We are frequent cruisers, mainly on RCCL, Princess and Celebrity and this was our thirteenth cruise with the latter. We chose it because of the itinerary (The Faroes and Shetlands ) but, unfortunately, the weather let us down - but Celeb can't be blamed for that.

First the good points: we are elite members and again were very happy with the programme - in particular breakfast in the SS United States and the cocktail hour in the Constellation lounge (we were particularly pleased that they were not doing the voucher system as, because of the poor weather, the bar options were very limited). We had 90 minutes each of free wifi and were delighted to find that the system had improved since our last Celeb cruise earlier in the year. Logging on and off was better and the speed was much faster.

The ship is getting on a bit, we prefer the solstice class, but it was clean, although a bit rusty round the edges particularly on the exterior. Staff were generally pleasant and helpful. The entertainment was acceptable, the comedian was good and the dancers energetic. There were two good 'beyond the podium' speakers but why did they have to schedule them at 9.00am or on a port day? On our last sea day there was only one talk and that was a repeat of one that had been poorly attended earlier in the cruise. As is now usual there were too many commercial presentations and too much of 'make your own' sports. Trivia sessions were extremely well attended (standing room only in the large Constellation lounge) and yet they did not respond to this by putting on extra ones. Read more