The main reason for choosing this cruise was the itinerary, having a number of ports that we have not cruised to before. A secondary consideration was Celebrity who we have cruised with before and thoroughly enjoyed the experience although previously always on a Solstice class and not on the Constellation, one of their Millennium class. We were somewhat disappointed to find out several weeks before the cruise that they have dropped their formal nights for what they call "Chic nights". We really enjoy the formal nights and we were concerned what we might be faced with. We decided to split the difference with my wife taking some of her slightly less elegant but still gorgeous dresses and me settling for jacket and tie. It would be fair to say that about 5% of people still dressed formal, about 25% did the same as us and the rest dressed the same as any other night. Overall the standard of dress code in the main dining room was not what we have come to expect of Celebrity, even spotting shorts on a couple of occasions.

The ship:

Spacious, clean and efficiently run with ever friendly staff. Of all the ships we have been on this felt the least crowded. Read more