Eight days in the Caribbean…leaving 13 inches of snow and a winter storm warning! What could be better?

Flew into FLL and took a ten minute taxi ride from the airport to port. Cost was $16 on the meter. Luggage drop-off was easy and within minutes I was aboard the Celebrity Century ensconced on its tail deck and enjoying food and the view.

We booked this cruise on a bit of a whim, responding to a Captain’s Club e-mail offering. We took our usual budget inside cabin. Once on-board we met several who had done the same and were met by the “upgrade fairy” that took them up to Oceanview. The fairy missed us. We got what we paid for: Cabin #4028, which has two extra “family” bunks flanking either side of the main bed that makes access a bit dicey. Our companions, in #4024, only got a pole running through theirs. The perks of being a loyalist… The cabins were crosswise to the ship, and were convenient to everything, with no issues of noise or vibration. Read more