Celebrity Summit Review
Three is a charm, the saying goes, and the Summit, third of Celebrity's Millennium-Class series, is no exception. Following the lead of her innovative sisters Millennium and Infinity, the ship features exterior glass elevators, a nostalgic alternative restaurant saluting the era of the great liners, a super spa, an environmentally sensitive smokeless gas turbine engine, a conservatory, Connect@Sea (offering Internet access in all the cabins to guests bringing their laptops) and a music library.
Summit also embodies -- no, surpasses -- Celebrity's tradition of elegance with a collection of more than 500 museum-quality artworks, including an incredible $800,000 Fernando Botero sculpture, and classy contemporary decor that makes people feel that it may be the Caribbean, Hawaii or Alaska outside the ship's windows and glass walls, but its style is definitely more European-sophisticated inside.
One significant problem with Summit since its launch -- and for other ships in the cruise line's Millennium-class -- has been a technological one. An innovative "mermaid pod propulsion system" incorporated on Infinity has caused repeated breakdowns -- and resulted in cruise cancellations. Celebrity Cruises has taken the relatively unusual step of filing a $300 million lawsuit against the mermaid pod creators. In the meantime, the company has assured travelers that the breakdowns represent no safety hazard and will continue to offer generous compensation to passengers whose cruises are cancelled or interrupted as a result of the balky system.
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