This was our fourth transatlantic – the other three have all been with celebrity and all on solstice class ships. In fact, all of our previous cruises have been with celebrity on solstice class ships so this was our first experience of one of the older ships.

We weren't sure what to expect, but felt confident that given the number of positive reviews we'd read – celebrity constellation wasn't going to disappoint us and... (I'll cut to the chase here) it didn't really disappoint is, but I have to say we simply don't think it's quite as good as the solstice class ships – possibly that was just our experience on this cruise? I've put further details below and leave you the reader to decide.

We spent a few days in Ft. Lauderdale and really enjoyed them, what a lovely place, the water taxi right being something of a highlight! Boarding.. was pretty much pain free – is it only me that gets really stressed leaving my suitcases with a complete stranger at the terminal?? – I have a recurring fear the cases simply won't get there, consequently I also make sure I tip the baggage guy (which for a Brit is a pretty stressful experience because we simply don't know how much to tip whether we should tip at all) .. anyway the bags arrived .. one was delayed because it contained a few bottles of tonic water – apparently Read more