It's been a week since I returned from my 11-day Western Caribbean trip on the Celebrity Constellation, and all I can say is that the Constellation deserved that 1st place spot in Conde Nast Traveler's list of "The Best Cruise Ships in the World." I was so pampered and relaxed that I found it hard to go back to real life.
BOARDING: Flawless. Thanks to online check-in, our boarding took all of 30 minutes from pier to room. I love how Celebrity always offers champagne and orange juice when we first enter the ship. Pleasant, helpful staff took our carry-on items and took us right to our rooms. Couldn't be better.
CABIN: We opted for veranda rooms on Deck 7 starboard, higher up than we usually go and further out than we usually go. (My mother and I have a tendency to get seasick, but I tell you, this ship hardly rocked. We were amazed. What stabilizers!) We are all now completely spoiled. We loved the decor, done in tones of beige and aqua, the extra space and extra cubbyholes for storing things, the sofa and table, and naturally, the veranda. My husband and I went out one morning around 4:30am to view the night sky and enjoy constellations we didn't see at home, like the Southern Cross. At another time, we watched happily as a school of flying fish sped out of the waves as the ship sailed by.