My husband and I have gone on over 25 cruises in various parts of the world (Europe, Alaska, Bermuda, Canada & New England, Hawaii, and the Caribbean). What attracted us to this cruise were the interesting sightseeing ports on the West Coast, that we could combine with a visit to our son and family in Los Angeles.
We flew into Vancouver the day before the cruise and stayed at the Hyatt Regency downtown. It was a lovely hotel in close proximity to Canada Place where we boarded the cruise ship. Although the hotel was about 4 - 5 blocks from the cruise terminal at Canada Place, we took a cab because of an abundance of luggage.
Since we are Select on Celebrity, we went on an express line and boarded the ship within 20 minutes (by 11:30 a.m.) and were greeted with a glass of Chempagne. We proceeded to the Islands Cafe for a buffet lunch. At 1:30 p.m. an announcement was made that the cabins were ready. Our bags were delivered to our cabin shortly after. We had an inside cabin on deck 8 midship. We found this to be a very convenient location for getting to the restaurants, shows, the casino and shops.
8160 had a very good midship location. It was an inside cabin with a lot of storage space - many closets and drawers.