My husband and I recently returned from a B2B cruise to Bermuda over the 4th of July holiday. We were celebrating our 20th anniversary for the 1st leg of the trip, and our 10 year old son joined us for the 2nd leg of the trip. Hubby wanted to celebrate kid-free, and our son was terribly bummed about being excluded – so this B2B was a perfect solution to keep everyone happy. This our 3rd and 4th cruises with Celebrity (previously we sailed on Constellation to Norway and Equinox to the Mediterranean) and we are also past cruisers with Regent, Paul Gauguin and Oceania. We like Celebrity when cruising as a family as Oceania/Regent are more tailored for adults.

Firstly – wow, what a difference a week makes! In the past, I would read reviews that varied from ‘best time of my life’ to ‘worst cruise in my life’ and wondered how these people could have sailed on the same ship! As a B2B cruiser, I can tell you that there was a tremendous difference in the 2 sailings which were just 1 week apart. More on this later.

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