This was my 16th cruise, and fifth on Celebrity. I like cruising, and know that to have a good cruise, you have to roll with the punches. I never expect perfection, and thus am not usually disappointed. This was a nearly perfect cruise and we had a wonderful time!

DH and I are late middle-aged, not yet retired, but soon to be. We are well-educated, fairly well-traveled, and our cruising style is a bit different from other folks. Celebrity suits us pretty well, with some minor reservations, to be discussed below.

TRAVEL, HOTEL, AND EMBARKATION. We flew out of Harrisburg, PA on Thanksgiving day, with a connection in Atlanta, and on to Santiago. Thanksgiving Day itself was an ok day to fly. Everything went smoothly, and on arrival in Santiago the next day we were met by Celebrity reservations and whisked to our hotel - the Sheraton in Santiago. We had made all our hotel reservations, connections, air, and shore excursions through Celebrity. Read more