We left Ft Lauderdale March 9th and returned the 23rd, 2013. 8 ports. There are a great number of suggestions on this site, so I will limit mine to those not commonly mentioned elsewhere:

1. Internet, for $199 you can purchase about 520 minutes of internet. For two weeks, that can be used quickly, but you can easily log on for free at almost every port while off the ship to catch up. The bad side of the ship internet: a. the speed is "SNAIL" speed. You think you might be getting a deal at 36 cents a minute, until you realize 5 minutes is used logging on and off and uploading slow pictures. Surprise, the clock on time keeps pace with actual time, but the speed of the internet doesn't. Even their on board Apple computers on level six move like snails. If you have a Blackberry, be very careful to use their book marks and log off, then turn it off. Otherwise, it logs on by itself and charges you. Of course, stupid me, we were hit for over $400. They were nice enough to credit us for it and explain how it occurred.

2. Ship photos. They are always asking to take your picture. Why not, it's free! At the end of the trip, we decided to purchase the CD of pictures as we had about 50 pictures taken. For $99, you take a CD home, upload a program to your computer, then you are suppose to be able to download 6 pictures. Unfortunately we received 0!!! We are still trying to get Celebrity to respond and give us the 6 pictures. We could have bought prints on board for about $25 per print, but you can't email them. agggg Read more