Being a long time "Former " Celebrity cruiser, I am glad to hear that the food was good.

It was horrible on the Zenith last fall. Now charging for the in cabin movies has not gone over to HAL or Princess. But even 2 years ago on Summit we found them doing that little number. Tacky !

A far cry from our first cruise on Celebrity where they even gave you a TV guide just for the shows being shown that week.

HAL has the best HOT in cabin breakfasts. In my humble opinion.

The sea days would be wonderful. I love ports but always wish for more days at sea.

Warm dinner rolls.

In this day and age if they furnished them, they would probably microwave them and then they would be hard as a rock. Seems the microwave is being used on everything .

Charging for shuttles seems to be sweeping the lines...bad move...but another bean counter strikes a blow for stock holders

Thanks for the review, I would enjoy a transatlantic cruise.

They DID charge for the shuttles on HAL....BIG TIME However, also discovered that it was not all that difficult to get on without a ticket

I was so pleased to see that you enjoyed your Gibraltar stop, I grew up there and have found that most people either love it or hate it!

The Apes can be a crabby bunch though - I've had one bite through my hand - he'd taken a liking to my car and took offence when I tried to climb back in it

Karen

Yikes! As I opened the van door to step out one hopped on my shoulder and into the back seat of the van! Happened so quickly that I did not even realize what was going on until I heard the three ladies in the back seat scream! It was a tiny one but still a little scary! Our tour guide assured us he was no threat! I did see a man lose his baseball cap to one and another man was nipped on the hand...not seriously thank goodness. Best advice when visiting the apes is to use caution. They really can be agressive!

For many years the only place you could see and get up close to them was by the middle section of the cable car (around 1/2 way up the rock).

However a wild pack learnt that food was available at the top of the cable car ride and decided this was easy pickings. Unfortunately this was also where a disco was held on Saturday nights - believe me you didn't want to venture too far in the dark with a packet of crisps in your hand

Karen

Thanks for the review Terry, dont like the idea of paying for shuttles, hope Cunard do not take that up. I got lost in Malaga the first time I went so it must the the city is confusing.

Terrific review Terry - seems like you really enjoyed Millie - I must try Celebrity some time!

As for shuttles, seem to remember we had to pay HAL for one of them (can't remember which port - maybe Dubrovnik because Rotterdam was berthed so far away?) on our Med cruise with you & Mike last year.

Don't forget Celebrity is sending Mercury 'down under' 2007/2008 Off now to read your other 2 cruise reports

Yes, Robyn, I do remember paying for a shuttle at one port on HAL last year. Mike seems to think it was around $5.00 -- seems the price has about doubled!