Somehow I started this review & never finished it :) At least I can further say that we liked this cruise so much that we took another Celebrity Cruise two years later!

We chose to try Celebrity due to the deal, where you could get a huge discount on Celebrity's website via a cashback offer straight to the card. So a $2100 balcony room dropped to about $1500 during Spring Break week...not so shabby! We booked two rooms for the 5 of us (this was a present to my in laws) and surprised them at Christmas. And a price drop led to a further upgrade to Concierge Class, which was a huge bonus.

Embarkation was very easy...despite a delay at the port, we got on board quickly and found our first drinks back at the bar behind the buffet. Read more