Just returned from our Western Med cruise aboard Celebrity's Century. What made this cruise exceptional was the itinerary. Stops were made on 8 of the 10 ten cruise days and each port was more beautiful than the last. We needed the two sea days to rest from our shore excursions.

First, about the ship, Century. Being a smaller vessel made it much easier to find things. We had a Cat. 2A Cabin on the 8th deck (Panoramic). The cabin was small and the rounded foot of the bed looked nice but really tried to disguise the smallness of the room and my husband and I had to take turns passing from front to rear of the cabin. Bath was adequate and we liked the raised basin but no hair conditioner. Lots of storage space was a plus - but we had to take care not to try to get things out of a closet at the same time - no room. Balcony nice - we traveled with another couple so we put their deck chairs on our balcony and enjoyed our evening glasses of wine together. Celebrity allows you to take one bottle of wine per passenger (size not specified) so we bought our wine at the Duty Free shop in the dock terminal just before we got in line for embarkation.

I recommend the port (left) side as we faced the shore in almost every port. The one time we tendered to shore it was rocky and some passengers had difficulty maneuvering in the lifeboat/tender. Read more