We have cruised many times but this was "only" our fourth Celebrity cruise. This was a 10 day cruise from Ft Lauderdale to St Kitts, St Thomas, Barbados and an overnight in St Maarten. We had been to each of these ports previously but looking forward to a relaxing trip and having some new experiences.

We drove to the port and arrived shortly before 11. Dropped off the luggage and parked the vehicle in lot 19 which was a relatively short walk form our terminal. Lines were short for initial check in and process was quick and painless. Security had a longer line and after that we were seated in nice area based on our lowly status with Celebrity.......After 30 minutes or so our area was called and we proceeded on board and went to the Aqua Spa cafe area since we knew that the cabins would not be ready until 1:30. Had nice lunch and then sat in pool area until cabins were available. All and all a good embarkation experience.

We had veranda cabin on deck 7 which was normal size and Kevin was our excellent and responsive cabin attendant. We had some noise issues with our cabin which I will cover on the S class cabin spreadsheet. Read more