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Imagine my alarm when I boarded a flight to Barcelona, only to find Esther sitting behind me with bags (yes, bags) of celery. For nine hours, cheap rental car rates Esther ate celery and talked incessantly, like it was her job to make noise.
Adele says you never listen, she said to her husband, why don t you listen cheap rental car rates to me, Art? The sad, beaten slump of a man muttered, Nnnn which sorta sounded like huh with less effort.  I was seconds from turning around, grabbing the back of my seat and opening my mouth as wide as it would go to scream my face off, but the Ambien chased by a vodka and soda kicked in. Just as I was falling asleep I heard a final statement from Esther: Adele says the cruise boat we are going on is her favorite.
WTF!? I, too, was on a plane heading to Barcelona cheap rental car rates and boarding a boat. Every single fear surrounding the  Celebrity cruise  I booked for my boyfriend Seth s 40th raced through my increasingly cloudy mind. The chewing/talking machine sitting behind me in row 12A was not only going to be on the same ship as me, but so would 3,000 other people just like her. My amygdala fired as I imagined the smells of cafeteria cheap rental car rates food while we waited in line at the Grande (spelled with an e intentionally) Buffet, our feet sticking to the floor as everyone around us chewed audibly.
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I ve never cruised because of the stereotypes associated with cruise lines, but I ve since learned that each boat has a personality and clientele of its own. Oceania is awesome if you are comfortable with the median age being 65. Carnival is a party boat. Royal Caribbean is a family-friendly boat. And Celebrity is the boat that breaks the stereotype of cruising. It s not your least expensive cheap rental car rates boat, but it s not the priciest either. It attracts a traveler cheap rental car rates who likes an occasional break from total immersion travel, cheap rental car rates and it s also known as a food cruise boasting specialty restaurants galore and unique shore excusions.
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As we boarded the  Celebrity Solstice   we were handed a glass of champagne and guided to our room, where a butler asked if he could help us unpack as he handed us a plate of appetizers. On an excitement scale from one to ten, I was a 32  to have that plate-o-goodness, cheap rental car rates so you can just imagine my excitement when they came every single cheap rental car rates afternoon with herbal tea! Our butler (judge me if you must, but I got so used to saying that) greeted me immediately as  Lord Matt (because rather then checking the box Mr. when I signed up, I checked Lord, which made me completely awesome to our new friends to come). Our room resided in the Suite section, which offers the best value for sure and this is why. You get:
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Living on a ship is wildly romantic. In fact, it s downright Titanic-esque. You don t have a cell phone, so you can t communicate with anyone unless they are standing in front of you so by default you have a little microcosm of people looking at and talking to you and not texting. You dress up for dinner (which I actually really liked) and you re accessible only by being present at one of the  8 restaurants, 11 bars, casino, 3 pools, spa, rooftop garden, movie theater, shops, gym or theater .  It s just you, your traveling partner and 3,000 awesome cheap rental car rates new people you meet along the way.
There s something about traveling that creates new friends. And I m not talking about not namby-pamby friendships you can only find on land. NO! We met we-are-stuck-on-a-giant-floating-playground-for-adults-so-let s-play-with-no-responsibilities kind of friends. Our days together began with a quick workout in the killer gym (who am I kidding, I was hardly there), fresh coffee made by  Sladjana Ivanovic  (we re totally Facebook friends now) and a fresh crêpe from one of the boat s restaurants. Afterward we would meet up with with other new friends (the ones who actually went to the gym) and explore cheap rental car rates the given country  du jour , then head back to the boat at our leisure. Once on the boat, we would shower and take a nap on the heated chairs in the  Persian Garden  (that s right warming tiled chairs overlooking the water to nap in. Deck -a-dent) cheap rental car rates and finally catch a party on the rooftop of the boat. The top of the boat is a tremendous, beautiful yard with real grass and no fire ants to bite you. We played Bocce Ball and croquet or read books as the boat sailed to the next stop.
Celebrity has a 1:2 staff-to-passenger ratio, and they specialize in making you feel like a rock star. No matter where you go, there s always a staffer who somehow remembers your name, looks you in the eye with a gigantic, Good morning, Lord Matt, or Lord Matt, I will be folding your towels into a monkey tonight. I hope you like it,  and my personal favorite, Lord Matt, it looks like you had fun tonight. Would you like room service?  Never, ever, ever in my life have I ordered room service cheap rental car rates because I m too cheap, but let me say this: If you meet new friends and one happens to be a sassy Brit accompanied by her full-of-life mother, they may talk you into sitting in the Molecular Bar way past your bedtime. Should that happen, room service cheap rental car rates is the best thing sailing on the seven seas.
Room service on Celebrity goes pretty much like this. 1) You pick up the phone and hit the button marked room service.  2) You tell the friendly person on the other line what you want and they somehow decipher your 3 a.m. requests. 3) They bring you everything you want for no extra money. Seriously, plates of food arrive at your door piping hot.
The best part of room service cheap rental car rates is when your butler asks, Would you like breakfast in bed, too? At first I thought he was joking but he wasn t at all. I blankly looked at him and said Nnnnn huh (which is the intoxicated Matt s version of Art s Nnnn but with a little more effort), cheap rental car rates and the next morning more food arrived at our door. When the attendant saw me standing before him, bracing against the door in my inside-out underwear, belly swaying back and forth with the rhythm of the waves (I did say it was a food cruise), puffy face set with blood-shot eyes, he had a choice of wincing or making cheap rental car rates me feel like a rock star and he chose rock star.
Good morning, Lord Matt! Welcome to Florence. You look fresh and ready to start the day! He bounded in with danishes, coffee, eggs, toast, salmon, bagels and everything else I ordered. Within seconds the balcony table was set and as we pulled into the port, Seth and I had breakfast and aspirin. I swear I felt awesome in seconds.
Sure, I booked this ship partly because of the clean cuisine, thinking the boat would be just like eating at home. I d go to the gym every day and eat at the low-cal restaurants, and the only sugar I d touch would be a sugar rub in the spa.  The fact is that I was telling myself a lie. After one healthy meal on day one, I spent the rest of the time as if I were a piranha, open-mouthed and eating anything I could tear into. Gym, shmym. I forced myself to go four times at the very end of the cruise just to say I exerted energy.  Regardless, it s good to know you can eat healthy if you re into that kind of thing.
Before leaving, I read online that  Celebrity s state rooms  were unbelievably well-planned for space. I thought of course they would say that, but let me be the first to say that for three days that s all everyone was talking about onboard. The rooms are crazy good, offering amenities from balconies to a sitting area to a full king-size bed.
Like I said before, cheap rental car rates cruising will never be a let s-go-submerge-ourselves-into-a-new-culture type of thing. It s more of a I-want-to-skirt-through-countries-and-be-pampered type of thing. The cost for 12 days, seven countries and zero effort is about $158 per person a day. Okay now, listen up and listen well that s less then a Motel 6 in Manhattan. It includes food and entertainment, and every day there s a new country outside your wi