My partner and I just completed another wonderful Celebrity cruise on the Celebrity Equinox which sailed on Jan 15, 2010. Overall we had a wonderful experience once again. The trip started with a delayed boarding process due to a norovirus outbreak on the previous sailing. The ship's crew was following a sanitation protocol which apparently worked because I didn't hear about anyone getting the virus on our trip. The cruise line takes this very seriously and there was evidence of their hard work during the cruise as well. There were servers everywhere in the Oceanview Cafe so that no passenger would touch the coffee and cold drink dispensers nor any serving utensil at the buffet stations. It was nice to be served!
The only problem we encountered was during boarding, as the P.A. system at the terminal was substandard. It was hard to understand instructions when to board. The process was hectic.
But once on the ship, all of that was forgotten as we were greeted with a glass of champagne. We headed directly to the Sunset Bar right away and enjoyed a rather long cocktail hour. Cabins were ready around 2:30 or so ... so we headed down below to stow our gear. Surprise! We were promptly greeted by the same Cabin Steward, Sherwin, that we had on our Solstice sailing last year! We had a fun and pleasant reunion!