Celebrity Constellation Review
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First, let me tell you a little about my wife and I. We are in our mid-50s and have cruised 7 other times on Royal Caribbean, Princess, NCL, and Carnival. We have cruised on Princess and Royal Caribbean in the last year. So we have some valid experiences from which to compare Celebrity. We stayed in Aqua class cabin 1111. We had originally booked an Ocean view, but when the price started dropping dramatically we were able to secure an upgrade to Aqua class at little extra cost. And since we had already booked a transatlantic on Connie for November, we took this cruise as a preview of the ship.
We read a lot of reviews on Celebrity and on Connie before we left. I can honestly say that we didn't experience any of the negatives that some others have written. Maybe it has to do with the fact that we were in Aqua class and got to eat in our own dining room, Blu. We also don't drink so there's nothing to write about bar service other than there was no one pushing "special drinks" on us like Carnival did on our one, never to be repeated Carnival cruise.
Embarkation was a breeze. We arrived around 10:30, got through check-in in about 10 minutes and was on the ship at 11 right after the suite/elite passengers. We took a couple hours exploring the ship. We took advantage of having the thallasotherapy pool nearly to ourselves.
Cabin Review
Cabin was very nicely located near the aft. Getting to the Oceanview buffet and Oceanview bar were literally just a few steps away. The only noise we ever heard came from our neighbors who chose to set up an iPod with speakers on their balcony and blast away during the day. The shower was probably the best part of the cabin. I did note that the balcony door latch was broken so we couldn't completely shut out the outside noise. Other than the noise from the neighbors, everything else about the cabin was excellent. Getting ice tea and waters brought into your room every day was a nice touch. Being able to get different pillow types was a unique experience as well. There was way more storage than we needed for a 5-day cruise. Only two plugs, but we brought a power extension strip. The temperature seemed to vary a little the last night, but overall it remained very comfortable. The bed was a little firm for my taste, but from the 2nd night on I slept like a rock.