Although we enjoyed our vacation very much, we had been expecting more from Celebrity. As Holland America cruisers, we were expecting the entertainment, activities and children's programs to be significantly better on Celebrity, but instead found them to be not as good. On the other hand, the food was, overall, a bit better than we had experienced on HAL.
Embarkation: Smooth and quick, with less than 30 minutes from stepping out of the cab to being on-board
Debarkation: As our flight wasn't until 5pm, our offloading time was 1025am, which was fine with us. What wasn't fine was being informed that we were to be out of our cabins at 8am, with NOTHING available after 8:30 but cold coffee and danishes in the concierge lounge set up in the Cosmos. On the advice of more experienced cruisers, we ignored the letter telling us to be out by 8 and left our rooms at 9am instead. We spent a bored, uncomfortable hour sitting in the Cosmos.
8069- C2 cabin. Fine, nothing special. Bathroom/closet doors were an constant annoyance.