Celebrity Constellation Review

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A Celebrity Constellation Christmas!

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Celebrity Constellation
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2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Dec 2015
Cabin: Concierge Class 1
Cabin 9162 Balcony
Cabin 9162 Balcony
Celebrity Constellation in Cozumel
Key West Port
Cozumel
Sail Away from Ft. Lauderdale

The Celebrity Constellation exceeded our expectations! This was our first cruise on Celebrity. It was a wonderful cruise with my family during the Christmas holiday. Our family just sailed on Holland America in March 2015 and had a wonderful time. We are big HAL fans and wanted to sail them again, but this 5-night cruise fit our family’s schedule best. I heard great things about Celebrity before sailing with them. We were not disappointed. Our family has previously sailed on Princess (2x), Royal Caribbean (1x) and Carnival (1x) (we won’t cruise Carnival ever again).

I tend to read many of the reviews on travel websites before making decisions, especially on Cruise Critic. I am fortunate to have traveled extensively my entire life. My family considers ourselves to be well-traveled, so we understand travel comes with both good and bad moments. I’m reminded when I read poor reviews and negative comments that many times those are from travelers who have unrealistic expectations or are not seasoned travelers who are unable to appreciate the true adventure of travel. The negative reviews I read on here about the Constellation and/or Celebrity were unfounded.

The Celebrity Constellation, “Connie”, is a beautiful ship that is very well maintained! The ship is elegant and sophisticated. The Constellation feels like a luxurious, classic, smaller, and traditional ship. The foyer is beautiful and included special holiday décor. There were several public areas decorated for the holidays. Christmas music played all over the ship, including in the buffet. You didn’t forget it was the holidays! The public spaces were always immaculate. The elevators were quick and clean. I was pleased to see how well the crew maintained the public areas and dining spaces considering this sailing was sold out with many families onboard.

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Concierge Class 1

Cabin C1

We were in cabins 9162 and 9160 in the Concierge Class. These are both aft cabins. We’ve never sailed in an aft cabin before. WOW! They were amazing. The views were spectacular and the large balconies were an unexpected surprise. We thoroughly enjoyed our balcony the entire cruise. We booked this cruise two weeks before we sailed. Travel agent snatched up these two cabins since few cabins were left. I would say book Concierge Class to have access to the aft cabins. We recommend staying in aft cabins on levels 8 or 7 to avoid some of the noise from the Sunset Bar. There was some noise in the mornings and late afternoons of chairs moving, but it wasn’t excessive or disruptive. The cabin was spacious. The bathroom was a nice size, including a good size shower. The linens were nice. Lots of storage and plenty of closet space. Our cabin stewards were Darkham and Nickola. They were incredible and very, very helpful! Two of the best we have had cruising. The cabins were always clean. The stewards were kind to honor requests for ice and shoe shine services. Fresh fruit was also in the cabin each day.

Port Reviews

Key West

Good way to see the island (key) and also to get to the most popular spots quickly. One driver was very rude. Get a key lime pie on a stick at Kermit's!

Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)

Easy to navigate. Plenty of parking and easy to read signs.

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