After our first Celebrity cruise in 2011 on the Equinox, we quickly became Celebrity converts. While we still love to try different lines and ships, Celebrity is the first company we look to when booking. The Solstice Class ships are an incredible blend of hip, modern styling and sophisticated, classic cruising. And Celebrity has continued that trend with their newest edition, the Celebrity Reflection. As soon as this inaugural cruise was available for booking, we knew we had to do it.

Boarding in Amsterdam was seamless and within a few minutes, we found ourselves heading up to our Aqua Class room. We toured the ship, but were already familiar with the layout of this class of ship. It is very similar to the others, but with a little tweak here and there and some extra panache. There is some interesting art scattered around the ship, such as the live-action painting in the hallway outside of Blu. There wasn't much fanfare, considering that this was an inaugural voyage. We were a little disappointed that we didn't receive a certificate or something to indicate that we made this voyage. Upon departure from a rainy Amsterdam, there were hundreds of white and blue balloons released from the pier, which was nice.

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