Celebrity - embarkation from Mumbai (not at port??)

[Shiba_Lover]

I seem to recall reading somewhere that for cruises out of Mumbai on Celebrity - the embarkation process happened at a hotel, not at the port?

Can anyone who has sailed out of Mumbai on Celebrity confirm this?

Did you meet at a hotel, then do the embarkation process, then they shuttle you to the port?  Or do you get to the port after that on your own?

Or am I just imagining this?  What is the hotel?  Is it one that you would actually want to stay in if you were in Mumbai a day or so prior to the cruise?

 

Thanks!