Celebrity Century Review

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Royal cruiser tries out Celebrity Century.

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Celebrity Century
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wraithe
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Feb 2009
Cabin: Inside Stateroom
Traveled with children

I'm retired US Navy, father of two, both on this cruise with me. My Mother, Mother in Law, and my SIL/BIL and their two kids also accompanied my wife and I on this cruise. We've sailed Royal 8 times, 6 on Grandeur, one each on Radiance and Mariner. My Mother, SIL/BIL had sailed Carnival before, the rest are first time cruisers.

Flights down were great, Southwest from Pittsburgh and Birmingham, AL; and Spirit Airlines from Myrtle Beach, SC did a beautiful job of getting all of us to Fort Lauderdale airport. My brother in law rented a mini-van from Thrifty, and I rented a SUV from Budget. Again, very efficiently handled and good cars. My TomTom One had no problems guiding me around Miami, the directions were spot on, and the Points of Interest database was very helpful to find grocery stores, shopping, restaurants and fuel.

The hotel was a disaster. I made a mistake and booked rooms at the Rodeway Inn Miami Airport. Should have gone ahead and found another place to stay when they tried to cancel my reservation on Wednesday the 6th of Feb when I was supposed to arrive with 8 people on 9 Feb. I made the reservations in August 2008. They overbooked, tried to blame it on Choice Privileges, and expected to just cancel me with no attempt at resolution. Choice Privileges persuaded them to honor my ressie, but, I should have just found another place to stay. The room they put me in for Saturday the 9th wasn't even safe, much less comfortable. There was no phone, the phone jack had been ripped out of the wall (I have pictures). No chair for the desk, no clothes hanging bar, no cold water in the sink (I eventually turned it on myself), no remote for the TV. The deadbolt just spun around and around, no locky. The bathroom floor and toilet was spattered with paint, the bathtub water ran continuously, the border around the room had been painted over, not removed, just painted over. The AC units in both rooms that I stayed in either did not have covers, or the covers would not stay on. They promised me a 20 minute pickup from the airport, after one hour 20 minutes and 3 phone calls, they finally sent a shuttle. The shuttle driver said they had a wealth builder convention for Chinese in town, and they had as many as 10 people sleeping in some of their rooms. I know for a fact that at least 3 other Choice Privileges members refused their reservations when they saw how dirty and unkempt their rooms were and went to another hotel. This place is a wreck, they should be ashamed to ask people to stay there, much less charge for the rooms. I am filing a complaint with the Florida Hotel Regulators, and have already filed a formal complaint with Choice Privileges. They did shuttle 11 of us to the Port of Miami.

Cabin Review

Inside Stateroom

Cabin 11

Great cabin. Quiet location, excellent cabin steward, Irfan. Two nice sized full length closets, one closet with shelves and drawer space. Flat screen plasma TV, interactive account and room service on TV. The shower was awesome, much better than Royal. Only one 110Vac outlet on the desk. There is a 220 Vac European plug that could take an adapter.

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