This was our first cruise with Celebrity - we cruised for the first time with Norwegian last year. Our main reason for choosing Celebrity was the destinations , particularly St. Petersburg. We parked our car in the adjacent car park, which is very convenient, although when we returned to it, we were horrified to find it was covered in a greasy, oily filth which had dropped on it from some "cherrypickers" parked in an adjoining property. The windscreen washer wouldn't shift it and I had to use some alcohol wipes to scrape away a clear panel to look through. Once home, I spent 2 full days cleaning, clay barring, compounding and finally polishing the car to get it back to its former condition! So I strongly recommend DO NOT park anywhere near the cherry pickers.

Anyway back to the cruise - checking in at our allotted time was a breeze, although we received contradictory emails as to the time we were required to check in. Our cabin was clean and well presented, although the wardrobe door had seen better days and the drawer fronts were a bit loose. It seemed to me that the spec. of the furniture was not really up to the task of continuous use as subject to on a cruise ship.

Mario, our cabin attendant, introduced himself and showed us all the features of the cabin - we found him to be very friendly and helpful, a credit indeed to the company as were all the staff we dealt with. Read more