2024 on the Celebrity Equinox

I sailed on the Celebrity Equinox from August 27 to September 5, 2024:

• 2024-08-27 🇪🇸 Spain (Barcelona)
• 2024-08-28 🌊 Sea day
• 2024-08-29 🇪🇸 Spain (Cádiz)
• 2024-08-30 🇵🇹 Portugal (Lisbon)
  • ship docked overnight
  • first time in a Portuguese-speaking country
  • 32nd country
• 2024-08-31 🇵🇹 Portugal (Lisbon)
• 2024-09-01 🇵🇹 Portugal (Porto)
• 2024-09-02 🌊 Sea day
• 2024-09-03 🇲🇦 Morocco (Tangier)
  • first time in Africa
  • first time in an Arabic-speaking country
  • 33rd country
• 2024-09-04 🌊 Sea day
• 2024-09-05 🇪🇸 Spain (Barcelona)

Observations

• At the Barcelona cruise terminal, check-in happens very quickly for people who will carry luggage up to the ship on their own
• A post-security duty-free shop exists (as of my sailing) where passengers can purchase any alcohol they wish, without it getting checked by anyone
  • did not buy a drink package; did not need one!
• Used my esim card to use internet when on port
  • did not buy an internet package; did not really need one!
• Onboard entertainment was decent but nothing really to write home about
• Celebrity ships are very chill with no one pressuring anyone to do anything
  • pools and hot tubs were empty during the early mornings
• Magnetic hooks work on the walls of staterooms
• The ship itself had a 50-something kind of crowd
  • not a lot of children (or people under 40)
  • not a lot of super-old people as well
• Highlights included a silent disco and a Beatles cover band
• Some ports required a tender boat before setting foot on shore