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Celebrity Summit

Celebrity Summit
The Celebrity Summit is a Millennium class cruise ship in the fleet of Celebrity Cruises. Her sister ships are Celebrity Constellation, Celebrity Infinity, and Celebrity Millennium. She was launched in 2001 and christened by Paulina Rider Wilhelmsen.

The Celebrity Summit has a dining venue called SS Normandie Restaurant. This restaurant brings a bygone era back to life. Passengers begin to get a feel for how those old days of transatlantic cruising used to be like, with table service and a dine in wine cellar. The decor looks old, well it should be, it actually contains original panels and ornamentation used on the SS Normandie(famous for competing and holding the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing at several points during her service career, during which the RMS Queen Mary was main opposition). The items were removed from the SS Normandie by salvage teams when the SS Normandie was being salvaged before being scrapped in October 1946.

Another feature of the ship is the three deck Celebrity Theatre, where shows are performed and movies are shown, plus The Conservatory, located in a glasshouse environment and spreading across a whole foyer. It's a botanical haven with flowers and plants, designed by the world renowned floral designer, Emilio Robba. The ship also runs an enrichment series program, which brings in guest lecturers. This can be on a variety of subjects such as politics, finance and astronomy. Some of these are based aroudn potential sales, such as shore excursions and gold and gemstones, whereas others are purely for education purposes.

Ship Stats

Launched: October 2001
Start of service: November 2001
Decks: 11
Lifts: 10
Length: 294 m
Beam (width): 32 m
Tonnage: 91,000 GRT
Speed: 24 knots
Capacity: 2450 passengers
Crew and staff: 999
Registry: Malta

Ship Features

5 restaurants
4 bars including an ice bar
air-conditioned throughout
2 outdoor swimming pools, 1 indoor pool & 4 jacuzzis
Library and card room
Internet access
beauty salon & Spa
stabilised worldwide satellite telephone, telex and fax
Fun Factory supervised children's club
Casino

Ship particulars

Food
The Celebrity Summit has both fine and casual dining options. There is the SS Normandie Restaurant, with it's panels and decorations actually obtained from the SS Normandie and form part of the furnishing celebrating the amazing liner. The Waterfall Grill/The Waterfall Cafe is an alternate place to dine, only a short walk from the pool, you can optimise your sunbathing time here. Maybe the Cosmopolitan Restaurant is more to your choice, you can dine whilst piano music softly plays, enjoy world class dining and watch the world pass by with the views from the table out to sea. You will be spoilt for choice.

Excercise

Whilst you enjoy your cruise on the Celebrity Summit relaxation options include the AquaSpa, the Acupuncture, Persian Garden, Hair Salon, and the Solarium. Passengers can also go for a good workout in the equipment room or the aerobics Center and even have a run around the jogging track. The Celebrity Summit's AquaSpa is operated by Elemis, and offers massage and facials and other treatments.

Formal nights

The Celebrity Summit usually has two formal nights on a seven night cruise and three on 10 day or longer cruises. The men usually wear either a dark suit or a tux, while women wear short dresses or cocktail dresses. Two nights are also described as informal, where the men usually wear jackets.

Smoking

For all Celebrity ships, smoking is not permitted inside any stateroom or on any stateroom veranda. Cigarette smoking will only be permitted in designated indoor and outdoor areas of the ship, while cigar and pipe smoking will only be permitted in designated outdoor areas. Smoking will not be permitted in any dining venue, casino, theater, hallway, elevator or corridor. Violations to this smoking policy will result in a $250 cleaning fee being charged to the guest's onboard account and may also be addressed through Celebrity Cruises' Guest Conduct Policy. Cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco must be properly disposed of and never thrown overboard. A guest must be at least 18 years of age to purchase, possess or use tobacco onboard.

Additionally, there is a non-smoking policy on all components of the land tour portion of all Celebrity Cruises tour products.