I want to say first of all, the cabin size snafu; it was my own fault. I never should have booked a CC class room, instead of a suite. Our last two sailings (RCI and Celebrity -- were in suites or larger aft cabins) That being said, we were so disappointed in this ship, the cruise, the cabin and the food. But please don't give me grief about stating our opinion about our cruise. That is what a review is; our unique opinion (not fact) on our experience and although I will take the hit about booking the wrong size cabin; but the other disappointments were not our fault.

Embarkation -- good,very quick. In line at 1:00pm and on the ship at 1:30pm and the rooms are ready. A major downer to us; our cabin was so small, we both have bruises on our knees and arms from hitting the doorways and sliding glass doors. Although the storage cabinets over the bed are good for storage, they are not handy. Very little counter space, if we wanted to have room service we needed to press our only chair into table service. And Concierge class has changed; no slippers, no fruit bowl, no stationary; if you want canapes you have to fill out a form. No ice bucket. Seemingly inconsequential, but when you start to add up the differences, is it worth the $$ difference? I don't think so but our cabin would have been even smaller if we went with the balcony level. Anyway I will spend the money in the future for a suite.

The service was just okay; not at all what we have come to expect on Celebrity and it seems because there are less servers to take care of more space and more people. Some of what we noticed (again, not awful, just not what we expected.) No live music on deck, hard to find pool service, children everywhere, including in the Solarium. The last one, the kids in the Solarium, one father told me, when I motioned to the sign, no one under 16 told me "he couldn't read." "I would believe it" I said, and walked away. When did Celebrity turn into Carnival (like the aforementioned idiot -- NB -- been on Carnival twice and both times I have seen fights with women pulling hair. IJS) and the Queen Mary (Michael's Club off limits to all except suite guests) at the same time? I like kids, just not where they are not supposed to be. Its a rule, and I don't care how well behaved your kids are; you are breaking the rules and letting them know it is okay to do the same. I also understand giving suite guests perks, just not in a main thoroughfare every night. Read more