My boyfriend and I planned this cruise 10 months in advance and counted down the days. Overall we had an amazing time and were able to relax and de - stress.

Embarkation and debarkation went really smoothly. There were a ton of people in Miami when we arrived, but the lines moved quickly. My only complaint was that they confiscated the bottle of wine in my bf's luggage (not in mine though). It clearly states you may each bring on a bottle of wine, but I guess I didn't realize it has to be carried on, not put in your checked bag. I called guest services and she was not going to budge on giving it back. That was frustrating as we were following the rules and I saw many other people with homemade drinks on deck that clearly smuggled in liquor. Guess I just have to get better at it!

Once onboard we went exploring and quickly found Serenity - the adult only deck with comfy lounge chairs and "pods". We woke up super early on the first sea day because I had read several reviews of people about not being able to get a chair. We chose to go back to Serenity because we wanted to avoid the craziness of the main pool. It was nice but very hot and there is no pool up there. I found it very strange that there are 8 hot tubs and only 2 pools on a ship traveling in the Caribbean. We chose to get chairs near the adult pool for the last sea day. We got out there around 830 and all the chairs by the pool were "taken" but we got two upstairs. Not having enough chairs for all guests was frustrating and I felt bad for people that kept roaming. Read more