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Ship Details
Began service: 1995
Guest capacity: 1,750
Total staff: 843
Length: 815 feet
Passenger decks: 12
CDC
inspection score: 96
Century Overview
The Century cruise ship departs from the Port of
Fort Lauderdale, FL, Barcelona Spain, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Throughout the year, she offers ocean cruises to Europe, Bahamas,
Eastern Caribbean, and Western Caribbean.
The menu features nightly spa and vegetarian choices.
There is a children's menu on request, and special diets can be accommodated
if requested at the time of booking.
There are two facilities serving the pool area, the Islands
Cafe and the Grill. The Cafe
is the basic lunch and dinner buffet operation, with a good variety.
There are a handful of assistants available to help passengers to
their tables. The Grill serves tea in the afternoon
and pizza at various times during the day. They also do burgers and
hot dogs at lunchtime. The grill also serves an alternative casual
sit-down dinner on long port days, for which reservations must be
made.
Entertainment
Celebrity Theater, Century's two-level main
show lounge, is one of the best designed we've seen. The production
shows are still your basic cruise fare. The ship did have, however,
an extensive slate of individual performers and lounge acts, including
two comedians, two pianists (with very different repertoires), individual
singers, and an a cappella group. We also liked the presence of the
String Quartet, which provided the soothing counterpoint of classical
music at various times and places throughout the ship.
Fortunes Casino is quite small for a ship
this size, having a few blackjack tables, one craps and one roulette
table, plus video poker and slot machines. The ability to gamble in-cabin
through Century's interactive TV system might own up to why
the casino didn't seem overcrowded.
Fitness & Recreation
The AquaSpa, a
signature element of Celebrity Cruises, is a huge fitness/spa facility
found on all the Century class ships. Operated by Steiner's of London,
these facilities are larger and offer a far more extensive array of
services than a typical shipboard fitness/beauty/massage center. The
centerpiece of the fitness area is the giant Thalassotherapy pool,
a massive, saltwater jacuzzi. This airy room is highly atmospheric,
relaxing, and gives the sense of having retreated into a different
world altogether. There are numerous smaller rooms for Rasul, facials,
seaweed wraps, massage, etc. The gym is quite small. There are only
a few treadmills, Stairmasters and other exercise machines for a ship
of nearly two thousand guests. The equipment was all up-to-date and
state of the art.
The main pool and sunning area is amidships, with two pools
and whirlpools with plenty of deck chairs. Other fitness offerings
include a golf simulator and a short jogging track on Sunrise
Deck.
There are numerous daytime activities, even on port days, including
all the standard cruise fare. Daily movies are offered in the
onboard cinema.
Public Areas
Century's wide spectrum
of design serves to satisfy different preferences in different people,
and most everyone finds a room which appeals most to his or her individual
tastes. Because of this, we found little overcrowding and few lines.
At one extreme are Century's dramatic, large public rooms,
the Celebrity Theater and Sports Deck's
spectacular Hemisphere, her top-of-the-ship, forward-looking
observation lounge. There is an elevated bar and additional seating
area in the center, so everyone has a view. Then there are the smaller,
intimate lounges around the main public gathering areas of the vessel.
Rendezvous Square fronts the two-deck entrances to
the Grand Restaurant -- with its
sweeping stairway and piano music -- makes an excellent pre-dinner
cocktail and meeting spot.
Kids
Celebrity offers the basics with
their Youth Program. In-cabin sitting is available
for $8 per hour (two kids max); requests must be made onboard through
the ship's Guest Relations or Stateroom Services departments. Group
baby-sitting is available in the children's playroom for ages 3-12
from 10pm - 1am.; cost is $3 per hour for one child, $5 per hour for
two or more kids in the same family. "Parent's Night
Out" is a formal-night only program where counselors
host kids for a pizza party; there's no charge. Celebrity has an "unlimited
soft drinks" program for those under 18; cost is $4.50 per day
plus 15 percent tip.
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Cruise
Ship Inspection Report
All passenger cruise ships arriving at US ports are subject to unannounced
CDC inspection. Century Score:
96
Cruise
Critic: Century
The Cruise Critic gives Celebrity's Century a 3-ribbon rating.
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