We have sailed with RC many times. Almost every thing we love about cruising was missing from this cruise. We boarded in Rome. Embarkation was quick an easy. Once on board all changed. We went to windjammer for late afternoon snack. There was no where to sit. We made plates and took back to our room. We thought that it was busy because of embarkation day. We were wrong.

Everyday for breakfast and lunch the windjammer was full. The seats outside by the pool were full. We were in port 5 days. There were several people at windjammer with stickers on their shirts. I later found out that these are local people who pay to come try the ship out for the day in port. Great now I not only have to compete for space with the paid passengers, but now visitors on board for the day. Sorry but this upsetting when they don't have enough room for all the paying passengers to be seated.

At breakfast several tables were left dirty. When they cleared the table we had to ask them to wash the table before we sat down. One morning two tables over from us a group got into a fight. There were punches thrown. Passengers were calling staff for help. The staff just stood and looked stunned for several minutes. The bloodied passenger left before security arrived. Not a very nice atmosphere for breakfast. Read more