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Celebrity Cruises
Hotel reviews, stays, and stories.
We booked Celebrity because we needed one ship to work for family aged 2 to 80. Our room attendant on the Celebrity Reflection turned the couch into a bed for our older son, set up a crib for the younger one, learned their nap schedule, and had their favorite treats waiting when they woke up. The ship carries just over 3,000 people and was nearly full the week we sailed, and we never felt it.
Not all of it worked. The kids’ club splits children by age group, so our two boys couldn’t be in it together and we barely used it. And unless you’re in The Retreat, the suite section, the main dining room makes you commit to the same dinner time every night, early or late — rough with small children. What did work: Café al Bacio stays open until 11 p.m. for a cookie gelato sandwich, and the Lawn Club is half an acre of real grass, growing, in the middle of the ocean.