This was my wife and my 21st cruise and 11th on Celebrity. As others have said, this was a "bucket list" cruise. We have put it off for years mainly for the cost. At first glance these cruises seem expensive. However, when I look at the cost of an outside cabin on say the Celebrity Summit, the cost of wine, soda, bottled water. When I calculate the cost for 2 shore excursions a day for 6 days. When you calculate the cost to get into the National Park in the Galapagos. When you include the transportation from the airport to the hotel (we did the 11-night package), the flight to the Galapagos and the quality of the tour guides. It really isn't that bad of a price.

Well we finally jumped in and took the 11-night package. We decided that you never know when they will shut the Galapagos down and the cost wasn't going to get cheaper.

As stated we booked the 11-night package which includes 2-nights before the cruise in Quito Ecuador at the J.W. Marriot. Since we live in the country of Panama, Celebrity Air Packages were not an option. It was easy for us. We booked a direct Copa flight from Panama City to Quito and arrived around 1 pm. Read more