debkaysmith

We were on the May 15th sailing and it was pretty awful. Our boarding time was delayed by 1.5 hours originally, then we proceeded to wait almost three hours to board once inside the terminal. It was only their second sailing out of Vancouver aboard the Eclipse. Could have been the newness of the operation, but we also heard that many passengers remaining onboard had tested positive for Covid, so there may have been a deep-clean before boarding. All in all - there was absolutely no communication from Celebrity and it left us with a less than positive experience.

On our recent sailing aboard Celebrity Eclipse, May 15th, there were delicious tea snacks served in the buffet from 3pm to 4pm ... little sandwiches, scones, and cookies. Not exactly what it used to be but yummy nonetheless.

Our Eclipse 05/22 cruise that was cancelled entirely due to the barnacle situation - I couldn't be more grateful at this point. It was a hassle - rebooking a future cruise on expired cruise credits, hotel, airfare, transportation, etc. But I am happy to try a different ship and experience. Don't get me wrong, the ship is gorgeous. But I wouldn't want to do it two weeks in a row right now. Well, and I couldn't because I caught Covid onboard last week 🙂

Transparency would have been nice about so many issues - embarkation, never checking our pre board Covid testing (unbelievable), the port situation in Sitka, Cellar Masters closed the first few nights, no Alaskan beer in Alaska! And especially the overwhelming number of Covid cases.