This was my first cruise in about 12 years and my second on Celebrity. I insisted on sailing Celebrity this time because the last time was excellent. For the most part, I was not let down. That's not to say there weren't issues, but the were relatively minor in the whole scheme of things.

I'll start with the cons first:

- There was a large group (1000+) that was booked on this cruise and we were not aware of it until we sailed. This caused much of the bar service to be delayed as many of the staff had to be diverted to serving this group. They also had some parts of the ship reserved to themselves, including the pool deck one evening. Read more