We just returned from 12 days aboard the Sept 18 sailing. Celebrity apparently used the comments from the last cruise to address some of the earlier cruises complaints. There was no longer a charge for the shuttle services in Le Havre and in La Rochelle. They maintained the charges in Bilbao and Porto though the cost was reduced to $15.
The pluses: Our room butler Bogdan was amazing. Lattes delivered in the morning, suggestions on making our cabin more pleasant (adding a two drawer cabinet under the bathroom sink made a huge improvment.
Subawa in the aft bar and martini bar and Inez in the Cafe Bacio/Michaels Club were both very accommodating.
The pluses: Our room butler Bogdan was amazing. Lattes delivered in the morning, suggestions on making our cabin more pleasant (adding a two drawer cabinet under the bathroom sink made a huge improvment.Subawa in the aft bar and martini bar and Inez in the Cafe Bacio/Michaels Club were both very accommodating.The cabins are quite small (we are used to Holland America). Our first reaction upon entering our cabin was "where's the suite?" The balcony was tiny barely fitting two chairs and ottomans. While we were right behind the elevators, we never heard them. We were below the pingpong table and the set up at 5:30 am was definitely noticed. We were kitty corner from the i-lounge, which was always busy.