Cruise Line : Royal Caribbean Ship : Voyager of the Seas Date : 4th November, 2005 Ports : Labadee, Jamaica, Grand Caymans and Grand Bahamas
The Voyager of the Seas is big and beautiful. She is like a floating city with theatres, restaurants and too many bars to list. The Voyager is spotless and everywhere you look someone is cleaning or polishing. When we started the cruise I wondered why the shops carried walkie-talkie for sale now know why ! It is the only way some families can keep track of each other !!! ( PS They sold out of walkie-talkies in the first 24 hours, so I would suggest that if you want to keep track of your family you buy your own before you cruise ). What surprised me the most was that you rarely felt crowded and although there were 712 children under the age of 15 on board we were not really aware of them ( we only know about the numbers because we were told this information by our steward and people we met - our cruise coincided with New Jersey elections and Teacher Conference time, so people took their kids out of school ). Also there are a number of kid free zones for childless adults like us.
Getting on and off at the four ports-of-call was relatively painless and quite efficient considering the number of people involved. We loved the Malfini experience at Labadee - it was really special.