We just returned from the 14-night Celebrity Eclipse sailing, Feb. 9 to Feb. 23, 2013. We booked this cruise over a year ago, and were very excited to try Celebrity. Here are my impressions.
WHO ARE WE? We are an active and outgoing 60'ish couple, pretty well traveled, having cruised mainly with RCI, one Carnival cruise, and numerous land trips throughout USA and Europe. We are Diamond-level on RCI, so that allowed us to sail as Elite on Celebrity, which afforded us a unique first experience with X.
PRE-CRUISE/EMBARKATION: We flew from BWI to FLL three days prior to the cruise to visit with friends in Florida. We arrived at Port Everglades at 10:30 on embarkation day (along with almost everyone else we were sailing with!) and waited on a very long line. However, once things got rolling, everything went quickly and smoothly. We were on the ship by 11:45.