Celebrity Equinox-First Impressions Can Be Deceiving

Upon approach to Civitacecchia in our taxi, I could recognize the signature look of a Celebrity vessel in the distant part of the port. The blue hull, the traditional Greek letter Chi at the top, now my heart was beating. As we made a few more curves and stops, I finally saw its full outline, and saw the Equinox. It seemed at first to be a longer, taller, and more streamlined version of the Millenium class. In a way I was grateful as I greatly admire the Millenium class, but also a tad bit disappointed as I guess I expected something more dramatic. In our world of bigger, better, faster, I didn't see any dramatic changes, just a beautiful ship. Little did I realize at the time, that I was in for some eye popping changes ahead.

Stateroom-I had read the staterooms were a bit larger but very surprised by what I saw, as they seem much grander than my expectation. Looking at the numbers afterward, they actually are about 15% larger with even larger balconies, but with the design layout they even seem much larger than the square footage numbers would make you believe. Read more