We chose this cruise because of the value, ports, length of the cruise, cruise line reputation and cruise ship rating. We were very pleased with our selection and our cruise. The service was excellent, the food was excellent. You have to go to Murano, the specialty restaurant. It was amazing. The entertainment was great as well. The room layout is the best we have had on a larger ship. I do wish they had a Promenade Deck as other cruise line do but they have a track on the top of the ship. It is just smaller and congested if you go anytime other than early in the morning. The fitness area is excellent. There were always machines available if you wanted to go that route. I was disappointed that there were no self service laundry facilities. That would probably keep me from doing a real long cruise with them. We ate most of our meals in the main dining room, anytime dining, and we had excellent service and quite a selection to choose from each day. The time we were in port was good and the ports were good as well. The on board shopping was expensive and the selection OK. I actually did not purchase anything on board and I usually do. Some of the activities were more expensive as well, Bingo for example. This ship is rated 5 star so I guess that is why the additional costs were higher. One thing that was very clever was that when the ship photographers took pictures of us they would show up on our television as a rotation. That was very inventive of them and I am sure helps with the photo sales. The activities were fun, Trivia, Galley Tour, Apple classes. We also had a naturalist on board who was very enthusiastic and informative. I would cruise with Celebrity again in a heartbeat. The officers and wait staff were outstanding. One other note, there is no smoking in the casino. It was so nice to be able to walk through there without having to hold your breath.