Background

Us: myself (39), my girlfriend (40ish) and her 22-year old daughter. We are loyal Royal Caribbean fans; always happy with the reliable and consistent product we have received on our 20+ RCI cruises. We've been on Princess twice (with nothing nice to say about either trip), Carnival several times (Carnival is, well Carnival...), and a smattering of a couple other ships.

We have been on Celebrity one previous time, a Caribbean 10-day on the Millennium 4 years ago. To this point, that was by far our favorite cruise. So much so, in fact, that I was afraid we were expecting too much from this Celebrity trip! However, we were not disappointed. I can happily report that Celebrity well exceeded our expectations. Read more