This cruise was our 25th Wedding Anniversary celebration, we spent 3 days pre-cruise in Rome and were amazed at the beauty of the city and at how friendly the people were. While in Rome, I highly recommend a private tour with "Through Eternity", our guide Marley, made our 2 days of touring an amazing and unique experience. I would also recommend the Starhotel Metropole, the location was great, the rooms clean and service outstanding. We had a piece of luggage lost and they went out of their way to ensure that it was found at the airport and delivered to our room for us.

Embarkation - We arrived at the port at 11:45 AM for embarkation and even though there was already a lengthy line, we boarded the ship within 30 minutes of our arrival. We were not able to get into our rooms until after 3:00 PM, but after asking around we got the "okay" to drop carry on's in our room.

Aqua Class Rooms - We had a room at the center of the ship and yes, you could hear the shuffle of chairs from the deck above throughout the day. It really didn't bother us though, when we were tired we slept right through it (who wants to sleep when your on a cruise anyway). Our veranda was shaded, but it also was blocked from the weather and wind and I liked it, alot. The bed was comfortable and we had more pillows than we knew what to do with. The bathroom was great, I loved the shower. I packed alot of stuff and was able to put it all away and store my luggage under the bed. The only thing about the room that was somewhat distracting for me was the little coffee table. We seemed to always be tripping over and around it. But..after a while I just moved it to a corner of the room close to the bed so that we had more space. The interactive TV's were great and to our surprise, my husband's especially, there were options to watch NFL football games (I think Celebrity is reading these boards!). Read more