Celebrity Century Review
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Having never cruised with Celebrity before, we availed ourselves of the Concierge Class facility offered. This was to allow us priority embarkation and disembarkation. All very well, when it works. A very good feature to have combined with dedicated concierge, umbrella and binoculars for use in port, fruit and canapes delivered to the cabin every day and a bottle of sparkling wine on arrival.
We chose Celebrity because of the itinerary on a convenient date. Century was the ship for this route and time of year. I believe that next year they will not be using the Century in favour of the Celebrity Solstice. This may be a better ship. The itinerary certainly seemed to be a very popular one with all nationalities, including many New Zealanders.
The embarkation process was reasonably good. Though the priority boarding was not perhaps as efficient as it could have been due to the fact that there were only really two people to handle priority embarkation and many many more for the other people boarding. Once aboard, everything was very well organised.
Cabin Review
Concierge Class
Cabin 9168 was a standard Concierge Class starboard side mid-ship to aft cabin. Ideal for the particular itinerary, which started in Auckland and ended in Sydney. Most ports were approached and the ship was docked against the pier on the Starboard side.
On of the drawers, in the wardrobe chest, kept on sliding in and out, thus banging throughout the night, in rough seas we experienced.
On the verandah, there was a split in the surface of the floor of the verandah. This split caused a bubble that filled up with water, and when stepped on, the water surged up and over the surface and ones feet. It needed to be avoided.
All other aspects of the cabin were satisfactory. The heating/air conditioning was very efficient and effective. The block out curtains were very effective also.