Celebrity Constellation Review
Constellation - Southern Caribbean
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We sailed on Constellation on 1/31 from San Juan. My girlfriend and I (both in our 20's) selected Celebrity for our first cruise after much research online and with much assistance from this site! We booked through X directly, no travel agent, and included air and an extra day in PR in the package. We received fast and courteous service throughout the booking. Being from Buffalo, NY we both went tanning for a month prior--which I highly recommend if you plan to stay in the sun. We were able to handle the tropical sun w/o burning!! The only thing I would change would be adding an additional day prior in San Juan... Our flight took us to San Juan from Buffalo via Philly.
The San Juan airport experience was not pleasant-- it took forever to get our luggage! But, we were assured by some really nice people we met that it always takes forever there! We used X's transfer agency to get us+bags to the Caribe Hilton...Mistake. A cab would have saved us 2 hours and 2 headaches. Once we arrived at the Hilton, we began a fantastic vacation. The hotel was nice, large open lobby, private beach, several pools and a swim up bar, a upscale spa/gym, and some decent restaurants. We ate at Morton's of Chicago which was OK it is not as good as the Palm or our own Buffalo Chophouse. The next day, after a workout overlooking the Ocean, we spent the morning sunning ourselves on the beach. Again, we used X's tour group to get us to the terminal, and next time we will use a cab.
Embarkation: We could not believe how huge the ship was! Beautiful! I was totally in awe as we pulled up to the terminal. We arrived shortly after 1:00pm. The processing at the terminal went so fast, I could not believe it! We stopped at the Duty-free in the terminal for cigarettes and Absolut (which we took on board w/o incident) and were on the ship by 1:30! Great organization by everyone. We were given Mimosas and escorted to our room by a white gloved attendant. Stateroom 7182: We wanted a cabin w/balcony since neither of us had been on a cruise and we had reservation about how we would react to motion. We were not disappointed!