The countdown is on! 74 days before we join the Celebrity Reflection. She is pictured above, but that is an old picture before the livery changed.

I want to make some suggestions to you about the cruise.

Take a look at the app. There you will see Welcome Aboard! on the main page. Read all of the information because it will make your time aboard easily spent. Your muster station/safety video will be viewed on the app. Do this pretty quickly when you board and get it out of the way. They will hold the ship in port until passengers do this. It does not take long - really!

Those who are staying in a hotel in Barcelona, expect to pay a local city tax. This is something that can only be paid at time of check in. Just don't be surprised about this.

Carry some 1 euro coins in case you need to use a bathroom. I suggest a small bottle of hand santizer and tissues. You never know if there is toilet paper in any bathroom.

Please be careful in a hotel bathroom! Spain and Italy use a lot of marble on the floors and it is VERY slippery when damp. Also inside the tub itself. There can be a slippery tub surface as well.

Keep in mind as we go across the Atlantic, that there may be days when the internet is less than perfect. Celebrity has installed Starlink, but I am not 100% how good it will work. The past transatlantic I was on this past April, we had maybe 1 day without internet. But what I did find that simple messaging services like What's App or Facebook Messenger to work well. Email was inconsistent, but would populate. Just know that you are in the middle of the ocean and things don't always act the same way as on land.

I look forward to seeing you aboard!

Kathy Hays Cruises