Sailed on December 8 on the new Celebrity Reflection. Not quite knowing what to expect we were mildly disappointed. Being new we thought there might be something special regarding the ship. We felt there was not. Clean, nice and not very much fun was our opinion. The crew was courteous but no more so than on RCCL or Holland America. The cabins were actually smaller than I had thought they would be and the balcony - we were in a concierge class cabin - was quite small. Though the balcony furniture was better than most other ships on which we have sailed.

With concierge class you do get flowers in the cabin until the last couple of days of the trip. A bottle of sparkling wine in your cabin at the embarcation and a better quality soaps/shampoos etc. We also received canapes in the afternoon if you were in your cabin. If you were not in your cabin then nothing was left. Frankly, the quality of the canapes left a great deal to be desired so it was not a big loss. We did receive a very nice tote bag but, the value of a concierge class cabin is very questionable in our opinion.

This was the Christmas season and we expected to see a lot of lights and lots of Christmas music. There was quite a bit of decorations but they were all muted, almost dull. During the 7 days of sailing we did not hear one Christmas carol. Read more