This was our 3rd Celebrity Cruise but the first one on a Millennium class ship. We had 3 nights in Vancouver prior to the cruise which we enjoyed very much - a truly lovely city.

Embarkation was a disaster. There were 3 ships at Canada place so it was never going to be easy but the distinct lack of organisation and notable absence of Celebrity staff caused chaos. Thankfully we were early and had priority boarding which helped a little, from what we gather it got a lot worse.

Once on board we were wowed by the lovely Millennium. She was spotlessly clean and we thought it was a very good layout. She has everything that the Solstice class have - just a thousand less passengers. We had a window on deck 3, a bit of a trial for us to see whether we would actually miss having a balcony - and yes we did!!! The cabin was kept pristine by Vazio who was really good. Read more