This was my fouth cruise, 2nd on Celebrity. I have to say after reading some reviews I was hesitant in what I was going to find. Constellation was an older ship, not being taken care of? Not true. Very clean, and well taken care of. It is an older ship, it is not brand new but it is scrubed, painted and nice. The dinningroom is a little dated, but it's clean and still very nice. Our room may have been one of the ones that was re-vamped, but I could see the wear but it was very clean so it was fine. Everyone was the best at taking care of us from our stewart Benjit to the dinning room hostess, I couldn't have asked for better service. The food wasn't as fantastic as our last Celebrity cruise, it was still very good however, just not over the top, I still gained my cruise weight, but it wasn't all the "best" of whatever I had but non the less still very good, the buffet had good food, not a huge variety but I think they did a great job, with the selections, bread was always fresh, always had a chicken, beef choice and a pasta, pizza and sandwich station and of course a ample selection of ice cream.

We arrived everywhere on time and getting off the ship was almost nothing -- took just a few minutes to get off and on. We did try the conceirge treatment on the ship -- I think it was worth it, priority embarkation was awesome -- I think from the Taxi to getting on the ship -- under 10 minutes -- easy. We didn't need the champagne and didn't take advantange of the appetizers (we had plenty of food-lol) but used some coupons for the gelato and our third person received 40 mintues of free internet -- and a few more coupons we didn't use. Our room number was 9122, deck 9 does have the overhang but honestly I didn't really even notice it -- that room is kind of in a space where you can get a little sun, but it wasn't an issue at all, would have no problem getting another room on that deck.

The entertainment -- was really good, I have seen my share of slightly cheesy productions and overacting and not the best singing but this crew -- was actually really good, first cruise I was actually looking forward to seeing the shows. The captain was awesome, he is funny, personable and seems to have his act together, I mean connecting with the guests, he did some comedy too -- I would be excited to be on a cruise with him again -- again a cruise first for me as well as the cruise director Rich -- he was excellent, very funny, personable and didn't push the activities too much wasn't forced to be a nice funny guy, he seemed to really be himself, as well as the activities director (Sarah?) Anyway these are things I have not ever experienced before and actually does make a difference, makes the cruise a little more personal. Read more