Never again

Item: Celebrity Summit
Rating: 3.7
Author: nana1454

Celebrity Summit Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

nana1454

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (San Juan To Ft. Lauderdale)

Sail date: January 20, 2018

Ship: Celebrity Summit

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 6008

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

for a first cruise experience, this was horrible.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

confusing, rushed, not informative, the wrong seapass information

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

food was wonderful

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Sky Observation Lounge

4 out of 5

a lot of fun and dancing

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

our room steward was absolutely wonderful, Carlston in main dining was so great no words to describe him and his group

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

don't go

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

1 out of 5

arrived at the airport to ship only but the staff was not at all helpful

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten Did not visit port

it was cancelled

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Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

beautiful island and friendly ppl

Thumbs Up 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

fun

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Nassau, Bahamas Did not visit port

cancelled due to weather

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Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

disembarkation only

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

never been so glad to leave a vacation

10 Comments

nana1454 6 years ago

Obviously, some misunderstood what was said, I didn’t give the cruise 4 stars they tally this themselves, no we thought we would enjoy cruising, but day one set the tone and after 6 instances of poor service the ship in bad shape,. It was a HORRIBLE experience and we did do research, and yes maybe our standards are high for enjoyment. Now if you continue to disagree with me that’s up to you but keep your remarks about me to yourself

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texasbozo 6 years ago

O Sweetheart, maybe cruising is just not for you. My Wife and I have about 23 under our belt and you really have to do some research before your 1st cruise. My wife and I are very lucky and get to travel often and we do find cruising is very different than most travel. You probably thought of a very quiet and total relaxing week. While that can be done, it is very hard to resist all of the activities available to you. (rushed) can happen, not informative ? We have NEVER had a cruise where we had not have a daily planner of all that was available to do that next day. Breath, do a little research and give it one more try. One word of advise if I may. Stay with Celebrity or similar. We have done Carnival and most the rest. On a cruise you will generally get what you pay for. The carnivals have their place and do a good job at it, but if you are able, enjoy a step up. ie, Celebrity. Hope this helps. Mike

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marisa4400 6 years ago

If 4 stars is horrible, your standards must be way higher than mine.

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Db23 6 years ago

I don’t understand. What didn’t you like? Ports of call or the ship itself? So your whole vacation was horrible because of embarkation/debarkation?

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sws1776 6 years ago

Maybe it was more the port in San Juan. While SJ is one of mybfavorite ports of call, we've embarked/disembarked out of San Juan twice, it is a bit more confusing than some of the other e/d ports we use.

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ivygp 6 years ago

So sorry to hear that; I was on Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Celebrity, and my favorite was Celebrity (Summit).

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majmom96 6 years ago

Confusing review. What is it? “Horrible” or “wonderful”?

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

That's too bad, our experiences have all been great. Hope you don't give up.

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sws1776 6 years ago

Apparently embarkation ruined the entire experience.

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funboomer47 6 years ago

So what was bad if the food, steward etc was so good?

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