This was our third cruise on Celebrity. The first two were on Celebrity Summit. Celebrity Eclipse is a bigger and newer ship. We loved the Summit, but we also loved the Eclipse.

We sailed out of Miami and embarkation was very swift and well organized. Once we arrived on the ship between 11:30 and noon, I left my husband and son near guest services to listen to a wonderful singer while I ran around the ship making sure all my disabled son's special needs were being taken care of. I will admit that we always fill out a special needs form prior to the cruise as well as make follow-up telephone calls to Celebrity, yet when we arrive on board it is as if none of that was done. I still have to make all the arrangements once on board. This has happened on all three of the Celebrity cruises we have taken and I do find that disturbing.

We had lunch in the buffet and found the buffet to be very good. On the Summit the buffet was all over the room and on the Eclipse the food was all in one center area. It took a little getting used to, but I found this to be a much better and easier set-up. Read more