Worth it for the endicott arm and dawes glacier alone.

Item: Celebrity Solstice
Rating: 3.9
Author: RnLmisc

Celebrity Solstice Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

RnLmisc

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

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7 Night Alaska Dawes Glacier (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 01, 2023

Ship: Celebrity Solstice

Cabin number: 9169

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

First cruise. glad it was relatively smooth. Not enough communication at the port of Skagway. Really need to let passengers know that there will be a bottleneck to get off and back on the ship in Skagway

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

No kids in group

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Palton was a good stateroom attendant and Ervin was a very good server and suggested terrific restaurants!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Fair size and nice balcony

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington Did not visit port

Airport to pier is all.

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Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

5 out of 5

Spectacular!

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Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Whale watching is a must!!

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Skagway, Alaska

2 out of 5

Super disappointed that there was no indication that passengers would have to get in line to be shuttled away from the ship. This caused us to miss our excursion and flush almost $600 down the drain, not to mention using all our onboard credits for a mediocre backup excursion.

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Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

4 out of 5

Wonderful to sail through this majestic area, aside from the whale watching excursion this is where we saw the most sea life

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Victoria, British Columbia

3 out of 5

Wish we'd had more time to enjoy this port

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Covid protocols were quite lacking.

8 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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Dumfy75 1 year ago

What Covid protocols were you expecting when disembarking?

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Niavlys 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing. Can you please comment on why you gave 3 for ship's quality and stateroom?

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willwork4cruz 1 year ago

Glad you had a good time at overall. I assume you had to tender in Skagway. Yes anytime you tender there will be a bottleneck. Skagway has it worse because the harbor master restricts the number of tender boats. This has been a problem for a year now. I’m surprised your excursion company didn’t warn you as they must have a lot of no-shows because of the bottleneck. Just goes to show you that cruise lines, excursion companies, and pretty much everyone selling you something doesn’t often tell you the bad news. Try to do a lot of research and you can find out the bad details from other people’s reviews.

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed.

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RedDawn55 1 year ago

Sorry you had that expensive mix up in skagway, I would have been upset too! Ask for COVID protocols, they're really aren't on anymore because COVID is no longer a pandemic, pretty much just around forever in the background like the flu 🙄 Getting ready to Go up to Alaska in 3 days for my birthday on the 5th 🥳

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Your sail and review date is today’s date.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Welcome to cruising, thanks for sharing

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