We live in Florida and decided to take a cruise out of Tampa on the Ryndam. Our first time and last time. We have been on other cruise lines so we know what we are comparing everything to.
No real activities - I don't know what the cruise director does - certainly not develop activities - only sitting on lounge chairs and reading books! Cooking classes showing you how to garnish your cocktails. Like no one knows that!
The buffet food is horrible - they have Philippine and Korean day, really on a caribbean cruise. While the food in the main dining room was good - the staff make you wait almost 30 minutes just for an appetizer - our meals were 2 to 2 1/2 hrs long and we felt bad taking that long seeing people waiting in long lines to get in. Twice after eating we had distress and missed what little entertainment they had. Room service was a joke, we ordered 2 hamburgers and a club sandwich and got 3 cheeseburgers. While the guy came back with the club sandwich and took one of the hamburgers, the one hamburger was completely raw inside and they took the bread on a press did not toast it. We were very disappointed that we couldn't eat room service either.