Well, after deciding that we liked Crystal best, we of course took our next cruise on Celebrity. I wanted to know if Celebrity was "Crystal lite". Due to my motion sickness, I also wanted to see if a larger ship would be more helpful to me. The cost of our vacation was in fact 1/2 of our previous cruise with Crystal , and we overall thought this was good value for what we got.

Motion on the Celebrity reflection: I know the cruise line cannot control the weather! It was very windy and wavy, and the ship was very rolly. I had a very hard time with the two sea days to the ports, and the two sea days back. This of course has coloured my view overall of this vacation, but will try to remain objective for remainder of review. So, no, the larger ship was not better for my motion sickenss.

Size of ship: Pros- lots to do! Very impressed with the diversity of activities. This was a Top Chef themed cruise, and DH enjoyed the free cooking shows. He noted that they were overall too short for an hour each, but likely this was to promote the longer paid sessions, that one could book. I liked the shops on board, and used my cruise credit to buy Chanel eyeliner that I had run out of- so I was very pleased to have the makeup area on board. Cons- the ship was full- there were too many people for my liking, and I got agoraphobic. The one lone tree in the middle of the ship could not clean the stale air of so many people wandering about. Despite so many people, one could find a lounger on the sun deck and seating at the buffet if you looked hard enough. Lines for drinks were long- no separate line for sodas or non-alcoholic drinks, so often you had to wait a little while. Leaving the ship at ports had long lines. I could not imagine how a tender port would go. Patience is needed, everywhere. Read more