We traveled as a family of 4 adults (30's and 60's) and this was our first Celebrity cruise. We stayed in Rome for 3.5 days before our cruise in an apartment on Campo de Fiori. The location was perfect: loud, really fun and you can walk everywhere. We loved Rome and did all the main tourist attractions (Vatican, Colosseum, etc). We also booked a day trip to Orvieto & Civita di Bagnoregio which was fantastic. We used Rome Cabs to take us to Civitavecchia and it was very easy and only took us about 40 minutes on a Tuesday.

Ship:

To sum it up we LOVED it! We were on the Silhouette and it is a gorgeous ship. Our stateroom was 8105 and since it was in the very front of the ship it had extra room. The downfall of the room is it's pretty noisy however we were so tired we didn't care most of the time. We thought the storage and bathroom space was fine but we did ask for more hangers. Ladies you will love the "shaving" foot bar in the shower. We arrived about 1:30pm and check in was amazingly quick (20 min) and we had our luggage 45 min later. We did tip the porters so that may have had something to do with it :). The spa was very nice, we had a couples massage, and while they do tell you about products they do not give you the hard sell! The Alcoves were nice to have on sea days but we probably woulnd't book them again. They do face inwards but you can see the water across the grass between the other alcoves. If you really wanted to the glass panels in the back slide open and you could turn you chair around to see the water. The only problem is you would be sitting right next to the walkway behind the alcoves so it's not really private. It was also windy so you couldn't sit there and play cards like we wanted to. Read more