We arrived to board the Celebrity Millenium on the 16th of March in Hong Kong looking forward to a 15 day cruise to Singapore only to find out that boarding would be later than expected due to the extra cleaning time needed to sanitize from the last cruise as it had had the Norwalk Virus go thru the ship. Since the docking was at the new pier it did not make it easy to go back into the city to do some extra touring. The old Ocean Terminal was much closer to sites and would of been easier to tour from. Dock staff was as confused as the people arriving. We were sent up to the wrong area with our luggage only to have to hall it back downstairs.
The docking ports for Hue/Danang , Ho Chi Min City, and Bangkok were miles from where we were to tour. Each required a 2- 3 hours bus ride to the tour sites and again 2- 3 hours to return to the boat. Never did get to downtown Bangkok as the tour took 2 hours 45 minutes thru industrial areas to get to the ring road around Bangkok. Was listed as a 10 1/2 hour tour but 6 of that was spent on a bus. Elephant ride was one block long thru traffic on the street from one corner to another and back. Best part of day was the lunch.
Dining room was disappointing. Most nites we waited a good hour to have our order taken. Some of those nites the dining room was over half empty. Food arrived luke warm most nites and was just okay. Table cloth was stained on a couple of our meal times and we were the early sitting. One of the chairs at the table was very stained on the seat for the duration of the cruise.
Good location and relatively quiet area of boat. Close to most activites and elevator.