Alaska trip on Celebrity Solstice cruise.

Me and my husband had a great time with our Alaska trip. We love the view on the Alaskan Glaciers. The staff on this Celebrity Solstice are very nice and the foods are yummy. Our cabin is beautiful as well and it's always çlean, Oki is our cleaner. We have some problem in our wifi service but the IT staff are so nice to help us resolve the issues especially Ritchelle the IT guy and all the Filipino ITs. The Ocean View staff are very friendly and nice: Rachelle, Chisel, Alvin, Roderick, Daisy, Angela, Jerik, Angelus, Bernard, Sheena, Elaine, and Oliver. They always have smiles on their faces while doing their jobs. The cruises activities are awesome as well, we enjoyed all the shows that we watched. We will cherished all those wonderful times we had at the Celebrity Solstice. My husband celebrated his 67th birthday in the cruise and the staff give him cake and sing a Happy Birthday to him, that's so nice. Thank you all for the great time .

Attend the naturalist talks, they were excellent.

Tip - take advantage of free fitness classes where availble & try to arrive 10 min early as they are popular. Great crowd control on our sold out cruise, there were minimal crowd crushes (except at the buffet) Tip - WAIT your turn at the buffet, it's not really that hard! Tip - for Ketchikan check out South East Exposure excurions, much cheaper than the ships choices and they were excellent about pick up & timely drop off! Tip- use room service for your breakfast, the buffetis busy. Or take the time to go to the quieter MDR or Spa cafe. Tip - bring extra cozy blankets, this was a deal breaker for us, we enjoyed being out doors but still beng warm! We had an excellent time & will recomend Celebrity & Alaska! We were also happy with the lack of high pressure sales pitches. Plenty to do aboard as well, but we were also very happy to see plenty of open spaces to chill almost everywhere too.

Just right

We sailed with our kids ages 14 and 8 and our family of four had a fantastic time on this cruise. We loved the specialty restaurants, the staff, the entertainment and the ports. My 8 year old found the kids club to be FANTASTIC ( better than on Royal or Princess). Yes the staterooms are dated and in need of updating but everything else about the ship was so great we looked beyond the dated carpet and balcony. The food in the MDR was just okay but we loved the Petit Chef and Murano. The staff is very service oriented. Shout out to Mayvon who took great care of us. The ship is perfect size - lots to do but not overwhelming. As far as excursions, the overnight stay in a hotel and dinner show at the MO in Bangkok was the highlight of the trip. Celebrity is now our preferred cruise line!

Fantastic Cruise, the Staff made our Trip - Thanks

We have just returned from a 12 night sailing on the celebrity Solstice Hong Kong to Singapore. Having had a great time on this ship on a reverse sailing in 2024 Singapore to Hong Kong we were fortunate enough to get back on board and having had a wonderful trip I thought it was only right to leave a review. Wow ….. it did not disappoint us. The Solstice is the first ship of this class and being a bit older it missed a refit during covid but we thought it was in great condition, yes there are a few bits of rust in places, some chairs need replacing and a few windows are blown making them foggy but overall she is in good shape. Its due a refit in 2026 ..... please Celebrity, replace the wasted lawn area either side of the Sunset Bar with decking & seating like you have on the Celebrity Silhouette, Its such a wonderful area to relax away from the main pools area. The best thing about this ship is the staff, having met many before we were shocked as to how they could remember our names, cabin number and the drinks we liked. It was unbelievable, they are the friendliest hard-working people we have met. We booked and Aqua Class cabin on deck 11 which was lovely but did have some noise directly below from the nightly disco in the Sky Lounge. The highlight was the Blu restaurant where we dined most nights & several mornings. The food and service were excellent, but we would like to see a few changes to the menu and maybe add a curry or stir fry and please bring back the daily cheesecake. Thanks so much to Iwan, Floid, Anthony, Amit, Mavis our wine waiter and all the other staff whose names we can’t remember. Having dined in Blu on may ships our only complaint was we found it to be busier than usual even though they always found us a seat if we had to return a little later. I believe that many of the suite guests now dine in Blu and prefer the menu. If it continues to be like this then booking an Aqua cabin may not be a great option for us. We only book Aqua for the benefit of a smaller quieter restaurant as we do not use the other perks like spa facilities and the cabins are pretty much the same as a regular balcony cabin. We did not eat at any of the speciality restaurants as we felt like we had paid extra for the Blu restaurant. Having visited the main dining room for lunchtimes on a sea day we were quite impressed with the food and service which we found to be better than previous trips. Overall the food was excellent and everyone we spoke to seemed to agree. The Ocean view café offered a vast range of food. Shows and entertainment was brilliant. The entertainment team put on some fantastic events, with dancing and singalongs in the foyer, a white party on deck and much more. There was so much to do & join in we were disappointed we had to go to bed as we didn’t want to miss anything. Bars and drinks were wonderful, never had to wait long to get a drink. Thank you so much to Shetty on the passport bar who was is genius with great flare! Also to Rewon, Oscar & Luis, on the Sunset Bar. Ports were all good, but having visited last year we were aware many of the ports are ‘gateway’ ports so expect long journeys or stay on ship and enjoy the quieter facilities. We planned to stay in hotels on the two overnights to give us more time which worked well but we couldn’t wait to return to the ship. If you want a cruise where you step off the ship and take a 5 minute taxi to your excursion or a beach then this may not be a cruise for you, also bear in mind many of the ports are working container ports so there is very little nearby. You really do have to plan in advance for this cruise. Also note that if you are visiting Ha Long Bay in February you may not see it like in the ‘brochures’ as there was a lot of low cloud & mist so for the second year running our seaplane flight was cancelled which was a bit disappointing. Overall, it was an excellent cruise and looks like we will return in a couple of years even if its just to see all the lovely staff. Thanks Celebrity Solstice.