If I understand correctly, Zenith is not being sold. Just transferred to
another RCL division.
--Tom
"Dory Samuels" wrote in message
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> 11/27/06 - 12/07/06. We had 11 days on the eastern caribbean cruise
> aboard the Zenith. I was somewhat concerned about the condition of the
> ship since she has been sold. Although the ship has signs of age it is
> for the most part pretty much okay. Mainly, it is being kept very
> clean. The beds and chairs about the ship could do with replacing but
> were serviceable and again clean. No stains on the carpets or
> upholstery. We were in #5156, last cabin at the rear of the ship. Lots
> of noise from the ship's engines while at sea and some unnerving
> "shuddering" when the waters were kind of rough. Wind & waves were both
> high at these points. Not much rain and only for a very brief time at 2
> of the ports. Overall people seemed satisfied.
> The shows were pretty good. Didn't go to the juggler but heard he was
> okay.
> The CD and his activities staff were super and helped make this (our
> 21st) cruise a success. The food was quite good.....good enough to add
> several lbs to both my husband and me. The music around the ship in the
> evenings was about the best we've enjoyed. There seemed to be 2 large
> groups on the ship. One from England and the other from Germany. Only
> saw 2 children for the entire cruise. Did see a fair number of
> wheelchairs but they didn't seem to slow the elevators too much. We had
> been to all the ports several times so didn't take any tours. Our
> arrival in San Juan was late and we didn't feel like wandering in the
> dark. Got off the ship and bought some liquor and perfume right at the
> duty free shops at the terminal building. We returned to the ship with
> the liquor purchases and no one was around to take the bags from us. We
> took them to the cabin. When we first boarded in Tampa we brought 2
> bottles of wine, a small bottle of scotch and a pint of rum in our
> carry-on bag. No problem. The liquor sat on the small table in the
> cabin along with the cans of coke that we brought on. I don't believe
> Celebrity is as concerned about this as Carnival and especially the 3, 4
> or 5 day cruises when one would expect to see the "party animals." The
> Zenith ages seemed to run mostly between 50 and 75. Only one newlywed
> couple that we know about. Although there were several "rough" days at
> sea we didn't see anyone get sick....but there were lots of "barf bags"
> around the ship just in case. Many, many hand sanitizer stations.
> Didn't hear of a single case of norovirus and did smell bleach at
> various places. Service was typical Celebrity standard......very good
> to excellent. My husband made some more liquor purchases in St
> Maartin........better prices than in St Thomas this time. Our stop in
> Key West was the only complaint we had. Much too short and only in the
> morning. We had to be back to the ship by 12:45. Wish they could have
> switched hours with San Juan.
> Overall the cruise was a success and we are booked for April 2nd for one
> last time on the Zenith. We will always remember the Fleet Lounge and
> the Cova Cafe. First they sell the Horizon (the sister ship) and now
> the Zenith. There are many others that will miss these two ships. They
> are a perfect "fit" for us.
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> ~Dory~
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