We arrived at the port after a flight from Newark at 11 am. We were on the ship within minutes and had lunch at the Oceanview buffet. The buffet layout is terrific. Food is nicely displayed and easy to find and get. The quality was ok nothing that impressed but we certainly did not go hungry. The layout of the coffee and tea dispensers was very good. I especially liked the paper take away coffee cups. I always bring our travel coffee cups but it was nice that they gave you the options. Our cabin was ready by 1PM and we settled in. The cabin 7330 was very nice. Bed was by the balcony and we had no problem with that. Our luggage was outside our door by 4PM and we unpacked. There was plenty of storage. We especially liked the cabinets over the bed. We are both tall and the height was not a problem. The bathroom has lots of storage and the shower was a delight. The curved shower doors were a great idea. The old shower curtain always stuck to me. The foot rest in the shower to help when you shave your legs is a nice touch.

We had first sitting in the Moonlight Sonata dining room. We had requested a table for 2 but were originally assigned a table for 6. We were able to get that changed for a 2 again. The dining room was a not as we expected. We are Select Captain's Club with this being our 7th Celebrity Cruise. We also have 7 Princess cruises and Holland America, Norwegian, Cunard, and Home Lines. I say this just to show we are not newbies to the cruise experience. We really have never had any complaints about the service before. It just seemed like the ship was pushing the limits to economize. We never had dinner take so long. The waiter and his assistant did everything they could but they had so many people to serve that it took forever. Usually the courses come one after the other but we had to wait between courses, 10, 15 minutes sometimes 20. Waiting for the main course with just a tiny appetizer we ended up emptying the bread basket and then did not enjoy the main course as much because we were full of bread. The wine steward was also spread thin. The people at the next table had the Premium drink package and the husband actually had to get up and got to a nearby bar to get more wine during the meal. There was no bar service at all in the dining room for us. The first night we declined having a drink and after that we never saw a bar person again during dinner for the rest of the week

We did get a bottle of wine the second night and we were unpleasantly surprised to discover that the half bottles of reasonably priced wines were out of stock. In fact all reasonably priced wines were in short supply. The chef's recommendation was usually a $140 bottle. The only half bottles available were $45 for a half bottle. We prefer the half bottles because they are fresh. I will drink left over wine but we usually have 1 glass each and like it better to have a fresh bottle. It's a personal thing but we were so pleased to see it on the wine list and then disappointed that none were available. Especially in that the cruise left from Miami within sight of the headquarters of the cruise line that they did not restock before each cruise. Several times we tried to order wine and we were told they were out of it. The couple at the next table gave up on the dining room and used the specialty restaurants for the rest of the trip. I resent being forced to do this to get decent service. Read more