Celebration accommodations

Celebration has large inside and outside cabins, although decor is spartan. You'll find a toiletries basket but bring your own hair dryer. Oceanview staterooms and suites have a mini bar and bathrobes for your use. Numerous staterooms hold three and four people, especially popular with families.

Carnival celebration - Interior Every

Every Carnival guest is assured of spacious, comfortable accommodations. All staterooms have carpeting, ample drawer and closet space, private facilities (shower, basin and toilet), telephone and color television showing first-run films. Our SuperLiners all feature staterooms above ocean level for a more comfortable cruise.

Includes interior stateroom categories 4A, 4B, 4C and 4D.

Carnival celebration - Ocean View

Includes stateroom categories 5A, 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D. Category 5A staterooms feature one porthole instead of a picture window .

Carnival celebration - Suite

These extra-large accommodations have a separate sitting area and a private balcony. Special features include a large vanity/dressing table, refrigerator and entertainment area, VCR, whirlpool bath and walk-in closet.

Includes Category 12 Staterooms.

Staterooms

Celebration has only 10 balcony cabins, which may be a large drawback for cruisers who have grown accustomed to the growing rate of verandah cabins on today's ships. More than half of the staterooms onboard are oceanview -- 445 out of 743; 10 of these are considered "suites," and include said verandah, a separate sitting area, a whirlpool tub, a refrigerator, a VCR, a large vanity and a walk-in closet. There are 17 modified cabins for disabled guests.

All cabins (with the exception of those that include lower and upper berths -- only 24 in total) contain twin beds that convert into a king. Decor is simple, with wood furniture and natural colored wall coverings. As in the ship's public areas, the carpeting is clearly new. There is a TV mounted on shelf in the corner, which is nice as it doesn't take up any desk space; however, it's not as easy to view when the beds are in the twin configuration. Also space-saving: The phone is mounted to the wall. Closet space is ample, with one section of shelving and two sections for hanging garments.

The main cabin lights are controlled by a light switch near the door and one near the bed (if the beds are configured as twins, only one passenger will have access to this switch). There is, however, one reading lamp by the twin bed with no main switch, and two above the area for queen configuration. A corner light does not give off much illumination but is more for show, depicting a mythological or cartoon-ish looking creature to match the design scheme in the hallways.

Cabins do not include a hair dryer, but pack your own: One 220-volt outlet and one 110-volt outlet are convenient to the desk, which has a large backless chair for grooming in front of mirror. There is also a table with one chair, but it's too low to the ground for snacking or relaxing. Passengers can control the a/c in the cabin, but be forewarned: The knob is on the ceiling (at least in my standard oceanview), so short folks (like me) must stand on a chair. Safes are available; use of terry robes is an extra perk for passengers in oceanview cabins and suites.

Bathrooms are finished in pastel tile, not ultra-modern, but impeccably clean and functional. There were two pumps in my shower; both were labeled shower gel but I suspect one was a shampoo/conditioner combo (or at least I assumed). It did not matter, because there was a basket on the sink containing Physique shampoo, conditioner and hair gel, as well as a few other brand-name goodies: Reach Access flosser, Suave hand cream, Listerine pocket pack strips, Crest Cinnamon Rush toothpaste, Lever 2000 bar of soap. I was, however, a little perturbed by the lack of control I had over water temperature in the shower, which could go from lukewarm to icy cold to Jacuzzi-hot with the blink of an eye.