Our cruise on Celebrity Solstice in January 2011 was a Christmas gift from my parents. As a first-time cruiser practically delirious with anticipation I found cruisecritic.com a great source of information to help us prepare.
There's a five-minute commercial for Solstice you can find on YouTube that starts out with "The devil is in the details..." -this commercial truly does describe our experience. We were, in fact, delighted, renewed, pampered, engaged, entertained, and amazed.
There was a shuttle available from the hotel but because the load-in seemed a little slow for our excitement level we took a cab, which turned out to be a good decision. As we sailed through the check-point our driver told us that in 15 minutes the line-up of vehicles would be 8 blocks long.
9153: more than adequate storage, great balcony with chairs that can be loungers, quiet location,nice tv, comfortable bed near the balcony. Convenient desk area with outlets.