My wife and I took this cruise to celebrate our 10th anniversary. We are both in our mid-30s. We initially planned on taking another Princess cruise, where we are platinum, but Celebrity seemed like the better option this time given our schedules and pricing. Our last cruise with Princess was 8 years ago, so in some ways, this review is a comparison between what we remember of Princess and the current Celebrity.
Embarkation
We booked Aquaclass, so we had expedited embarkation. This was by far the smoothest embarkation process I have ever had. We arrived at a little afternoon, and we were literally on the ship within 10 minutes of arriving at the port. They scanned our phone, went through a security line (no wait), and boarded. Our cards were outside of our room, so we dropped our luggage, grabbed our cards, and explored the ship. One annoying thing, probably 10 people asked us to buy a beverage package within the first 15 minutes on board. I felt like I needed a shirt that said: "I already have the premium beverage package" just so people would leave me alone!
Great location! East walk just up the stairs to the solarium. The balcony was large! Around the size of a Caribe deck balcony on a Grand Class ship.