A week at sea has a reputation for undoing months of discipline before the ship even clears the harbor, with buffet lines, midday cocktails and shore excursions that amount to a bus ride and a big lunch. Cruise vacations have earned every joke made about them, but more travelers are turning that reputation on its head, treating a trip as an extension of their habits instead of a break from them. Some are calling it revenge health, and Celebrity’s ships make a strong case for how well it can actually work.
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