We had a fabulous time on this cruise. We are a couple late 40's & early 50's. This was our 4th cruise, first on Celebrity.
Embarkation was a breeze. We had received an email telling us to arrive between 1 and 5pm, but with having to be out of our hotel by 11am, we headed to the port. We thought we could at least drop off our luggage, but there were some others waiting to board so we joined the line. They started boarding people just after 11am and we were on deck with drink in hand by 11:30am (it was 5 o'clock somewhere)
We booked with the 123 Go promotion, and the included beverage package made things very easy. We found no need to upgrade to the premium package, the basic was just fine for us.