Beautiful ship! We boarded in San Juan around 12:30. Embarkation took around 30 minutes from time the cab dropped us off until we were onboard at our cabin. First stop at St.Thomas, we did a little shopping. We stopped there on a Sunday so most shops closed around 2 pm, some a little later. Next stop was St.Kitts where we did the Southern Peninsula by 4x4. That was a excursion with a lot of good scenery, and we stopped at a small beach for about 45 minutes. Next day we stopped at Grenada, where we just shopped in the little mall at the port. There are a lot of nice little shops to pick up souvenirs. If you venture out of the shopping area there are a few street vendors and you will get hassled by the cabbies for taking a tour of the island. There are also cabbies working inside the mall area, but they are kept from badgering the visitors by the security and police inside the mall. Next up Bonaire. We sailed and snorkeled on the Woodwind! This was a highlight of the trip. We sailed around to an area where the cruise tours do not go and there was only a few other boats in our snorkeling area. Our boat took a maximum of 25 persons. I think we had 22 on our sail. We had a GREAT time! This trip leaves from the Flamingo Resort which is a short walk from the dock. Our final stop was Aruba. There we made the mistake of taking an excursion offered by the ship. This was on a Red Sport Sailing catamaran. We must have had close to 60 persons onboard if not more. The equipment they had was inexpensive and the whole experience was not near as nice as the Bonaire experience. The dive sites were nice and even unique. The second stop that we made was over a sunken ship, the problem was the number of people in the water looked more like the start of a triathlon! People all over each other.

Onboard the ship we had a nice cabin. Great service from our steward. We had late seating in the dining room which we made most nights. We enjoyed the menu and service. Our wait staff was decent, but not the best we have experienced, but good. The most amazing part of the whole trip was our experience in the specialty restaurants. We went to Sabitinis and experienced a delay of about 40 to 45 minutes from the kitchen, according to the waiter. We didn't really care since we were with friends, we had time for conversation and visiting. The dinner took about three and a half hours! We also visited the Crown Grill and also had kitchen problems. This restaurant is billed as being based on the Sterling Steak Houses on the other ships with additional items on the menu. Well we had a real problem in getting a stead that was Medium. After some time they managed to get one not Well done. Staff was almost running from table to kitchen all the time, and not very efficient. The dining experience at Crown Grill took around three hours. It all comes down to what you make of it, and since we were with friends and could laugh at our dining misfortunes, and we enjoyed our trip. Had we been traveling alone and experienced all this, we would probably not have had as good of a time. We have sailed the Caribbean Princess and the Crown Princess and do not feel that I would do the large ships again. We really enjoy Celebrity, but they have pretty much dropped the 7 day itineraries from Florida that we enjoyed so much in the past. We will probably try some of the Princess smaller vessels in the future. If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email and I will answer them as best I can. Sincerely, Rob