 out of 5

AquaSpa was nice for facial, mani and pedi was good.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Beatlemania was awesome, the house band were pretty decent anytime I heard them, anything else we heard was meh

Library

1 out of 5

My husband looked into the books, most were foreign language

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
First afternoon was so annoying and aggravating because waiters were constantly asking us to buy the alcohol package but after the first day they backed off, the waiters were all helpful and not pesky. Our room attendant was awesome. I lost my sweater and customer service was able to help me right away and found it.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everything was immaculate

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
No complaints about the room, perfect size for us. Our room attendant was awesome, on top of everything and kept it clean.

Ship tip

I do not recommend this cruise line unless you are all about alcohol and jewelry. All daily activities were aimed towards alcohol and jewelry.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5
This is where we boarded

Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5
No excursions, just walked thru town, we loved watching the planes take off or land.

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

1 out of 5
VERY DISAPPOINTING!!! Last cruise we were inside the glacier national park and saw glaciers. This cruise there wasn't much to it

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5
No excursions, just walked thru town

Skagway, Alaska

3 out of 5
No excursions, just walked thru town

Victoria, British Columbia

2 out of 5
They are not there very long, gardens are too expensive to go thru with little time. Should make this a longer day and shorten one of the other ports some.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Nice and quick!!
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4 Comments

cemccrary3    5 years ago

With 30+ cruises, Celebrity is number 1 in our mind. No issues, great service and friendly staff. We have 4 more Celebrity cruises booked.

SandiHerbert    5 years ago

If you did not participate in ANY onboard activities, what else was there for you to do? Shop and drink I'm thinking. Part of the cruise experience is to have a nice glass of wine, have a nice meal and maybe a ring or pretty bag to take home. No wonder you didn't "enjoy" your cruise time. You didn't PARTICIPATE! :/

Shh813    5 years ago

We got to Victotia port at 6 PM and had time to do a great excursion to Butchart Gardens. It was fabulous. The Solstice is a beautiful ship and we never had problems with anything. Food was absolutely delicious in MDR. Are you sure you’re giving the right review? Celebrity cruises are # 1 in our book.

GospelCruiser    5 years ago

I think they all promote alcohol and jewelry

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