Personal Background Information - This was our first and possibly last cruise with Celebrity. We are not avid cruisers but have cruised with other lines before.

Embarkation - embarkation went smoothly as we were in Concierge class although there was no line up at the other desks either. The instructions said not to embark before 3 pm but a lot of people were there by 12 noon. How they would have handled 2000 people all at 3 pm I have no idea. Fortunately we were early and were able to get aboard and our cabin was ready.

Stateroom - This was on deck 6 and had an extra long balcony which stuck out further than the decks above. This meant that everyone higher up looked down on you and when they swabbed the decks higher up every night the balcony got drenched.I also found that the ship definitely needs some refurbishment as the promised cushions on the balcony lounges were too dirty and lumpy to even want to sit on and the cabin carpet was dirty and stained Read more