Cruised on the Celebrity Refection July 6-17, 2016. Spent 3 nights in a great 3 bedroom condo 60 steps from the Pantheon booked through VRBO. It was great for us. Two adults and two adult kids 22 years old. Could walk everywhere from there. Couldn't have found a better place!
Chose the Reflection because of it's reputation for service and we were not disappointed. Service from cruise staff was wonderful. We have cruised a lot and the service we found at least as good as Royal Caribbean. The food was very good in the main dining room. We went to 2 specialty restaurants which were very nice. If you are not concerned about which night you want to dine at them, wait until you get on board as they have sales for buy one get one free.
We had Premium Drink Packages so that we would not worry about a bill at the end. We did not see a lot of overly intoxicated people from drink packages that others have complained about. I did see some people unhappy about the Classic Drink Packages as they would order a drink and then find out it was not included in their package. I would have been annoyed if I were allowed drinks up to $8.00 on the Classic Package and the Drink Of The Day would always be $8.25. It was worth the little bit extra to not have to worry about that happening.