NB: As I took the same itinerary two years ago on Majesty's sister ship, Sovereign, many of my observations are based on comparison to that trip.

EMBARKATION: Sweet. We had no checked baggage and, with SetSail passes in hand, were on the boat within 15 minutes of arriving at port -- at 11:30 am. Truly, by 12 noon we were in the Windjammer lounge drinking pina coladas.

FOOD: Perfectly acceptable, given that it's a three-day 'shortie'. (If you want gourmet food, go to a landlocked restaurant. It's a hotel on water, people!) The themes are kind of laughable -- why make a waiter from Turkey struggle through O Sole Mio? Read more