We had a beautiful cruise to Canada with the weather being perfect.

Item: Celebrity Summit
Rating: 4
Author: Cruiser97460775

Celebrity Summit Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

Cruiser97460775

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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11 Night Canada & New England (Boston Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 31, 2022

Ship: Celebrity Summit

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2029

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Because it takes so much time to travel to the places you want to see, I would not recommend doing them. You spend so much time riding there and then, if you are lucky, you get an hour there. The cruise ship was very clean and food was good but not excellent. The entertainment during the evening was very good.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

It is a good ship overall.

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Ports of call

Boston, Massachusetts Did not visit port

Did not have time to visit Boston.

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Bar Harbor, Maine

5 out of 5

Beautiful Acadia and Bar Harbor. Excursion was great - would have liked more time at Bar Harbor. However, seeing Acadia was very nice.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

4 out of 5

We took saw Peggy’s Cove which is beautiful. Because it took so long to get to Peggy’s Cove, we were not able to do Hop on, Hop off bus in Halifax. The excursion is 5 hours long and only had 40 minutes at Peggy’s Cove.

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Sydney, Nova Scotia

1 out of 5

We took an excursion to Baddeck, Nova Scotia which turned into a disaster. It was a long bus ride to get there and we were suppose to visit Baddeck (meaning actually seeing it) and then do the Bell Museum. Celebrity allowed someone to buy a ticket at the last minute and we were 15 minutes late leaving the port. Because of this, by the time we got to the Bell Museum and also guide forgetting the paperwork, we only had 20 minutes inside the Museum which was hardly enough time. Then we hurry back to the bus and the tour guide tells us that 2 people are missing and we wait for 20 minutes for these people. In the end, he realizes he made a mistake in counting - not a very happy bus load of people back to port because of so little time at the museum and not seeing Baddeck. Would not recommend this Celebrity excursion.

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Quebec City, Quebec

4 out of 5

It was our first time to Quebec and enjoyed the excursion very much except for the lunch provided at a restaurant along the way. They sat us shoulder to shoulder and food was not good. Most people did not eat it. Also, it would have been nice if the ship had left Quebec later in the day giving us more time to see Old Town.

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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

5 out of 5

We loved seeing Charlottetown and Prince Edward Island. The tour guide was a last minute replacement and she was excellent. This was a 7 hour excursion so we saw a lot and enjoyed every place we visited. The excursion included lunch which was excellent. My husband did not care for the choices being offered and the restaurant staff offered him something else which we thought was very kind. He loved the food as well. Although we did not have time to shop in the city of Charlottetown, the bus driver drove us through the city and we were able to see it. Highly recommend this tour.

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Portland, Maine

4 out of 5

Portland is a very old city and was nice to see the older architect of the buildings. The city was spotless and you can see the people take pride in their homes. We only took this one because of Kennebunkport is included but was glad to see Portland. Kennebunkport is beautiful and was a little crowded. We only had time to eat and no time to shop which was disappointing but the restaurant we ate at was excellent and they hurried to get our food to us. Another hour there would have been nice.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Terrible. We had transfers to the airport and it turns out 750 other people did too. It was a mess outside the terminal and people with early flights were worried about not making their flights. Bus company only expected under 300 people. Definitely would take a taxi to the airport next time.

4 Comments

trishoko 2 years ago

Thank you for the reviews. We are taking this cruise next September '23 and we're wondering about what to see and where.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Sorry, thanks for your review.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Sorry your shore tours didn’t give you time enough to enjoy the ports. At least now you have some places that you might enjoy going for a longer stay. Appreciate your feedback!

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RetiredRay 2 years ago

Bummer on not having time to do Boston, one of the ports I would do this cruise for.

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Adequate cruise

a notch below expectations