Celebrity Constellation Review
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Celebrity features a lot of sales of tee shirts, junk merchandise with their logo, a "Russian Bazaar" sale and costume jewelry while the ship is at sea. Celebrity's motivation seems to be one of greed, not one that features the passenger's enjoyment of their ship.
Overall I found the ship to have a rather difficult layout. There is no main entrance to the main dining room from the lobby or from the cabins. It is necessary to walk through the casino or shops to get to the dining room. The first few days I was convinced I was headed in the wrong direction because the layout is so illogical. The emphasis is on spending money in the shops or casino. There are no direct through passageways on the cabin decks. The promenade deck does not go completely around the ship. In all I think the ship is awkward and illogical in its layout.
The Edge of the Earth lounge, forward on deck 11 would or should present magnificent views of the sea except for the odd curtained cubicles at the center just in front of the windows to the sea. The entire room is draped in what is one would assume to be undersea kelp. It is particularly odd in the daytime and the chiffon netting is torn and worn in many places. I thought perhaps at night this unusual decor would be lit to look like an undersea atmosphere but in fact that is not the case. It is just strange and rather like Halloween decor. Unfortunately the floor is sticky, dirty, covered in black marks and is absolutely revolting.
Cabin Review
8028 should not be sold as a passenger cabin. It is directly beneath a pantry on deck 9. Crew uses the pantry to clean up dishes in a very noisy dishwasher. There is constant coming and going with a door slamming until after 1:30 in the morning. The noise commences again before 6:00 am. The pantry was locked and closed after 3 nights of my calling the front desk multiple times. Somehow the pantry was re-opened and the noise started up again so I was moved halfway through the cruise to 9065. Finally I was able to sleep. But there needs to be a system to keep kids and teens from shouting and running up and down the hallways at anytime but especially late at night and early in the morning. Celebrity was not responsive to complaints from many passengers about these obnoxious teens.