My husband and I were first time cruisers with Royal Caribbean. We were truly looking forward to cruising with Royal Caribbean. We were scheduled to depart New Orleans on April 23, 2005, at 6:pm. for a 7-day cruise to Grand Cayman, Cozumel, and Costa Maya.
Our cruise with the Grandeur of the Seas did not leave New Orleans port until 8:30pm on April 25, 2005, due to the Grandeur of Seas docking accident in Costa Maya. Because of this docking accident, our cruise was cut short by one port and two days. We were told that our ports of calls would be Key West and Cozumel. Why did we have to pay port charges for three ports when we only visited two?
Also, due to the scheduling conflict, we were only allowed a short time in Key West (9am to 2pm - which actually turned into 10am to 1:30pm. We had such a short stay in Key West that we were unable to see many of the sights that Key West had to offer, not to mention that we didn't get the opportunity to visit the well-known "Mallory Dock" festivities.