Whilst the itinerary had the right balance of sea days to port days, Celebrity failed to help me truly enjoy the sea days. Immediately upon boarding, we were attacked by a photographer pushing photo packages, then by a cocktail waiter pushing beverage packages, then by a restaurant staff pushing specialty-restaurant packages. I thought I had arrived in port in a third-world country with the natives peddling their wares!

Whenever we sail Celebrity, we sail Aqua Class, Celebrity's spa class. Aqua Class provides open seating in their exclusive restaurant for breakfast and dinner; I hate eating at a set schedule everyday so open seating is my main attraction as well as the exclusivity. However, they've increased the number of tables in the dining room so the muesli cart service was eliminated for breakfast. Additionally, the menu was more decadent with fewer if even, healthier options. As far as increasing the number of tables, I assume it was to lessen wait times for seating. In the past, I really didn't mind waiting because wait time was less than 20 minutes which allowed me to go next door to get a pre-dinner drink.

Aqua Class used to have spa-like features in the staterooms. Again, Celebrity failed here. The stateroom was so run down. The mattress pad was tired as well as the linens, pillows, and towel. They eliminated the plush bath towels and replaced them with raggedy, small, thin towels. The bed linens were so worn and thin. They also used to provide bottled water daily to Aqua Class, another eliminated feature. Also, the furnishings on the ship were worn. I saw many chipped and broken edges and torn seats. Read more