We had another great Celebrity cruise. Some of our "firsts" on this one: First aft cabin (love!), first time eating in the MDR for breakfast (still haven't hit a lunch!), first time we caught the Liars Club game (fun), first time as Captain's Club Elite passengers. We spent a lot of time on our balcony rather than public areas this time around because we had upgraded to a family veranda cabin and wanted to get as much use out of it as we could. So for us, this was a very laid-back cruise. We caught some of the guest lecturer's topics and they were very interesting and well presented.

The main dining room had flipped select dining and traditional dining on this cruise, so as Select diners we entered on Deck 4 rather than Deck 5. We were only seated promptly on about 3 of the 8 nights we ate in the MDR. The other times we were handed a beeper and told to keep ourselves amused until paged. That was fine, we're pretty relaxed about that sort of thing, but we did see lots of empty tables being held for those with reservations. I think Select Dining only works when there are no reservations taken.

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