We drove to the JAX port (about 7 hours from home) and then boarded the ship about 11 a.m. We ate lunch at the Wheelhouse Bar & Grill (buffet lunch), walked around to become familiar with the layout of the Celebration, and then we went to the Lifeboat drill prior to sailing away at approximately 3:30 p.m.We embarked at about 4 p.m. to first head to Freeport, Bahamas. The Jacksonville bridge was a wonderful opportunity to get some great photos. I rode by w/camera in hand on the ship’s deck. I have to brag that I thought they did turn out beautiful! See for yourself though–don’t take my word for it. This evening, they were having the margarita party and liquor tasting. There was also sushi between 5-8:30 pm. at the Trolley Bar and as you can see it looked like a train car. We had sushi for an appetizer before going to the Vista Dining Room for a sit-down dinner at 8:30. Dinner in the Vista Dining Room is a four course dinner with appetizer, salad, main course, and dessert. We sat with a nice couple from Georgia at dinner. After dinner, we went to the Welcome Aboard Show at 10:30 p.m. We were entertained with music by The Celebration Showband and the comedy of Tony Esposito.I want to say that the Celebration is not going out of commission. It is one of Carnival’s older ships in the fleet but they are only moving it to another company in another country. The ship was smaller than most newer ships, but very clean and beautiful. The Carnival Company owns many other cruise lines including Princess, Costa Cruise Lines, and Holland America only to name a few. We have been on one of Carnival’s biggest ships and this smaller ship was not a disappointment at all.