We took the cruise to the Eastern Caribbean from Ft. Lauderdale on February 6th. Our first Celebrity cruise.

The best surprise about the cruise was that there were no surprises. The boat was very nice, extremely well maintained. The staff was very friendly and attentive. The food was better than average. The itinerary ended up suiting us perfectly. As has been stated in other reviews, the only shortcoming was the entertainment and night life. Celebrity should put more effort into live shows and entertainment in the smaller venues. The comedian was good, but he had one act and repeated it three nights. The ship really does go to bed at 23:00. The disco was very nice, music was good except there were at most, half a dozen people there. We couldn't figure out why most of the 20somethings didn't go to the club at night. One thing that may help is if there were theme nights, women drink for free, etc. However, on the plus side, we were not barraged all day long by over caffeinated activity directors, unnecessary announcements and ear splitting music that is the norm on other cruise lines. This is a mature crowd that likes to do what they want, when they want and not be annoyed. There were activities during the day but it was up to you to seek them out. There were very few children and most guests were in the 50-65 yr. range and were pleasant and well mannered.

Noro virus. We were sent a letter a few days before we left that there were issues on the previous cruises and were offered the opportunity to cancel and/or reschedule. We took the chance and went as scheduled. The boarding was delayed by two hours in order to give the crew extra time to sanitize the boat. This caused a bit of a hassle checking in since the time was compressed and this resulted in an hour long line up to check in. Once through, everything proceeded efficiently and as quickly as possible. Read more