This was our 1st TATL cruise, and my 2nd overall cruise with Celebrity. My 1st cruise with them was several years ago on the Mercury, and I have great memories of the service we received. We have been looking both for a cruise line to settle in with as a favored-line and for a little step up in luxury or refinement. I was hoping that Celebrity would fit the bill. Overall, the cruise was fine. There were things we loved, things that were ok, and things were not good. Nothing to “wow” us and nothing to rise to the level of ruining a cruise, but enough little annoying things that gathered to leave a poor impression of Celebrity in general. In brief - I’d go with them again, but they did not succeed in making me a loyal X cruiser, either. I’ll split my review into 3 parts - Pros, Cons which Celebrity could fix, and Cons which cannot be blamed on Celebrity.

PROS:

1) The itinerary. We LOVED doing a TATL. We loved the ports in Spain and Portugal - every one of them (Malaga, Cadiz, Cartagena and Lisbon) were easy to walk off and explore a cute little town, full of history and character. (Tenerife is the exception as a port - not really anything to see or do there without taking a tour of some sort.) The sea days were great. We love sea days, which is why decided to try a TATL. If anything, there were too many activities, and I often felt like I was missing out if I just wanted to sit and read. Finally, there is something particularly cool about looking at the globe and thinking, “I am here!” in the middle of nowhere. Read more