This was our third Celebrity cruise. I chose Celebrity because I like the demographic of the fellow guests, the comfort, design etc of the ships, and the friendliness and efforts of the staff.
We like to use Southampton as a departure port because I have grown to hate air travel and all the hassles it involves. I use my disabled rail travel to travel down to Southampton and I have to say that the rail services for disabled people are great. There was help to board the train, there when we changed trains and at the destination. The service at Euston is particularly good and a great help if there is little advance warning about which platform your train is leaving from! Full marks.
We stayed at the Ennios Boutique hotel in Southampton and its position and level of comfort were fabulous (They had the softest duvet I have ever touched !) We dined there on the night before the cruise and it was excellent !
Lovely position on the "hump" just before the indented rooms with the larger balconies. Very quiet venue despite its close location to the lifts. Excellent room steward José and his helper! Bed faces the front of the ship ie you sail feet first and the bed is by the balcony - perfect for viewing the sail into Stockholm etc. Loved to lie in bed gazing out to sea etc!