Warning: this is a loooooong review. I wrote this while still traveling, so I remembered a lot of details.You might wanna get some coffee before you start reading. :-)
Having been on one other cruise before, in the Mediterranean on the Norwegian Jade, we, a family of four with two boys aged 6 and 2, were excited to experience a Celebrity Cruise Ship now. The cruise was going to take us on an 11 night long Caribbean trip, with the Celebrity Equinox. We had booked it on short notice, only 16 days before the embarkation.
The night before embarkation, we stayed at the Hampton Inn Airport North in Fort Lauderdale and were very happy with it. They offer free shuttles to and from the airport as well as the cruise port.
Beautiful cabin, with elegant colors and lots of space. Bathroom is very nice and big. Our particular cabin had an oversized balcony due to the location on the ship. Close to elevators. The trundle bed out at night still leaves enough room to go past the bed to the balcony and to open the mini fridge.