Itinerary:  A:  I am itinerary guy.  I do not sail for the food or the entertainment or the ship's activities.  It is great when all the above are excellent, but the most important criteria for me is where the ship is going.  I prefer Celebrity, but will quickly jump to other lines if they offer me chances to see parts of the world I have not visited.  Thus, when it comes to New Zealand-Australia cruisetour or a Far East cruisetour, you will happily find me on Princess. Ship: A:  I did not expect an old ship to be in great shape.  Century is that and more.  It has a certain old world elegance that I bought into.  There are great rooms on Century (Grand Dining Room, Crystal Room and others.  The staterooms are small (and indeed, I wondered what it would be like to have a second person in the small space), well appointed (except electrical outlets) and very comfortable/   Century has quirks.  Deck 5 does run all the way from bow to stern, there are entry and exit doors on the starboard side on one level and making re-entry into the ship in some ports like a limbo contest thanks to shifting tides. Food:  B+:   I am not a foodie and food itself does little to impact my cruise experience. The MDR dining was an up upgrade for my last two Celebrity cruises.  The cuts of meat were better and there more vegetables and fruits.  Yet, I found the dishes trying to do too much.  I subscribe to the philosophy of Chef Tom Colicchio of Top Chef fame—good ingredients, good seasonings, good cooking—keep it simple. The everyday menu did exactly that and I ate off that menu on four of the twelve nights of the cruise. The Island Cafe was fine for breakfast, not so fine for lunch.  But then I found the Aqua Spa Cafe for lunch and it more than met my needs.  The Aqua Spa dishes are low on fact, but delicious as well. I went to Murano's one night and as I expected the meal was out of this world. Service: A:  My room attendant was quiet and very efficient.  My first waiter was on his final cruise ever and to some extent, was mailing it in before suffering a groin injury lifting weights.  My second waiter was new, but worked hard to impress. Service is broader than the stateroom and dining room.  I received two examples of exceptional service—the photo shop manager opened the photo shop during non-working hours so I could secure a needed memory card and the excursions manager changed one of my tours at the last second, beyond the deadline, when a personal issue arose for me.  Excellent, excellent service. The Cruise Director, Rich Clesen, and the Activities Director, Benny Bingo (give me a break) were more involved the passengers than any previous cruise experience for me.   The Viking ceremony they presided over as we crossed the Arctic Circle was totally rich and I am now baptized as a Viking. Entertainment: C+:  Entertainment is expected, but not a revenue center, so you get the picture.  The singers and dancers were new to ship, enthusiastic and will improve with more practice.  Otherwise, there were two singers and a piano player, all of whom were re-cycled for "encore performances" two nights later.  There was also a Swedish Juggler who managed to consume 45 minutes while doing exactly two juggling feats.  I skipped the magician and all encore performances.  Cruise line entertainment is disappointingly similar from cruise line to cruise line, cruise ship to cruise ship. Excursions:  A:  There were only a few choices at each port, but the excursions were really a trip highlight for me (and pretty hard not to be in a scenic country like Norway).  Special excursions, for me, included the King Crab Safari in Honnigsvag (Think of Deadliest Catch on the Discovery Channel), the Path of the Trolls and two sightseeing excursions in fjords, Geiranger, where we traveled to the top of a 5,000 foot mountain for the views, and Olden, where I hiked to near the base of a glacier. I left the trip but with one concern.  Century belongs in Europe.  It fits like a glove and this season's itineraries of the Baltics, Norway's fjords and the Western Mediterranean Sea are perfect for Century.  Century does not belong on 4-5 days trips out of Miami.