Cruising friends ages 65+ and 80+
We stayed at a Manchester airport hotel on the Sunday evening prior to the next mornings flight to Barcelona where we were to join Celebrity Equinox.
With hindsight we could have booked our own flight to Barcelona and stayed in a Barcelona hotel joining the ship by taxi. It would have saved a lot of waiting around at Barcelona airport for the transfer to the ship and would have worked out cheaper.
The concierge cabin was as expected with plenty of wardrobe space but we could have used a bit more drawer space. The balcony was quite large with room for two loungers rather than just chairs. It was to the stern of the ship on deck 11 so had quite a long walk from the lifts. Very quiet.