Concierge class passengers pay only a little more for the cruise but get lots of extra perks and priority check-in is one of them! That said, even the plebs check-in was calm and quick, it seems.
We were soon on board and were told that cabins would be ready at 1pm. As it was just after midday we decided to go into the restaurant for a spot of lunch - another perk for being Concierge class guests!
When we turend up at Southampton to check in on Celebrity Eclispe in 2012, I looked at the fellow male passengers around me in their open sandals and with their beards and joked about it being the 'Lib Dem Party Conference at Sea' cruise. Well, I soon ate my words when it came to formal nights as they generally scrubbed up very well indeed. This time it seems we're on the Ashley Care Home cruise. Time will tell if I have to eat my words again this time. We're definitely at the younger end of the age profile and the Pied Piper seems to have been at work as we've spotted only one baby, one young lad and a teenager. Many of the excursions in Israel are described as strenuous. We sense that a lot of passengers won't be doing them!
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| We came out of the terminal building (see top left). Elizabeth was looking at the two fenced off areas. I was looking at those around me. She said: "Are those ancient relics?" I said: "No dear, they're our fellow passengers" |
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| Big makeover here since our previous cruise in 2010 |
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| Note the lighted tables |
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