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Celebrity Summit Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
Celebrity Summit

Alaska Northbound Glacier

Sail date: May 24, 2024

Ship: Celebrity Summit

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7047

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 months ago

Review summary

Idk if I would do Celebeity again because everything closes so early and the entertainment wasn’t spectacular nor were the venues.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Honestly the Canada Place Cruise Terminal was extremely confusing. Had to walk back and forth the lines and places we already walked through multiple times. The staff were not very friendly. We waited forever in very close and uncomfortable chairs before we were allowed to board. Once on the ship we went to our muster station but it wasn’t where they said it would be.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The MDR was as expected: mediocre at best. All RCCL MDR’s are lackluster now. Same low quality cheap food with no flavor or seasonings. Luckily we bought 3 night dining package which helped. However none of the specialty dining experiences were phenomenal either. Izumi is weird and awful. The Italian place could’ve been better. Qsine was annoying having to wait for everyone else (slow eaters) to finish their course before anybody could move on. Buffet was okay.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
This was the worst part of the entire cruise. Everything was closed by 11 pm. ONE bar may stay open until 1 or 2 am IF people are actively there, but the bartenders told us in multiple occasions if there’s ever a moment that the bar empties they shut it down. There were multiple nights we were walking around at 11:30 pm / midnight and not a single thing was open, and many other people were walking around flabbergasted as to how there’s nothing happening on the ship, not even the night club was open. The show were… ok. Entertainment was pretty good.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
It was just okay

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff was pretty great.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
I was skeptical of an older ship but it was very nice

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
The cabin is tiny. Two of us struggled to navigate around each other and keep our belongings organized in our balcony cabin.

Ship tip

Sunset bar is nice

Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

4 out of 5

Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

2 out of 5
Everybody talked this up like it was some beautiful experience but we sailed through it at night and didn’t get to see anything.

Ketchikan, Alaska

2 out of 5
Just a tourist trap. We did a 4x4 excursions through the woods to see wildlife and didn’t see a single animal.

Sitka, Alaska

3 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Beautiful! The Alaska sled dog excursion was awesome!

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

3 out of 5

Cruise Hubbard Glacier

5 out of 5
Wow beautiful!

Seward (Anchorage), Alaska

1 out of 5
Really nothing here

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
I ended up catching norovirus and disembarkation was awful. No communication.
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4 Comments

janetconant     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

javawoody     4 months ago

Appreciate your review

HeavySeas     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

cruising2004     4 months ago

Sorry this cruise wasn’t up to par. Thanks for your review.

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