The wife had always wished to holiday somewhere in the Caribbean and as she likes a winter sun holiday I decided to book the Christmas Celebrity Eclipse cruise as we had such an enjoyable trip on the Celebrity Xpedition around the Galapagos Islands earlier in the year.

Having booked a Celebrity Suite we had a very fast priority boarding channel at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. There was also a separate desk for 'Speciality Dining' reservations at check-in so we were able to make reservations for both the 24th & 25th December, which was not allowed on-line. We did not manage to get an answer as to why bookings were not allowed on-line as I pointed out it was still a 'first come first served system' whether on-line or at the port. So if you wish to reserve 'Speciality Dining' for those dates at Christmas and for New Year's Day in the future make sure you arrive at the port early.

The cabin was on the Penthouse deck, deck 11, and consisted of a sitting area with an L-shaped sofa bed; a bedroom, balcony with table, chairs(2), sun bed and sun lounger; bathroom with bath, overhead shower, hand held shower. The sink was a bit shallow, so occasionaly there was some overspill. Our suite was adjacent to a Penthouse suite so we had extra balcony space due to the 'hump' as it is known. Read more