Summit - Bermuda - 9th Aug 2015

[CHEZMARYLOU]

The first Celebrity Canada/New England cruise we took back in 2007 someone tapped my husband on the shoulder and asked us how it felt to be the youngest people on the ship. At the time I was 49 and my DH was 54. We both (at time time) looked younger than our ages, but you get the gist of it.

 

Yes I do, we are both retired and a lot of people say we look younger than we are. I was expecting an older passenger makeup but was surprised by only 2 guests under 50.

[CruisingChick]

Yes I do, we are both retired and a lot of people say we look younger than we are. I was expecting an older passenger makeup but was surprised by only 2 guests under 50.

 

I can't believe it's only 2, but you never know. We have done this cruise 8 times now and usually you can find a few kids (most of them not from the United States) and a some younger couples.

[TeaBag]

I enjoyed every word of this review. You are a very caring person with a great sense of humor. I hope you enjoy your cruise on equinox even more.

[briland]

Thanks for your thoughtful and detailed review. I enjoyed reading it especially as I was also traveling with a special needs sibling (younger sister) and my mother (for her 80th birthday). My sister enjoyed the trip so much that we'll be returning to the Summit next year (she loves routines). She especially enjoyed getting her picture taken with Ken, Jack and Baldo, who were all fun, patient and kind. Enjoy your next one!

[psupa]

Thank you for the nice review. We'll be cruising the last Bermuda run for this year. One questions, my husband uses a walker and has limited mobility. Is it a long walk once off the elevator to the ship. I may ask for wheelchair assistance at the pier.

 

Theresa

[Luckynana]

Totally enjoyed your review of the Summit! Thank you for sharing!:)

[CanadaDeb]

Thanks for the great review.

[cocomvc]

FUTURE CRUISE OFFICE

We did book a future cruise on the last night. Some thoughts:

• The "default" price quoted was the "Go Best" without any kind of explanation. A couple of the seniors almost had heart attacks at the price! Fortunately I was there to assume additional responsibilities as travel consultant, and I made the cruise rep explain the pricing structure and quote the "Go Big" price.
  
• I wanted ocean view cabins for Mark and I. After I got back to my room, I found that we had been cheerfully booked two single rooms under the casino (my bad for not asking). If I couldn’t change that to the forward-looking rooms on decks 7 or 8, we may not end up going... but earlier today, I called and got the last two adjoining ocean view rooms on Deck 7. (phew)
  

 

DISEMBARK

• I know there's probably no better way to do it... but the late night packing scramble and early morning cattle call is just NOT a nice way to end a vacation. If there was one thing that would have made life easier, it would have been to let pax store their carry-offs in their rooms until 9am or so. IN any case, we were able to disembark about 10 minutes early, and found our luggage waiting for us.
  
• The facilities and personnel at Bayonne were as good as they were at departure - with the exception of the wheelchair porters. As I said before, we had three in chairs. One porter pushed my aunt down to the luggage area, and then asked her if he could have the chair back. She replied "Fine - but then where do I sit?" The porter then pushed her the rest of the way, and got tipped nicely. The second porter? Well, he just disappeared, leaving my uncle parked in the middle of the baggage claim area; I threw my carry-ons on top of the luggage cart and took over driving the chair. We had no issues with the third, and he got a nice tip as well.
  
• ERIC (baggage porter, NJ) was excellent. He was very patient with the seniors - who had a veritable mountain of luggage - and was very patient while we went back to find two garment bags that had been forgotten. He stayed with us all the way to the curbside and the arrival of the cabs and private car, and helped the drivers organize the bags in each. We took very good care of this guy.
  

 

FINAL RANDOM THOUGHTS

• We really met some outstanding people on this cruise. If you think that all NY and NJ people are rude and/or don't ant to have anything to do with them... well, it sucks to be you. I particularly liked seeing some of the other pax interact with Mark - he's really a nice guy, and more that a few were willing to sit back and listen to him talk about his basset hound, our family, his basset hound, our deceased parents, his basset hound, our vacations over the past few years (I had to think twice about travelling to the grocery store while Mom & Dad were sick), and his basset hound. One couple got to talking with him in the buffet, then saw me walk up and tell him to stay put & I'd be right back... when he moved immediately afterwards, stayed and looked for me to tell me where he went (he had relocated from the pizza bar to the ice cream bar). People like all of you are what keep me going.
  
• Without dragging up nastiness, there was a security incident onboard (you can search other posts if you want to learn more). IMHO, ship's security handled it very well... and from what I heard, a fellow passenger intervened to keep it from getting worse. Kudos to all involved (except the @sshole that started it).
  
• I can't let this end without recognizing two people who make this happen. KIM BIRD (Guest Relations manager) and MARY (HR Manager) clearly love their jobs - and their enthusiasm shows in the quality they bring to their areas of responsibility. It was great meeting them as part of the behind the scenes tour, and I'd encourage future Summit pax to search them out and complement them on jobs very well done.
  

 

SUMMARY

A great time. As I said, we went ahead and booked - with almost all of the rest of the famned damily - for the Equinox "Ultimate Caribbean" cruise next year. I hope to see some of you on the boat!

 

THE ABSOLUTE LAST WORD

Mom, Dad - Mark had a blast. If you were watching, I hope you enjoyed the show.

 

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I've started scanning the dailies, and I'll post them in a separate thread tomorrow to make them easier to find.

Great review

Thank you [emoji4]

 

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