We left Bayonne on 7-22-12 for 7 nite cruise to Bermuda. Check-in at port, customs & ship were just unbelievably simple. Everyone is helpful and organized, even if we weren't! There were 11 of us. My family does everything TOGETHER. We were on the ship by 12:45, eating lunch, when it was announced our cabins were ready. This was much earlier than anticipated. We checked out all 5 rooms on the 7th floor. Everyone was happy - pretty amazing.
We had booked this cruise in February and the early seating for dinner was not available. We choose the 'free-styling' option. We prepaid all gratuities up front in order to do this. The first nite there was some confusion regarding the reservation process. This was clearly not explained by our agent. Celebrity was very patient in explaining and seating our large group. We found the food and selection to be quite good. Occasionally a cold dish was served, but our waiter took it back with no problem. It is simply amazing how they can cook and prepare thousands of meals.
We ate breakfast and lunch in the buffets or by the pool. There is something for everybody, and very good quality. We ate dinner in the main restaurant every nite. We ordered everything from frog legs to fillet mignon to quail. We didn't see a need to go to the specialty restaurants. We even ordered 2 different dinners when we couldn't decide on one. Entire staff was great. We had two b-day celebrations & the flowers and cake were nice.
Cabin 7061. Very clean, but there looks to be some mold starting on the shower curtain in the bathroom. Also, we had trouble with the toilet not flushing.