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I just got off now from the Constellation, am now on the train from Civitavecchia. I had read some reviews that said she was in such bad shape, old and rusty, plus all the threads about food cutbacks in general on Celebrity. We still had a good cruise! As far as the general upkeep I think she is still pretty spotless, with crew working and cleaning all hours of the day. The stateroom was fine, yes I could see it nees updating but everything was clean. Much better than the 4 star "modern" hotel we stayed at in Bologna the night before embarking. The food was pretty much the same as before I think, although I might not be the best person to ask as I mostly eat vegetarian, and haven't been on Celebrity since 2015. But for me it was like cruise food generally is - some slow service issues in the MDR, some drinks that never arrive and some desserts that look good but taste so-so. I still ate a lot and enjoyed a lot of it! The production entertainment was not for me as I only really like the entertainment on a Disney cruise. Again, this seems to be like on most other cruise lines and I'm sure it was fine if you like that kind of thing - rock city night, a magician, and so on. The lounge entertainment, a few violinists and so on were more to my liking.

I just got off this morning, looks like it opened 11 am on the sea day and 2pm on port days. As far as the pen, I didn't notice we even had one. But I had a good cruise, didn't suffer much from cutbacks.

I just traveled alone with my son on Celebrity. From what I understand you only need a form if you are not the legal guardian or you don't have the same surname as your child. So I didn't bring any form and no one asked to see anything at the airport or on the cruise, just our passports.

For dinner reservations it's easy to linnk another cabin reservation to your reservation through the app. As far as I know, you sign up for the kids club onboard.

In my experience, almost all large ships dock at Vartahamnen which is not central Stockholm but easy enough to walk and get on the bus/metro. Some ships dock 2 hours from Stockholm in Nynashamn, but it usually says so on the itinerary. Only smaller vessels dock in the city centre as far as I know.

My advice would be to go on Sky Princess, since you still think it has good ports and prefer that ship. And then if you do enjoy it you can go on an Iceland/Greenland cruise another year! I haven't done either of these cruises but live in Sweden (next to Norway and yes we have midnight sun) and jhave been to Iceland before. For me, I would prefer cruising Norway because of the scenic sailings trhough fjords.

We are in our early forties and have been on several cruise lines, even if I have some favorites (dcl, ncl) that I always check first. Coming up I have celebrity cruise in october that was too cheap to pass up, and in December we are trying princess for the first time since our first princess cruise was canceled during the pandemic. I'd like to think that I can find something to appreciate on most lines. However, as Cruising is getting more expensive and cutbacks are increasing that might change. There are six of us in the family and me and husband have full-time jobs. Cruising used to be affordable but these days I think long and hard before spending all that money. And then it does feel a bit safer with "the devil you know", in our case NCL.

Congrats to you both! We did similar itinerary on NCL Joy back in 2019. We didn't do much excurstions, I know on Honduras we went to the island beach excursion through NCL which was fine but nothing special. For Harvest Caye we rented a cabana, now that was great and would recommend.

Thanks, I will check out the new train. I have read about it but I need to check where the stations are. We'll probably end up driving most likely and hopefully google maps will save us. It's just that everyone uses them and I would hate to get stuck in traffic. Fingers crossed!!

Good to know, thank you! I don't know why I had this idea of Port Everglades being much smaller and easier than Miami, seems like this is huge as well.

Yeah it sounds like we will want to take the turnpike and use the toll transponder in the rental. I'd rather pay some money than get stuck in traffic with 4 kids in the car on debarkation day. Thank you!

Yes on vacation from Sweden, and we've been to Florida before but only ever sailed out of PC or Miami and then we were staying in the area night before. Anyway, thank you so much for this detailed response - looks like most are suggesting the Turnpike so we'll use that for sure. And here I was, thinking the Fl turnpike was the same as I-95!

We are travelling from Port Everglades on December 9th this year, and it looks like there are no less than nine ships departing that date! We will be coming in a rental car, and my husband will drop me and the kids off and then go to the rental place in port (Avis) and come back to the port by shuttle. Any idea when would be the best time to do this to avoid traffic as much as possible? We will be driving all the way from Orlando, but early mornings doesn't scare us...traffic does!

I am so happy this will be added to the regular menu, instead of having to ask for plant-based specifically. I'm not 100% plant based bit it's nice to have the option.

Thanks for this link. I have been checking out Celebrity and NCL menus as I have cruises coming up with them and you can really see the difference from pre-pandemic menus there. Lots less choice. Glad to see Princess still has a great menu!