On board the Century...it is wonderful.

[lookingforward]

Hi everyone, I am on board the Century right now and had a few minutes left on my VERY expensive internet package.

 

THe ship is beautiful, the service is good, food great, I will have a full review when we get back to reality on Monday. I can say that Celebrity has a much nicer product than other similar mass market lines and the century is really in great shape. We are in a sky suite and loving it. (deck 12). More later, if you are booked on Century you will have a wonderful time.

 

More in a few days! :)

[Cruisenouvelle]

Thanks for checking in...we will be sailing a month from today on Century's 5-nighter to Key west and Grand Cayman Is., so I'm anxiously seeking any and all info on the ship. Enjoy!

[florisdekort]

How does the carpet look like on deck 12, LOL :D :D

[RdubYa]

You obviously didn't look hard enough for the surly butler or the cigarette burned carpet on the 12th deck. I mean a few hundred thousand dollars in renovations blinded you to what is really important...for shame!

[AFuncruiser]

You obviously didn't look hard enough for the surly butler or the cigarette burned carpet on the 12th deck. I mean a few hundred thousand dollars in renovations blinded you to what is really important...for shame!

 

 

Perhaps he sees the bottle half full..

Try it it is much more fun.....

 

Dennis

 

An afternoon on the Norway 1981 / Christmas cruise 7 night1984 / Sky Princess 10 night / Russian Cruise Line 4 night / Crown Monarch 7 night / Festival Carnival 7 night / Norway 7 night September 1989 /

Regent Sea 15 night Panama Canal 1993 / Commodore Caribe 7 night / Regal Princess 7 night 1998

Star Princess 7 night 1999 / Zuiderdam Holland America 14 night 2000 ( Dec) / Tropical Carnival 5 night 2001

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Westerdam Holland America 7 night 2004 / Zenith Celebrity 14 night March 2005 /

Celebration Carnival 5 night September 2005 / MSV Lucia Central America 21 night Christmas 2005

Celebration Carnival 4 nights August 2006 / Celebration Carnival 5 nights September 2006

Seven Seas Mariner 18 nights November 2006 / Celebration Carnival 5 nights March 2007

Celebrity Century Trans Atlantic April 26th 2007

[RdubYa]

Context is everything; especially when it's missed. I humbly apologize for assuming it would be universally understood. Gosh. Dennis, have you ever heard of tongue-in-cheek?

[bigwally]

All good to hear. We were just watching the "World's Best" about cruise ships. I had to explain to my wife that Celebrity ships were likely to be more "mass market" that what we'd been seeing and to be careful not to be dissapointed. It's reasuring to know that Century at least ranks a little above others serving in the same type of market.

[AnDeNo.UK]

Hi everyone, I am on board the Century right now and had a few minutes left on my VERY expensive internet package.

 

THe ship is beautiful, the service is good, food great, I will have a full review when we get back to reality on Monday. I can say that Celebrity has a much nicer product than other similar mass market lines and the century is really in great shape. We are in a sky suite and loving it. (deck 12). More later, if you are booked on Century you will have a wonderful time.

 

More in a few days! :)

 

Looking forward to your review. We will be in SS 1220 in approx 6 weeks, can hardly wait. :D

[RhondaC]

You obviously didn't look hard enough for the surly butler or the cigarette burned carpet on the 12th deck. I mean a few hundred thousand dollars in renovations blinded you to what is really important...for shame!

 

ROFL!!!

[WooKeef]

How does the carpet look like on deck 12, LOL :D :D

florisdekort,

You are too funny...wonder how many know where that came from.;)

[hcat]

Great to hear you loved Century. Can't wait for the review. We will be on her in April to W Carib & again in Sept to W Med--(with Big Wally) really looking forward to it. Will avoid looking for the soiled carpet!

[lookingforward]

Last post before I go home, then I will write a review.

We are booking a five night for April 2008. They are going to do four and five nights again in 2008, by the way. The schedule came out, as well as Europe for 2008.

More soon,

 

I did not notice the carpets and our butler rocks!

:)

[genmasjoy]

Glad to hear you have enjoyed the Century. We are booked for Europe in May 2008, on deck 12, in one of the sunset veranda cabins. I'll look forward to hearing more about your ship experience.

[Andy]

We are booking a five night for April 2008. They are going to do four and five nights again in 2008, by the way. The schedule came out, as well as Europe for 2008.

 

Hi Lookingforward !

 

Quick question.... are you saying that Century will be doing 4/5 night sailings in LATE 2008 ? The Caribbean schedules are not out past April '08 at this point. Did you happen to hear this news onboard ?

 

I am curious, as I am not 100% sure that Century will be doing short sailings in late 2008. I certainly hope she will be doing some longer sailings. The Caribbean 2008/2009 schedules are due to be released on 4/15/07.

 

I am curious to hear what they are saying onboard.... although, that may not be the final word :)

[lookingforward]

Hello everyone! We returned from our four night Century cruise today. First off, I did not ask about late 2008, so I am sorry that I can't say where the century will be sailing. Booking onboard is really not that great a deal in my opinion, although I did sit down and price some future cruises out. We are planning another adults only cruise on the century for January.

 

Here is a review of my cruise..it was wonderful...

 

Embarkation: This process was very smooth, although I forgot my online registration form that I printed out. No problem, we were on the ship within 20 minutes. We parked directly across from the terminal so that was really easy...bring cash, as they do not accept credit. The terminal itself is pretty awful, it is makeshift at best, but who cares! I was going on a cruise :)

 

We boarded fairly late (1:30p.m) so the ship was already buzzing with people and the standard first day traditions. Yes, I do want a glass of champagne!

Our suite, 1220 (sky) was very nice. The bathroom is kind of small for a suite although all I have to compare is the millenium's royal suite (the bathroom was not refurbished). I enjoyed the new bedding and comfortable bed, although the chairs and sofa seemed just slightly worn. Our butler was waiting and was really sweet. He, Alwi,and the room attendent , Michelle, both explained the room and ammenities. The balcony was quite large and we really enjoyed it later on.

 

Alwi checked our dining reservations (table for two) and confirmed all was what we requested. A card from Muranos was also there reminding us of our specialty dining reservation for Saturday. There is plenty of closet and drawer space for much longer cruises and the flat screen television was really nice. They were running pay per view first run movies like Dreamgirls, Rocky, etc. for 11.98. On the first night we rented Dreamgirls and it stopped in the middle. I called the customer service number for credit and the women who helped me thought it was an adult movie (evidently they will NOT credit half watched adult movies :)... I had to explain to her that Dreamgirls was not a porno movie...the credit was given. It was hilarious.

 

I am going to describe different aspects of the cruise...if you have any questions please let me know...

 

Service: Overall the service was very good to excellent. Most employees were friendly and eager to please the passengers. Our wine steward was always complaining about how busy she was which was a little weird but she provided good service. Room attendent was quick, we would leave our room and return a half hour later and the room was picked up and fresh. Very nice. Our butler was so kind, he even walked with me on the first day to show me the way to the spa. Breakfast was set up with white linens on the balcony exactly at the time we requested. It was lovely.

 

Our dining room waiter was good, nothing special, but my husband thinks this is because we were at a table for two and we were used to being with our three kids. He did his job well but lacked the special something. On our last night the three tables of two that were together (we made friends with our dining neighbors) all requested lobster AND prime rib on the same plate. Our waiter flat out refused to do it saying that it was against company policies. He said he could bring us one plate first and then another but was forbidden to combine the two on one plate. HUH? We have cruised countless times and this has never been a problem. He served us the prime rib and then split a lobster tail about ten minutes later and slipped it onto the plate. No big deal, just kind of strange.

 

One small problem was the customer service center. When you called to ask a question we were ALWAYS put on hold for at least five to ten minutes. There is speaker phone in the rooms so you can do other things while waiting, but the time delay was annoying. Room service also took thrity to forty minutes if not ordered through our butler (late night snacks, etc).

 

Wrapping up service...no comment cards were handed out to us. First time ever.

 

Food: Excellent to very good, celebrity has wonderful beef entrees. Their prime rib is amazingly good, lobster tail was okay. Appetizers were limited, but all good. We ate at Muranos one night and it was absolutely wonderful! The goat cheese souffle was amazing. Definately worth a visit!

 

Buffets were very good. Lunch had so many choices, sandwiches, pasta, hot meals, hamburgers, healthy spa food, etc. The sushi bar from 5 pm to 10 pm was top quality and you could grab some and sit out on the patio looking out at the sea. They even have japanese beer, wonderful!

 

Breakfast is not my favorite meal so not much to say. My husband loved the waffles and they did have eggs cooked to order as well as omeletes.

 

Activities: Standard cruise activities, great staff. We won at bingo, although not the 3200 grand prize on the last night. The casino was way too small for a short intinerary (lots and lots of gamblers). It was next to impossible to get a seat at a blackjack table after 7 p.m. (bad for late diners) and there was actually a waitlist for the texas hold em tournaments. The dealers were much nicer than other lines and I still managed to win a little.

 

Ports: We did not even get off the ship in Key West as we live in south florida and visit there often. Cozumel is what it is. We walked around for an hour then relaxed on our balcony and enjoyed a quiet day.

 

One hint...we did not know that when they turn down the beds on the last night they will lock your minibar (and left my activia yogurt out in room temp) as well as strip your room of any food. We had requested two of our favorite desserts from the selection the butler brings around each late afternoon and had planned on enjoying them but they were gone. No big deal, but plan ahead.

 

Disembarkation: We were given the cinema as our meeting place but half the ship was off already while we waited with other suite passengers to be "escorted" off. We decided to just stroll off the ship and it took all of five minutes. VERY easy. It was kind of interesting when three people in front of us presented their shipboard cards (required to leave) and when they inserted it into the machine to check the passenger off the ship alarm bells rang out. (REALLY Loudly). The ships officer told them that they could not leave the ship without getting the "banks" approval. Problems with their credit cards, etc. Very embarrasing and one women was very angry.

 

I really loved the ship. It was classy, more sedate than other lines and offered great service and food for a very reasonable price. There were no big groups of spring breakers and the ship never seemed crowded (except in the casino). Except for the drunk guys who split tens and did not hit on a twelve when the dealer was showing a ten the passengers were a very nice group of people...all different ages. You will enjoy the Century.

 

Any questions...please let me know!