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- I decided to make a booking for next year’s UDC in the same cabin. I enjoyed myself thoroughly, think I will enjoy myself just as much next year, thought the cabin was fine, and was willing to fade the $100 risk that I wanted to or had to cancel. The StarVista rep made booking for next year easy. It wasn’t busy when I went. I don’t know how many or what percentage of people booked for next year, but I heard plenty of chatter about it.
- The service everywhere was generally up to my standards for and expectations of Celebrity.
- The cabin was served twice a day when I allowed it to be. Sometimes the service was late and I decided to just leave things as they were.
- No towel animals, but turndown service came with a chocolate on the pillow. All things considered, I prefer the chocolate. Does this make me a bad person? 😎
- One odd thing is that I didn’t meet my cabin steward until day 3. She seemed nice enough. I’ll chalk it up to coincidence.
- Demographically this was an interesting crowd. I estimate it was about 75% white, 20% black, and 5% other. My other cruises have been considerably whiter than this. I enjoyed the diversity.
- Most cruisers seemed to be between 40 and 70. The charter didn’t allow anyone under 18 to board.
- Most were couples, though there were some parent-child groups and groups of friends. And yes, there were other singles like me. We could probably have used a meet up.
- This group seemed healthier than average for cruises I’ve been on in the past. I saw relatively few walkers, scooters, and wheelchairs. I guess dancing and dance music keeps you young and healthy. Good to know! 👍
- I felt distinctly underdressed in this crowd, especially in the evenings. Most days had themes and they were followed by many of the passengers. I tried my best to match my t-shirts to the themes, but this was not a t-shirt wearing crowd in the evenings. I would have been better off with standard long sleeve dress shirts. But I wear those most days to work, so that would have been boring for me. Another option that some of the guys chose was aloha style shirts. I have one aloha shirt, from Hawaii. Maybe I will bring it along next year.
- StarVista gave us lots of gifts. I got a UDC t shirt to start. It was light blue and very nice. I wore it the next day, and so did many of my fellow cruisers. A few had and wore shirts from past years (black and yellow).
- Other gifts – a tote bag, a small speaker, a large compartmented wallet (more useful and elegant than I make it sound), and a postcard.
- I’m struggling to think of additional points that I want to bring up, so I’ll leave it here. I’m very happy l took this cruise. It was so much fun. If any of you are on the fence about doing this, then let me push you strongly towards DOING IT!