Ship Rating: 
This ship features all the classic elements of a Celebrity vessel: a museum-quality contemporary art collection, cognac and after-dinner drinks in Michael's Club, and caviar and other treats in the martini and champagne bars. The 25,000-square-foot AquaSpa offers aromatherapy massage, herbal steam baths, seaweed-soap showers and other sybaritic delights. Glass-enclosed elevators afford views of the sea as they whisk passengers from deck to deck, and a music library - the first at sea - offers individual listening stations and thousands of digital recordings. The ship's specialty restaurant, The Olympic, features wood paneling from the RMS Olympic, sister ship to the Titanic. It also has a demonstration kitchen and dine-in wine cellar. Staterooms include interactive television (use it to order room service, shop or play casino video games), direct-dial telephone and voice mail, safe, hair dryer, minibar and complimentary room service. Eighty percent of this ship's staterooms have ocean views.
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Millennium has a restaurant which contains wooden panels originally used in the
RMS Olympic (sister ship to the ill-fated
RMS Titanic and
HMHS Britannic), removed and preserved when that ship was sold for scrap in 1936.
Sources of food include a two level main dining room, called "Metropolitan", and a buffet that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner on deck 10.
Sources of entertainment include the Celebrity Theatre, in which musical shows, comedians, or big-screen movies can be seen. The theatre is also used for gathering people on excursions, as well as informative talks. Another source is the cinema, located on the third deck. This is used for informative talks as well as daily movies.
Millennium was docked in
Athens,
Greece, on September 11, 2001, and went into high-security lock-down upon receipt of news regarding the
September 11 attacks in the USA.
[2] A
Celebrity Cruises-sponsored marketing event onboard was in progress but it was curtailed and everyone except passengers and crew were removed from the ship. All other passenger activities except food service were cancelled. The following day, while at sea, a small private plane began to circle the ship, causing panic among several passengers on deck. The plane eventually flew away.
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In May 2011, a female passenger in her sixties was declared missing when she failed to disembark at a port call in San Diego. Security cameras on the ship showed that she deliberately jumped off the ship in the waters between
Cabo San Lucas and
San Diego.
[3][4]
After the ship's voyage from Miami to Roatan, Honduras, to Cozumel, Mexico, and back to Miami (April 16 - 21, 2012), the ship went to
dry-dock in the Bahamas for 3-weeks to be renovated.
| Ship Statistics |
| Year Built | 2000 |
| Refurbished | 2012 |
| Tonnage | 91,000 tons |
| Registry | Malta |
| Length | 965 feet |
| Beam | 105 feet |
| Passenger Capacity | 1,950 |
| Crew Size | 999 |
| Total Inside Cabins | 206 |
| Total Outside Cabins | 813 |
| Cabins & Suites w/ verandas | 578 |
| Suites | 50 |
| Maximum Occupancy per room | 5 |
| Age Restrictions | One person must be 21 or older |
| Dinner Seatings | 2 |
Seating Assignments
in Main Dining Room | Assigned |
| Dining Hours | 6:15 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. |
| Dining Room Dress Code | 7-night cruise: 2 formal nights, 2 informal nights, 3 casual nights. No shorts or jeans at night. |
| Tipping Recommended? | Yes |
| Tipping Guidelines | Added to onboard account. Cabin Steward, $3.50 per person/day ($4.00 for Concierge/Aqua class). Butler (Suites only), $3.50 per person/day. Waiter, $3.65 per person/day. Asst. Waiter, $2.10 per person/day. Maitre'd, $1.00 per person/day. Other personnel, $1.25 per person/day. Total, $11.50 ($12.00 for Concierge/Aqua class, $15.00 for Suites) per person/day. |
| Onboard Currency | US Dollar |
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| Services & Amenities |
| Bars/Lounges | 11 |
| Beauty Salon/Barber Shop | Yes |
| Casino | Yes |
| Chapel | No |
| Disco/Dancing | Yes |
| Elevators | Yes |
| Hot Tub | 6 |
| Cell Phone Service | Yes |
| Internet Center | Yes |
| Wireless Internet Access | Yes |
| Note: Available in certain areas |
| Laundry/Dry Cleaning | Yes |
| Library | Yes |
| Movie Theatre | Yes |
| Outdoor Movie Screen | No |
| Onboard Weddings | Yes |
| Self Serve Laundromats | No |
| Shops | Yes |
| Showroom | Yes |
| Spa | Yes |
| Video Arcade | Yes |
| Fitness & Sports Facilities |
| Basketball Court | Yes |
| Fitness Center | Yes |
| Golf Driving Net | No |
| Golf Simulator | No |
| Ice Skating Rink | No |
| Jogging Track | Yes |
| Mini-Golf Course | No |
| Rock Climbing Wall | No |
| Swimming Pool | 2 |
| Tennis Court | No |
| Water Sports Platform | No |
| Cabin Features & Amenities |
| 24-Hour Room Service | Yes |
| Hair Dryer | Yes |
| Safe | Yes |
| Telephone | Yes |
| Television | Yes |
| Kids Facilities |
| Babysitting | Yes |
| Children's Playroom | Yes |
| Kiddie Pool | No |
| Supervised Youth Program | Yes |
| Teen Center | Yes |
| Special Needs & Requests |
Adjoining Cabins
(private connecting doors) | 80 |
| Kosher Meals | Yes |
| Single Occupancy Cabins | No |
| Single Share Program | No |
Wheelchair-Accessible Cabins
| 26
Source: Vacations to Go |
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