FIRST CLASS SHIP MADE MORE ENJOYABLE WITH SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT

CABIN AND VERANDA Celebrity Eclipse is a beautiful ship and our cruise to the Baltic Sea far exceeded our expectations. We had a forward stateroom with veranda on Deck 9, just next to the elevator. Initially we were worried that the elevator 'bell' would be a bother but the stateroom door was so soundproof that we were never disturbed by the elevator at all. The NO SMOKING policy in the stateroom and the veranda is WONDERFUL because we were able to enjoy extensive use of the veranda (including breakfast and dinner on the veranda) without having cigarette smoke drifting to our veranda. In a previous cruise where smoking was allowed in verandas, we unfortunately had a neighbouring stateroom with smokers and we did not enjoy the use our veranda at all. (All things being equal, for future cruises, we will definitely choose Celebrity cruise because of the NO SMOKING in the veranda policy.)

DINING We opted for Select Dining and had reservations for table for 2 for most nights. Select Dining was really a good option because we could vary our reservation timings based on when we return from our shore excursions. Even though we had made reservations prior to sailing, both the Main Dining Room staff and Speciality Restaurants were flexible in accommodating our changes in timing. Read more