This was our 8th cruise and our 5th on Celebrity. We'd never been on the Century before this trip. While she's an older ship and showing a little wear and tear, I'm not sure that I would say she was in bad shape. We had read prior to booking our trip that refurbishing was in her future and there are things that will need updated, but overall, we found the Century to be very quaint and loved the woodwork.
We stayed in Concierge class and had no problem boarding the ship. In fact, it couldn't have gone any smoother. Disembarkation took a little bit longer, but still was within the realm of normal.
We had never had so many days at sea before and found, like others, that there was so much to do that we were never bored. We greatly enjoyed the lectures by Chelsea in the theater, the art lectures, the wine tastings, as well as our ukulele lessons. Our instructors were so much fun. They were very encouraging and we all had a lot of laughs in the short five days we took lessons for. In fact, we had so much fun doing it that we ordered ukuleles as soon as we got home and are continuing to play!