We got to Rome after a long night on a cramped plane. Hurricane Sandy did us no favors as we had to spend a day at JFK just wandering around, but we weren't complaining as the folks in the NYC area were digging out and doing the best they could. The Celebrity folks were at the airport, took care of the luggage and promptly whisked us to the ship.

She is a beauty. We stepped on-board with no wait on the pier at all and the crew looked genuinely pleased to see us and offered wine as we boarded. We went up to 14 to eat and relax and they called that the cabins were open at 1PM. We went down and met the cabin steward who was at great pains to help us in any way he could. We heard from our friends who were meeting us on the ship and so we were off.

The first 2 days were sailing and that was a blessing as we were whipped by the travel from home to Rome. Read more