I can completely agree with your "rant". We also cruise Celebrity for the quieter atmosphere and less children. I love that parents bring their children on vacation/cruises with them and welcome all ages. That being said, parents need to be parents. They are responsible for raising their children to be productive members of society. That just seems to not happen much anymore. We were at a restaurant once where there was a multi-generational family (parents, grandparents, small children). The children were yelling, running around and even climbing on the back of the booth and up into the window sill. Everyone else in the place was very bothered by this. My husband asked them to please calm their children down and the dad wanted to take my husband outside and fight!!
Anyway, I am loving your review. I love the Equinox. We were just on the Millenium in March and will be on her again next March. I tried to find an Equinox or Reflection sailing that would work, but no luck since my DH prefers very port intensive cruises. Anyway, keep up the good work and thanks for doing this.