Celebrity Summit Review
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Overall: We had cruised a total of 8 times in the past, on Carnival, Celebrity, and Royal Caribbean, so we had a pretty good understanding of the mid-market cruise experience. I consider Celebrity definitely above average among all cruise lines. This cruise didn’t change my opinion. But Summit being one of the older ships in the fleet, it was showing its age and its small size presented some distinct disadvantages comparing to newer larger ships with more amenities. My family had taken a couple of cruises on Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas, which also leaves from Bayonne, so I will be comparing the two ships throughout my review. Overall, this trip gets a 4* from me.
Embarking:
The 6 of us (my parents, my wife and I, and our 2 kids) drove down to NJ on Saturday and stayed at a hotel nearby. I used my Marriott points for the hotel, so we had to park at the dock. I didn’t like the park-and-cruise deal because I didn’t want to have to wait to be picked up after we come back.
Cabin Review
It would have been a quiet cabin, but we had some loud neighbors, which was very unfortunate. The cabin was bigger than other cruiseline's inside cabin. One downside if you have children as 3rd or 4th guest: the bunk bed only has a very short railing to keep the sleeper from falling off the bed. My wife didn't feel comfortable letting our kids sleeping up there, so we the adults ended up in the bunk bed.