Marella Celebration Review
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No one who has sailed a modern cruise liner could give this 30 year old tub more than a zero rating.
Our cabin, not on a lower deck, rattled buzzed and shuddered day and night in rhythm with the rough running engines. On modern ships you don't know you're moving, on the Celebration it's as though you're bolted to the engine!
It was impossible to sleep with cheap plastic cabin fittings constantly buzzing and rattling. They were silent only when the ship broke down one night, leaving the ship drifting with no lights or power. It seems critical mechanical breakdown is not unusual on this ship due its worn out systems, and outdated engines that belch clouds of polluting black exhaust extending to the horizon.
Cabin Review
Be warned that all cabins are likely to suffer from vibration and noise due to the outdated design of the ship, which is nearly 30 years old. Porthole windows of lower decks are "frosted" due to salt erosion and have no view. We heard complaints of expensive upper cabins having lifeboats or walkways outside their windows.