clare

Oct 11, 2024

Loved our Alaskan Cruise

We were a hit apprehensive of Celebrity having read some reviews (and have cruised with Princess and P&O) but it was part of our package so had to go with it. We had the Hubbard Glacier Alaskan 7 day cruise on the Celebrity Solstice and were in concierge class which had the upgraded wifi, tips included and the basic drinks package. To be honest, having not expected much we were very pleasantly surprised! The room was spacious, the bed sooo comfortable (better than ours at home!) and the bathroom a good size too. Our concierge looking after us - Noel - did a great job and looked after us very well getting us anything we needed and cleaning the room well. We don’t eat at the waiter restaurant and only stick to the buffet so can’t comment on the other restaurants but the buffet was really good and probably the best one for choice etc. Every day there was always the pizza bar (you can choose your own toppings), pasta bar - chose your own pasta and what type of sauce out of a choice of four, always a curry counter, always a ‘plain’ counter doing a choice of chicken, pork chops, and fish, a burger bar with chips, a carvery etc and then every night a different country stand where there would be a variety of dishes from that country. And as for the breakfast - everything you can imagine. We also liked the ice cream counter and the fruit counter! Service was great everywhere we went. The trips we did were good (if a little pricey but then all cruise trips are pricey). Couple of cons: the bath robes in the rooms - first one had a very unpleasant stain on it so we changed it and the second one did too! Plus they were course and quite old - not a huge cost to keep them to a better standard. They bring a special ‘treat’ in concierge class in the afternoon - they were all very strange one mouthful things which weren’t very nice and only brought one fork - weird. The drinks package - you can have as many drinks as you like, up to a certain value, but only one at a time and they have to scan your room card. Also one of our two didn’t drink but you can’t have an alcohol package and a non alcohol package in the same room - you have to have the same - why is that?? They also even scanned the key card if you wanted a bottle of water - again it was included in the package so why have to scan it. Lastly it’s good having a fridge in the room, and they provide two bottles of Evian. But beware - none of the fridge contents or the bottles of water are included in the drinks package so you’ll be charged. Seems nonsense if you have a drinks package. However those are all just small gripes on what was a fab trip and I would definitely sale with Celebrity again.