JNAL2T

I was on Summit to the Caribbean last cruise on her, in January...I imagine that can make a big difference!

I was onboard a recent Celebrity Summit Bermuda cruise, This was my first post pandemic cruise and my second one on the Summit. I've always loved Celebrity cruises(my favorite is the Constellation) but this was a very different experience for me. This was just our experience, I'm sure others have sailed without issues. I was discouraged by the behaviors of my fellow cruisers and how no one seemed to say a word. For instance, seeing the same girl two different days wearing a bikini with no cover up in the Oceanview café, on two different instances, a family had their toddler in a swim diaper in the hot tub for over an hour, I just skipped the hottubs! The Thasslotherapy pool was overrun by kids even though the sign said family time was 5-7, they were in there all different times of the day. This was really discouraging, I always found that area relaxing. Food was good but no where near the variety of the past. People were down right rude to staff and it made me so uneasy, one gentleman was banging the silverware container on the counter because it was empty, the girl said, I'm sorry sir it will be right out and he huffed it wasn't helping him. Meanwhile other bins of silverware were inches away. The staff were different, our room was suppose to be split beds and they were together for our girls trip. No problem we asked for a change but it didn't happen until the next day when asked again. I get they are overworked but just not the same smiling attentiveness. We sat down poolside on some chairs and their were dirty dishes on the table nearby. After an hour, I carried them up to the bar and asked where I could put them since I got tired of the mess. I know these are minor issues but it seemed to add up. On the last sea day, I went to put my lounge chair flat and cut my finger terribly because it snapped back due to a missing piece. I'm not saying all this to complain, it was a good cruise, I loved Bermuda but things are really, really different in the post pandemic cruise world. Two of the three of us returned from the cruise and had Covid within three days. (we drove to the port so had to be on the cruise)