My wife, our two sons (age 24 and 20) and my wife's parents went on the 9-day Christmas cruise aboard the Summit departing Ft. Lauderdale on December 17th. This was our 9th cruise ... our second on Celebrity with the first on the Century in 1998. Past cruises being on RCI, Carnival, NCL Norway and Dolphin.
This is also our second Christmas cruise with the previous one on RCI Brilliance of the Seas in December of 2002. There were some Christmas decorations but not nearly as many as on the Brilliance. We brought along a 3-foot tree for our cabin.
What a wonderful cruise. There really is a difference on Celebrity. While food and entertainment are usually good on most major cruises, Celebrity does the little things that set them apart. Things like cold towels when returning to the ship from shore excursions, cloth hand towels in public bathrooms, welcome aboard champagne and mimosas, no annoying announcements and photographers who are not always in your face.