Celebrity Century Review

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Kellie Poodle
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Apr 2012
Cabin: Sky Suite

I know everyone wants to hear about the ship, so I will address it first. The ship is lovely. Lots of polished wood and brass. If it were not for the hideous choice in carpeting patterns, I'd rate it higher. Maintenance is good, though we did encounter a strong aroma of cleaning preparations at times in several public areas. Everything is spotless. The cleaning crew are on the top of their game. Being a smaller ship, Century was easy to get around. The only difficulties were on deck 5 where there is some kind of wall that forces you to go up a deck, across then down again if you are not using the grand staircase. As we were on deck 12 aft, we had to cross open deck to get to the lounge in the bow of the ship. In bad weather we had to go down to deck 10 and walk from aft forward to take the forward elevator to deck 12. I knew about it in advance and it wasn't really a problem, but I'm relating it for others who might not be aware. The bed in the cabin was wonderful. The sheets were smooth. There were creaking noises but ships do that.

Embarkation was not pleasant. I had called the port of San Diego and was told that if we arrived at the port after 11 AM we could get to the porters on the dock. This was not true. The cab was forced to dump us outside of the gates and we had to await a pedicab which cost us an additional $15 to get us and the luggage to a porter. I have a husband with mobility problems and there was no way he could drag luggage behind him. Two minutes after we paid the pedicab, they opened the gates to taxis and shuttles.

We asked for a wheel chair for my husband, as requested on our special needs form far in advance, and were told by an attendant that we would be better off walking as the wait could be an hour or more. The walk was a bit more than we were advised and difficult for my husband.

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Sky Suite

Cabin S1

Great cabin. Location near elevator was not a problem at all. Very big cabin with lots of room. The round table has a lever that lifts it for dining height or lowers it to coffee table height.

Had some disturbance by joggers above on deck 14 but guest relations stopped it. Not enough hot water at normal bathing times, like early AM and late evening. Two dual electrical outlets in the cabin. Fantastic storage. DVD player, iPod docking station, flat screen TV, good lighting,fantastic veranda. Huge bathroom (for a cruise ship) done in white marble. Lots of storage room in the bathroom. Huge soaking tub with jets.

There is creaking in the walls. It did not disturb us but might disturb others.

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