Just back from a fabulous cruise around the Med on the lovely Celebrity Summit.

We had a lovely journey, was met at Venice and taken straight to the ship with no waiting for other flights therefore we were onboard by midday which I was impressed with. We had a look around and was pleasantly surprised to find our cabin ready before 13.00. It was our first time in a balcony cabin and I have to sat its worth every penny. We had breakfast on it most mornings and watched many sail aways with a glass of wine. Venice is particularly stunning as you sail right past St Marks square. Get a good seat Starboard side, we were lucky enough to have a cabin that side!

The first day in Venice we had a walk around and found a supermarket (co-op pronounced coop) to get some wine. You are allowed two bottles per stateroom on embarkation day only, although they do not mark it down so you could always go back and get more!! After reading about the high prices onboard I pre-ordered some wine via the gift section to be delivered to the cabin, this works out much cheaper as the onboard price for the same bottles were much higher. However most days they have offers on in the waterfall cafe where you can buy wine for your cabin or lunchtime but not for the MDR. Read more