Our sixth cruise on Celebrity. Booked two port side aft Aqua class cabins (will never go lower) so we would have the private restaurant experience at "Blu". Note that all suites also now have there own dining room.
Came in to Seattle a day early and stayed over in Kirkland on the water at the Woodmark hotel. Very nice place! Limo service booked through hotel dropped us at the pier around 12:30 (just a 15 - 20 minute ride). Traveled with my 88 yr old mother in law.
Check-in was fast but it could have been due to the fact that mom was in her fold-up wheel chair and we were in a special line. Note that Celebrity (and perhaps others) are now assigning boarding times based on class of service. As we came in a day early it didn't really matter to us. But, as we didn't find out about this until a few days before departure I wondered what we would have done if our assigned time was 2:00 and we had booked a flight that arrived that morning at 9:00??? Check this out. Suites start first at 10:30 I think.