We are multi trip Celebrity Cruisers and were on the 1/20/2014 Sydney Departure for 14 nights touring Australia and New Zealand.
We spent 5 days in Sydney prior to the cruise and had time to explore the city, climb the bridge, go to the opera house abnd took 2 private tours to the Hunter Valley Wineries and to the Blue Mountains. Sydney is a fabulous city and the tours thru Real Sydney Tours were wonderful.
Celebrity is now assigning check in times (ours was 1130am). They do have separate check in for the Suites, Elite, and Aqua Class so we were on board within 30 minutes of getting in line. The general boarding seemed to be somewhat longer.
Room was a AQ Room on the hump. Bed near window. No sound issues,very confenient to elevators. Room steward was great. Room not large by any means but very adaquate. Lots of storage under the bed for bags and over the bed cabinets in addition to thje closet space. Had no issues with the room or storage for 14 days worth of stuff.