We have cruised 8 other times but this was our first Celebrity Cruise. We were very pleased with the entire cruise and will sail Celebrity again in the future. It lives up to Modern Luxury.
We arrived in Rome a day early and took a private car service to the port, 200 Euros for 8 people. Contact Maurizio +39 380 7658365. The transfer was so smooth, we arranged for him to pick us back up as well ( we had planned to take the train). They dropped us off 30 feet from the embarkation site.
After a 20 minute queue we were on ship and checking out the drink packages. If you have the Classic, you certainly can drink as much as you would like. We opted for the upgrade to Preferred ( 10.00 per person, per day) so we could experience drinks at the Martini bar and the Molectular bar. Most of the drinks at these bars were over the classic limit and we enjoyed them greatly. We felt the preferred package gave us a lot of additional options and was well worth the money..