The Ascent – inside the Most EXPENSIVE Cruise ship EVER built by Celebrity!

We’re all looking for that special cruise ship… the one that promises almost everything, and then delivers on it.

We want to find out if the Newest Celebrity Cruise ship achieves that with the Ascent

This is part TWO of our coverage of this Celebrity Flagship. This is our ‘Video Diary Edition.’ Where we show you how each day on the ship would actually look and feel. Rather like a fly on the wall documentary. You’ll see how everyone spends their day, what there is to eat, the entertainment. It’s as if you’re in our shoes. A real armchair guide.

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You can watch Part One of our series on the Celebrity Ascent here:

The Celebrity Ascent is the latest flagship in the Edge Class of ships. As such it builds on the success of the earlier: Celebrity Edge, Celebrity Apex, and Celebrity Cruises Beyond. And the newest to come in 2025 the Celebrity Xcel.

We cover :

The Infinite Veranda Cabin
Ocean view Buffet
Speciality Dining
The Eden Café and Restaurant
Captain Dimitrios Kafetzis
Tasos Kafetzis
Nassau Bahamas
Cayman Islands
Cozumel
Holland America cruise
Carnival cruise
Fort Lauderdale Florida
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Cruise tips
Cruise news
Celebrity Cruises 2024
Cruise vlog

While we’re were onboard
The following entertainers appeared:
Andrew Derbyshire
N’Kenge
Luigi De La Cruz cruise director

Hi, welcome to Ritzy Travel Guide, my name is Bill, we are here bringing you our latest travel reviews from around the globe! We’ll be travelling right around the world on cruise ships, all inclusive resorts, tropical destinations… and the deals of the day.

In this video :

00:00 – Introduction to the Celebrity Ascent
00:43 – Part 1 for Celebrity Ascent
00:55 – Video Diary Edition
01:11 – Embarkation at Fort Lauderdale Florida
01:44 – Buffet lunch at Oceanview Cafe
03:41 – Grand Plaza on Celebrity Ascent
05:00 – Martini Bar
05:19 – Normandie restaurant
06:22 – Theater and N’Kenge on Celebrity Cruises
06:50 – Cafe Al Bacio
08:16 – Captain Demetrios Kafetzis
09:31 – Buffet at lunchtime
10:35 – Deck activities
12:23 – Spa and Gym
13:10 – Eden Cafe and Restaurant
15:04 – Art Auction / Park West Gallery
15:29 – Scoops Ice Cream
16:19 – Old Celebrity Cruise ships / Celebrity Infinity
17:05 – Grand Cayman Islands
20:34 – Stingray City – Cayman Islands
21:30 – Swimming with the Stingrays
23:17 – Cosmopolitan Main Dining Room
25:27 – Andrew Derbyshire on Celebrity
26:05 – Midnight Buffet
26:49 – A film shoot is onboard
27:30 – When Dinner goes wrong!
30:27 – Late night entertainment and The Club
31:14 – Nassau Bahamas
33:47 – Lobster Night at the Tuscan Restaurant
35:27 – Late night on deck
36:09 – Upcoming Cabin review
36:58 – Small Ship Luxury Cruising

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This episode we’re on one of the most expensive  ships in the world, the brand new Celebrity Ascent   it cost an absolute fortune, over a billion dollars  but what have Celebrity blown this budget on?    This episode we take our cameras around the ship  for a fly on-the-wall documentary, so you can  

Imagine firsthand what it’s like, what is there  to do every day, what would keep you amused, keep   you titilated and enthralled.. let’s find out! Welcome back to the Ritzy Travel Guide  my name is Bill and it’s great to have you along  with us. Last time in episode 1, it was the ship’s  

Guide, where we showed you top to bottom what the  ship looks like and what facilities there are on   board. If you haven’t seen that one yet, you can  watch it after this. This is episode two, our  

‘Video Diary Edition.’ Our more gossipy, light-hearted  version. You’ll see day by day what there is   to do aboard and find out if it’s a fun ship  to be on, what’s on offer and the type of fellow   passenger you might meet. Our particular sailing  was from Fort Lauderdale which is normally sunny  

And baking hot but on this occasion was cool  and blustery; and our embarkation was smooth   we didn’t bring a stopwatch but I’d guesstimate  it took all of 5 minutes, well done Celebrity!   other cruise lines can take forever. “Hello, good  morning!” We were on and smelling the paint in  

A blink of an eye. Sparkling! The paint is still  fresh and glossy it almost says ‘wet paint don’t touch!’ And as we boarded at lunchtime, for us  it was straight up to the Ocean View Cafe as  

We were starting to get just a little bit peckish!  Now, the buffet is open pretty much 24/7, breakfast   lunch and dinner, and several hours in between,  so we’re going to dip in and out throughout the  

Day to see what’s an offer at different times.  It’s like the beginning of a race it’s 11:45am in   the morning lunch is about to open. I feel like  there’s going to be a ribbon cutting ceremony  

Where everybody will parade in at Great Gusto to  the food! Oh rope drop! In we come, well let’s take   a look. okay ‘Chef’s favorites’ what do we have today  now this does change every day but let’s just see  

What we have today; we have a very tempting looking  beef lasagna, in the Asian section: chicken sambal   now I am partial to that, having lived many of my years  in Asia, that one has got my name on it! Along with  

Some fish, some beef rendang, my goodness this  has definitely got my name on it! Huge portion   of beef, that looks amazing. We have some roasted  pork, some great looking chicken meatballs in   a creamy sauce. Oooh what’s going in here, in this  huge hollowed out cheese? We have some mushroom risotto  

I have to say that actually their antipasti section is a good section. Let’s take a look   at what desserts are offer today for lunch? That  limoncello immediately has my name all over it,  got some ricotta cake, some tiramisu, some pineapple  Mimosa, some strawberry panna cotta. Alright, well  

I didn’t really need lunch but I’ve taken one  of the team here, I thought there’s no point is   filming the food got to try it out so here we go  we got a little representative sample of what’s on  

Offer at lunch. I’ve gone predominantly Indian  here and Malaysian we got some sambal, which is   from Malaysia we got some beef rendang, we’ve got some  butter chicken and we got Italian I don’t know   why that’s suddenly plonked on the table ther,e  just for a little bit of European color!  

Let’s take a stroll through the ship at night well  that’s an interesting sculpture. I’m not sure   what that’s supposed to be, but it’s all shiny  and glitzy. And we’re in Grand Plaza which is   the central atrium of the ship, we just set sail  about 20 minutes ago, so we waved off goodbye  

To Miami and for Fort Lauderdale. It is buzzing, but  elegant buzzing, it’s not cheesy. It is buzzing isn’t it. A quick glance at Cafe al Bacio as we go by. We’re going to get tempted at every  

Stop along the corridor! Okay I succumbed!  I was supposed to wait till dinner time   but they were looking so tempting! So I got  three little tarts; let’s see if I get into   trouble for bringing those back to the table. Erm I might have got tempted by some little tarts

So, each of us have a challenge: who can stay away from the  desserts the longest? Well it wouldn’t be much of   a sailway event if we didn’t have something to  sail away with! Something sweet? Yes. There!  

Those little tarts. Well it wasn’t me who lost  the challenge! They do look good and even   in blue lighting they look good! I know I broke the  rules really but they are yummy! Mmmmm.

And tonight we’re in the Normandie. You might not  be able to tell from this camera, but it is very   dark in here, you need to bring a flashlight to  the restaurants here at celebrity! Because it’s   dark, it’s very dark! Having to strategically  place the menus under a fairly non-existent  

Light… well whatever light is there, we are putting  our menu under it. We have baked brie with some sort   of flicky flicky flicky decoration. Ah, it looks  like a a cheese bake really… scallop gratin 

Is it a case of hunting for your scallop? Was  it a bit of a search job? Where’s Wally gratin! Once you find it though, it’s very well cooked.  Is it? Is it a good scallop? And for myself  

I have got some Beef en Croute, which is known  by a variety of names in different countries   also known as Beef Wellington. I have to say  that my Beef en Croute is very very tasty. I’d  

Have to also give that a solid 9 out of 10. Well it’s coming up to 7:30 which means it’s time to   go to the theater, let’s see what’s on tonight. We have a Lady singer. Please welcome to the stage, the one and only N’Kenge [Music]

After a late night of revelry and entertainment, you probably   need to be woken up with a strong coffee! Where better to head off   to than Cafe al Bacio… and I wonder if  we might bump in to the Captain? Morning! morning! Busy busy busy! uh honestly not really busy, we have a better crowd this cruise!

Better crowd is it?! Compared to the last crowd?! That was a lousy cruise was it last time?! Decisions, decisions! Ah the Captain’s just come on. He’s a quirky  guy, I like him. What’s he got to say?  

He’s the only Captain actually speaks it as is!  The Captain just came on and he  said: I know you couldn’t care less about our  position… but I’m going to tell you anyway!    I like the cut of his jib! He’s got a fantastic  Greek accent, but you have to listen carefully  

He’s telling us the ship’s position. Well I can  tell you ship’s position: we’re in the middle of nowhere! He says we can see Cuba on our right  hand side. Hang on a minute let’s have a look   Craning my neck for Cuba! Witty sense of humor, don’t you think? He does! !

We’re off Cuba, apparently. Maybe we should have a Cuban coffee, in Cafe al Bacio. Do they have a Cuban coffee? What coffees do they have?   What is going on, what is so popular? And I found out what… it’s the Captain! He’s a star!  

Everybody’s lining up to catch a moment with him.  The ladies are all giddy. If you want know where   the ladies are aboard the ship this morning…  they’re here, I can tell you that for a fact!  

It’s as if George Clooney had come! If you want  to know where the ladies are on the ship this   morning, they’re here I can tell you that for a  fact! He’s almost got groupies. Positively giddy   with anticipation and excitement! “Hello! Where am I looking… here?

So tell me, how was the Captain, how is he up close? Is he swashbuckling and suave?! I tell you what, the Captain…. is the older lady’s favorite!  Does he have a sparkle in his eye?  Yeah she’s he’s the ladies man, look at him!

All right, sea day, bit of retail therapy. What have we got here aboard the ship, let’s have a look.  I just want to say on camera, yes, that my  husband will never buy this for me! Will he not? 

What a misery guts, why won’t he buy you this?! What is it? Well, it’s like Joseph’s Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat  What’s going on here? I think when you hit a buffet, go with meaningful intent None of these half-hearted measures! Scan the whole  proceedings, check out what’s here and then go  

With a certain amount of fortitude, because you  know there’s way too much here, you’ll probably   going to be tempted, you’re probably going to eat  way too much, but then you’re on a cruise! okay we’ll start off with very good intent, we’ll  start off with the fruits. I know for a fact we’re  

Going to be swinging immediately right here  for the bacon, the hash browns, the beans and   the scrambled eggs. I think it also calls for some  roast ham. I feel swimming and roast ham build you up  

There we, are look at that wasn’t I restrained!  Here we go, I bet you it’s something nice and  healthy Look at that there’s a healthy, colorful  vibrant selection. It’s almost a mini work of art   I’m very impressed with that. It came with the  compote, the yogurt, I added the blueberries and  

The pistachios. I must take a picture it’s a riot  of color! Okay, we’ve just eaten 55,000 calories   for breakfast possibly more, what can we do about it? Let’s burn some calories, let’s march round the   deck with purpose, meaningfully and burn off some  of those calories! There we are there is actually  

A Walking Track, and there’s a one-way system  in operation; so let’s not annoy everybody and   go the wrong way around, let’s go clockwise, which  is what’s going on. See there: Walk This Way Around   Don’t walk the other way around! We’re going at a fair clip, we’re going at a fair pace, almost Olympic standards!

Fairly pleasant day out there  I’d say it’s about 78 or 80 that’s about 24 or  26c Oh one straggler dropped out! We’re almost  on an Olympic Pace here for a 4-minute mile   should have a pedometer on myself, I’m sure it’s saying 35 mph!   

What’s going on here… Roof Garden, temporary pit stop. okay so we’ve got pickle ball in operation hang on let’s just break off this Olympic Walking See there we are, we could be the Hamptons! Pickle ball in operation

Fair intensity going on here! Meantime bit of on Deck  Horticulture going on, I thought those were fake!   but no I’m wrong they’re real! Am I in a danger area? oh I was, I’m better step back. I wonder how  easy this is?

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Ok, we’ve walked around the deck, we’ve lost approximately  10 lb in the effort but if we want to lose just   that little bit more, what’s that noise I hear  in the background they’re ramping up the music   for some Latin American dance instructions with  the Cruise Director Luigi. let’s [Music] go let’s go

Okay so we’ve now mastered Latin American  dancing, we’re epic pros, we could almost enroll   ourself in Dancing with Stars, but I feel a  little bit guilty because it’s only a little bit   of exercise whereas my wife, she’s in the  gym, slogging it out. I feel like for a bit of  

Moral support I ought to go and say well done.  Let’s go to the gym. Are we feeling peaceful and   relaxed already, are we de-stressing  and detoxing, is it mentally working? Ah here she is, here’s my wife working  away way, looking out to sea. Well down her!  

Exercising into oblivion. Whereas I, in contrast,  have been eating into oblivion. Is it lunchtime yet? Apparently it was lunchtime, and the Eden Cafe was calling my name You can get a good view here  

Of exactly the way this is laid out, it’s on three  levels, you’ve got the Cafe in the middle there   which is a daytime section for your lunch and  breakfast and downstairs is the Eden Restaurant   one of their select speciality restaurants, which  comes at an extra fee. It’s something that a little  

Bit unique to the Celebrity Edge class of ships. So they have a selection of light bites it’s like a Cafe  So we have some Toasties and open sandwiches  such as today they have some tuna Pita some turkey   and cranberry ciabatta, some vegetarian avocado and  a chicken pesto sandwich. So I’ve been given a  

Bleeper, I’ll just walk around in circles until  then, admiring all the scenery and decor and all   the activity and hubbub in the Eden. It is bit  like a Garden of Eden, I wonder if that’s what   they were going for when they called it this? It’s an intriguing multi-use area, the Eden Cafe it’s  

A place to prop up your feet and read your book  or your media device. Okay I feel a vibration in   my pocket… which means lunchtime is ready, at Eden. Here comes my pesto sandwich, thank you. Looks good, let’s  

Go off to a little corner and try that one out  and report back; now to find a seat, let’s go up here   Follow our plate, out to sea. Tell you what, the  aroma is good. Can you smell that, smell-a vision

It smells good we’ve got to go round and round it’s  a bit like being at Epcot at Disney….you know that   when you go round and round and round that huge ball, that’s what I feel like here so here

So here we go. The chicken and pesto. Bon appetit! Let’s see what that’s like okay I can report back. That chicken and   pesto deli style sandwich was very good. 8 out of 10 Ok, it’s 1pm in the afternoon, first Sea Day on the Celebrity

What does that mean on the Ascent?  Art auction day and here’s my bidding card   which says that I’m ‘very interested’ …and what do  you get at Art auctions? Champagne But I’m here for the art! Once again a wonderful afternoon  friends and family of the Celebrity I’m definitely here  for the art!

That’s the reason I’m here, trust me! Now if it gets hot outside there is   an Ice Creamery board it’s called Scoops, entirely  complimentary, just at one end of the buffet, let’s   see what they have on offer? Okay what have they got,  well that’s quite a wide ranging selection, there’s  

Chocolate ice cream, there’s plain frozen yogurt  vanilla, peach, almond, strawberry, coffee that’s a   pretty good selection. Ice cream time overlooking  the sea.. are you counting the calories that have   gone into that? You held back at seven. Seven M&M’s, I actually asked for two, somehow seven got dropped  

In there. Seven! yes that’s not exactly a sprinkle! Controlled, reserved! That is not controlled.    No, it wasn’t controlled; there’s caramel sauce all  over that. Cold! it’s very cold. you’re eating ice   You’re eating cream! I’ve now got frozen teeth! Incidentally with this video we’re looking at the latest  

Newest gleaming Flagship in the Celebrity Range  but in a few weeks time we’ll will be trying out   the exact opposite… and taking a cruise on almost  the oldest ship in the Celebrity fleet. It’s over  

22 years old. Why on Earth, you might ask, would we  be booking this? Because all of the cruise lines   now have an inventory of older ships that they  haven’t retired and they’re trying to convince us  

To go on them? But should we? Are they still worth  booking, or should you avoid them light the plague?   So we thought we’d put it to the test ,we’ll be  on board one of their oldest ships. That video   will be titled along the lines of: ‘New Celebrity versus Old Celebrity’

So remember to look out  for that one when it comes out. Well good morning and welcome to the Grand Cayman Islands Absolutely gorgeous start to the day 7:00 in the morning, the sun is just peeping out over the horizon  

Okay let’s paint the scene, what’s going on at this  time of day? Well, there’s some fairly meaningful   walking going on, couple of people swimming for  their country. Been going up and down for… let’s say  …weeks. I mean well done to all these swimmers  who’ve got some purpose and determination [Music]

Can you hear that in the background? Let’s get zumba-ing! zumba, zumba, zumba! But what do you need before you even set foot  the shore? Why, a hearty breakfast! Now, my wife said: meet me for breakfast at Eden. Got to find her… there she is out of the deck at the back 

Well hello, here you are. Oh. Do you have the  deck to yourself is this a private deck? Where is   everybody? You didn’t need a reservation did you!  Ah, it’s Carnival Pride, which is also in town

I haven’t been on that, have you been on that? Let us know, drop your comments in the box. Is it any better than   what we’re on? Right having come and made this  effort for breakfast let’s see what they’ got  on offer. And at breakfast time I wouldn’t say  it’s absolutely packed! It’s healthy selection  

So you can have a healthy wrap or you can have  a nice granola bowl, fruit bowl, because where have   you been this morning? Oh you know what, abs class. Abs class! There were seven of us you  

Should film it the next time it’s quite a… well do  the other six people want me to film them doing   their abs class? Ah that’s it you can’t, because  it’s a private room. Exactly right, so you have  

To tell us what it’s like for those who haven’t  been to an abs class at 7:00 in the morning on   a Celebrity Cruise… after you’ve been on the abs class, yes, you feel that you can actually have an extra sausage   for breakfast, a good thing… but you’ve  actually got coffee! Healthy healthy healthy person!

Swing around to a very unhealthy person, who’s  done no exercise at the gym this morning, who’s now   going to go and peruse what’s on offer. This is a lovely, quiet, almost secluded spot for breakfast

And Bill has immediately tucked in and placed his order . What have you ordered Bill? Hmmm, okay so I’ve got   a range there, you see, healthy and um less so…  but I tell you what I can can you smell that the   smell of the bacon, freshly pressed!

Yes, that’s a healthy start , …. oooh. blueberry!  Right very definitely time to get off the ship and our activity on the Cayman Islands was to be swimming with stingrays Welcome to Grand Caymans, we’ve got some  music to welcome us in, some Reggae

Wow, look at this, a huge plethora of tour companies  right at the jetty if you hadn’t already have   booked your tour tickets on the ship you could  certainly have it here, it’s probably the same   tour companies, offering the same tours. Now the  Stingrays are famously offshore so that requires  

Taking a boat about 45 minutes out to sea. It was  a glorious day temperatures in the high 70s and   the Azure blue color of the sea was absolutely  breathtaking. No I haven’t boosted the colors it   really did look like this, and being a sandbar  the water was just knee high and beautifully warm.  

Wow look at them go by they’re all here just  down here! And the stingrays were just there. Can you   see, they’re right there right in the middle of  nowhere and it’s very very shallow. We’re like a  

Sandbank right out the sea, it took 25 minutes  to get here, who knew. I saw him chopping up the   squid, so that’s the bait. Is this is the bait? That’s  the bait it’s in there that’s what we’re going  

To be feeding and luring them in but they’re  already here, you’re not even on an island right   in the middle of the sea middle of nowhere  Stingray everywhere. Time for a cuddle with them We were then handed squid to feed them

It took a bit of time to find the mouth… and  then whoosh, the squid was gone! The sensation was a little bit like a vacuum cleaner If you get a chance to book a similar tour

I absolutely would! it’s an easy journey  from the ship and it’s a memory you will cherish We really did enjoy our day out  in the Cayman swimming with the stingray   and if you get an opportunity to do it I would absolutely take it

Meantime, my wife apparently still had bags of energy so it was up to the pool deck for late   afternoon live music. Throughout the cruise  we really enjoyed our afternoons listening   to the bands, both here by the pool and  at the rear Sunset Bar as the sun went  

Down and we sailed through the Seas it was a  chilled vibe, drinks in hand, letting life drift by. Right, time for dinner and this time in the Cosmopolitan Restaurant One of the four Main Dining Rooms. This one specializes in American and International Classics

OMG, I can finally read the menu today, because there is  sufficient light, finally. Hurrah! Cosmopolitan we can see! This is the only restaurant I can read the menu  because of the lighting. So what is tempting me.. well  

There’s possibly the pan-seared cod, cauliflower flan,  I I was just thinking that was a bit boring and   you suddenly said cauliflower flan! Oh this is  the flan? This is a flan! Not sure I’ve seen a flan that  

Look like that before, look like a soup! Shrimp,  and pancetta. It looks like a zen garden. It does, but how   is that a flan under anybody’s description?! it’s  very pretty… deconstructed! Well yes, I’d call it  

A gravy or or a soup! Incoming pan seared Cod; we don’t  often order the same dish but we did on this time   and I can tell you that skin is beautifully crispy  it’s crispy the fish is beautifully cooked and the  

Um edamame base at the bottom and the cream  it’s excellent ,I might come back tomorrow! I don’t often order a dessert, but chocolate cake for me  tonight. Creme caramel? Creme Brûlée. My first dessert 

First dessert of the cruise? You have been  very restrained! Wait let me test! Yes! so a crunch? yes! And? That is an excellent creme brûlée. Compliments to the  chef then! We must trot off into the galley and  say well done!

It’s like tracing paper. Tracing paper thin. That is one chocolate cake I would order again   So, we’re both delighted with our desserts tonight  well done Cosmopolitan Restaurant Then it was off to some after dinner theater, this time with  Andrew Derbyshire, one of the regular invited singers with Celebrity [Music] [Applause]

My wife still had bags of energy, so it was off to the nightclub And you know what… all that ‘violent’ disco  dancing meant we were hungry all over again!   time for a late night snack! I tell you what,  it’s almost midnight should we see what’s on  

The ‘almost midnight’ Buffet? What can tempt us…  some very tempting looking ganache chocolate   brownies, some caramel brownies, we’ve got some carrot  cake, some dolce de lette, some raspberry and chocolate cake   those little jars are chocolate cappuccino mousse,  the Indian section we have some pork pumba, some  

Mango pickles and fish curry… and to really set you  dreaming at night, there some cheese Incidentally, whilst we were on this cruise we were not alone  oh no there was a film shoot taking place on the  

Ascent. Lights Camera Action! an array of actors and  film crew because that week they were producing   a series of Celebrity TV commercials each day  a section of the ship was carefully filmed and   photographed. To see how they’re panned out and  how it impacted the cruise keep a look out for an  

Upcoming video on our Ritzy Travel Guide channel,  as in that we’ll cover what happens when a film   shoot is on your cruise and how it can impact you!  Remember to subscribe to our Channel and click   that notification Bell so you know when that video comes out.  

Now, lest you think we have gone all sappy on Celebrity and only have wonderful things to say about them occasionally things do go wrong and this time it was for my wife in the dining room. We were at the Normandie restaurant, so cue appropriate Frenchy sounding music  

Tonight’s service, yes, is fast! We’re in the Normandy tonight and so   far we have not had the escargot. This is on the  ‘Everyday Menu.’ I love escargot, I’ve been avoiding it   well when you say ‘avoiding it’, you love escargot, you  mean you’ve been holding out you’ve been waiting? 

You know what I shouldn’t have waited so long!  Well, order another one immediately, on the spot!   Even though you haven’t even started that one!  I don’t have an escargot spoon so… what sauce do   we think it’s in and normally it’s in butter and  garlic, but that looks green! It’s butter and garlic  

But a little bit salty… I’m not sure what the  green sauce is, maybe it’s spinach Grass clippings The heavy handed salt aside, it’s actually a very  nice escargot. I have a shellfish gratinee.  

This has got a lovely crisp topping, cheese breadcrumbs and  well done Normandie, that is a tasty appetizer  All right just checking in on you again, how’s it going? The taste is really nice the escargot is beautifully cooked, yes  

If you ask me one thing I maybe wish they did do … is not to put too much salt in it So, sort of OK for the escargo but the main course got worse okay update: a few minutes later the ‘saline meter’ has gone off the scale  

My wife doesn’t normally complain, she’s normally very stoic, she’s normally very   chill and very calm and very Zen, so for her to  say this is too salty is unusual Are you alright? I should be fine okay so take two … rarely very unusual event my wife sent back  

One of her main courses. I tell you what, yes, based on my knife test, yes, it’s going to melt   in the mouth, like butter? Yup It was a good decision! It absolutely melts in the mouth… that cream at the end is beautiful it has a sweet almost like a plum like  

Sauce, and look at my knife right I don’t  have to do it …it just does it, it’s that buttery! So as you can see it all ended well,   and all credit to the staff they handle   it beautifully and straight away offered  any selection of alternative meals that  

My wife would like, so well done to them so happy with the duck, we headed for a swift   drink at the Martini Bar where we found the  staff were positively ‘gyrating’ to Latin Music! And then off for another late night session at The Club And welcome to Nassau in the Bahamas!  beautiful day, sun is out, blue sky 7:00am in the   morning and we’ve just tied up and the Atlantis Paradise Resort is glistening in the distance and   we’re docked right beside Holland America and the  Nieuw Amsterdam. And ahoy there, we have MSC steaming  

Into Nassau …couple of hours behind everybody else  Is that an ongoing trend, MSC spending less time in   each Port than everybody else? Let me know if you  reckon that’s the case? Now on this channel we do  

Have an ongoing love/hate relationship… well not  so much of the love, with MSC, so we shan’t make any   comments, well zip ourselves at this time! And we’re off into Nassau, let’s see what’s on offer!   hey, how is the ship looking? Gleaming you’d  have to say, wouldn’t you, gleaming!

Oh, Group photo! You don’t see too many of those  around the world do you… selfie shot   Quite unusual that! Now we’re going to stop Nassau at exactly this juncture, because   we do have a dedicated video coming out over  coming weeks, showing you exactly what we got up to 

And you’re going to want to watch it as  we have some great suggestions of how to do   something totally different than what people  generally do in Nassau. Amongst other things   we went on to have way too many cocktails…  okay what what have we got here Baba Roots  

Tell us about that one the night’s going to go  well with that one is it that’s right that’s And then eat Conch Sashimi by the dock  with a larger than life Chef   His eyes aren’t on the food you know his eyes are up here

That video will be coming out shortly, so remember to be subscribed so you know when that comes out And as we sail away from Nassau, there goes the ship we’re not on that’s the Holland America Nieuw Amsterdam. We are actually on  

The Celebrity Ascent, a brand new ship. Now as we  mentioned in the first video on our channel the   Ascent has some great deck areas, you’ve  got these wonderful suspended Martini shaped   jacuzzis, giving great views out to sea and  apart from that the Magic Carpet acts as  

A fantastic observation deck, suspended on the side of the ship, perfect for that unobstructed sailaway view   Right, time for Lobster Night, in the Tuscan Restaurant cue suitably Italiany sounding music! Very pretty looking restaurant the Tuscan, quite  liking the artwork I don’t know what you’d call that?  

And tonight is one of the ‘dress up’  nights. Now, there’s no formal dress code in   Celebrity but they do hint that you might  like to dress up, so it’s done very gently   very subtly they’re saying: you might wish to  dress up tonight. Whoah, look at those bread sticks  

Going by! Hello! how are you I’m not sure why they have given you a menu as You already know what you want, you knew before  we got here! You know what, I don’t think they  

They have no need to give half the people here a  menu, everybody’s going to order Lobster. I think   everybody is going to order Lobster! And there we  go braised lobster tail, I tell you what tonight’s  

Menu ticks a lot of the boxes, certainly for  me, you’ve got your herb crusted haddock fillet   you’ve got your Beef Wellington, you’ve got  creamy wild mushroom risotto. I’m not sure whether   I should be naughty and order two starters and one Entree! Maybe forego the dessert, would that make up for it?

Of all Main Dining Rooms this is the one that I like best It’s got some some sass it’s got some pizzaz! When you have a room black and white, and you do it well, it can be quite classy Incoming Lobster tails! Table-side service     Sir, butter? Yes please!

More? Yes please, I like butter! Very happy with our Lobster, it was a clear night outside on Deck So we strolled, arm in arm, under the moonlight The Ascent, and indeed all four of the Celebrity Edge class   of ships have really got it right to my mind. In person it looks so striking

Take a walk around the deck, when everybody’s  almost in bed and you can have the ship to yourself! Make sure you do this on your Cruise, leaving just a moment, to experience the wind in your hair under the calm skies.

For just a moment all is well in the world… all seems happy   Now, before we wrap up this video, just to give you  a heads up of what’s coming on our channel in   the next few weeks: we’ll be releasing our Cabin  Review for The Edge class of ships and we filmed  

These on the Celebrity Ascent. We’ll be showing  you two cabins: the Infinite Veranda, which people   either love or hate; and in that video we’ll tell  tell you why. And we’ve got at least six reasons   We’ll also be showing you the Ocean View. There  are not many videos out about this, so something  

Of a rarity, and as the prices are much lower for Ocean View than other categories, it makes cruising quite affordable  And in a couple of weeks we’ll be on an all together different type of cruise ship   One that is 25 years old and we’ll be asking  you the question: should you snap up the bargains  

Being offered right now for older ships or would  you just be disappointed? That’s what we want to find out   Our cruise series after that will be:  Small Ship Luxury. We’ll be tasting the high life We hope! Small ships give a much different  experience to the larger cruises available now  

And we’ll show you how that feels and whether it would appeal? And that one has some fascinating port stops  more on that to come In the meantime thank you so much for joining us on the Ritzy Travel Guide. It’s been an absolute pleasure having you along with us 

Please take a look at our playlists, as we have so many Cruise and Port reviews on our Channel And you can watch some of those videos here and indeed here, we hope you enjoy those and we’ll see you over there!