We cruised on Celebrity's Millennium on our first trip to South East Asia. We have cruised Celebrity before. I tend to be a glass half full rather than half empty person. The whole trip was an amazing experience. We had a couple of days in Hong Kong before the cruise and a couple in Singapore after the cruise. We flew out of Colorado Springs through Chicago. The flights were long and pretty uncomfortable in economy.

We really enjoyed the ship. The Solsticization added some nice things without ruining the things that we liked. The ship is showing its age in spots, but on the whole is very well maintained. As usual we saw people cleaning everywhere all the time. The service was great. The food was good. We ate in the Main Dining Room at our assigned late seating about half the time. We had a couple of overnights and some late nights in port the other evenings. We had a fun experience for dinner in QSine. The only shows we attended were the production shows which were very good. The cabin was in good shape with plenty of storage. Celebrity seems to have worked out all the problems that their earlier cruises in the area experienced. We had no problems with the Vietnam visa or picking up our passports for getting off the ship. We wouldn't hesitate to book the Millennium again.

We stayed at the Park Hotel in Hong Kong which was fine with clean, well furnished rooms. We didn't eat there since all they had was a buffet. We enjoyed the lounge in the lobby. The location is convenient to many of the sightseeing areas. There are lots of restaurants in the area; many of them seemed to cater to locals and Chinese tourists. Most did have English translations on the menus, but the food was definitely local. We took a cab from the airport, but the express train and shuttle would be cheaper and almost as convenient. Read more