The embarkation was excellent. The food was top quality the first evening and the first and last two sea days but the food was skimpy and tasteless in the garden buffet during the five port days. This was our big complaint. Celebrity is clearly cutting corners in food preparation and production in the buffet. On the last sea day night no bowls were present and the bowls were cold when they were brought out. The first two bowls I picked up had food , grits in fact , on them. This is unsanitary and pathetic for what I thought was a cruise line of high standard. The desserts were miniature dwarf servings until the last two sea nights , then they served the regular slices of what we though was left over or unsold desert from other pay for food dinner locations. Many salads were scooped up at lunch time and reserved in glasses at dinner time , even though the salad looked dry.

The jewelry sale was the biggest farce that I have ever seen on a cruise ship. The cheap watches were so cheap that we witnessed two customers bring them back as soon as they got to their cabins due to operation failure. This should be an embarrassment to Celebrity cruise lines. The ship was very nice and in great shape for it's age. Disembarkation was a breeze and the 7:00 a.m. exit time for passengers whom were handling their own baggage was earlier and better than other ships. All of the port stops were great and the reason we decided to try Celebrity for the first time. This Celebrity ship did not measure up to Carnival , Norwegian or Princess cruises in our past so we will be going back and not forward with Celebrity Cruise line in the future.