This is our 2nd Cruise with Celebrity, the previous was on Mercury to Alaska. Having booked Concierge Class we were directed for priority embarkation which was very quick and even the non priority check in line was small, hence a quick and efficient boarding process.
The cabin was spacious, clean and had a good size balcony - the only downside was the overhang from the above floor which occasionally blocked the sun. One slight gripe was the electric sockets were very close to the dressing table and made it difficult to plug items in including the supplied hairdryer! The cabin steward (Servio) and assistant were very helpful and attentive and gave you the impression they really were happy to assist. Our safe battery failed and it took only 10 minutes for an engineer to call and replace it!
The public rooms were good, clean and well located; it has an impressive 3 tier theatre with good visibility from nearly all areas. The air conditioning in the theatre was very good on the bottom tiers but it did seem a little hot higher up. The Celebrity Singers and Dancers were very good and so were the featured guest acts, there did however seem to be a heavy focus on vocalists and musical instrument based acts- guitarist, pianist and violinist who were also reflected in some of the day time activities/talks. There was only one comedian on who was good but very tame and an informative 'pickpocket' session from Bob Arno which was both funny and informative. The brochure highlighted the fact that 'Cirque du Soleil' would perform onboard however this did not materialize and there was no mention of this by the Cruise Director or any of the other staff on board. The rest of the ship was well presented, it had a good selection of bars, 'The Bar at the Edge of the Earth having recently been refitted whilst in dry dock, together with a martini bar and champagne bar which had a good selection. The gym was well equipped and the Aqua Spa prices were good value - the prices appear to have reduced since our last Celebrity Cruise (I may be wrong!).