My wife and I just returned from 1 week in the southern Caribbean aboard the Adventure of the Seas (February17 to 24). Overall, we had a good time, but there are a few observations we would like to pass along.

1. The crew, as always, saves the experience. How they manage to be so cheerful and competent week after week is a mystery to me. But they do. Here's a special call-out to our head waiter Shirley.

2. RC needs to solicit feedback on the shore excursions they book through their site. Most of them are great, but not all. We took a snorkeling excursion in Curacao on a boat not designed for that purpose with too many people aboard. The decks were extremely slippery when wet and you had to climb a vertical, 8-foot ladder to reach the second deck. Not too easy with your arms full in heavy seas. (Half the passengers were on the upper deck.) It appears that the only important thing to RC is that they get their cut. Read more