Liberty of the Seas is a beautiful ship and was also designed well for functionality. Our room was a Promenade Stateroom, which I highly recommend to anyone that is looking for a modest sized stateroom without a window to the ocean (we saw the ocean out the windows at Windjammer everyday anyway). The Royal Promenade is a great feature (pictures don't do it justice)- it reminds me of an exciting, busy street in a city- and it was really cool to look down on from our room. The Hoof & Claw was a great hangout spot until 3am almost every night, and the musician was a great entertainer and performer.

My only complaint regarding the ship would be the crowds and lines. The Windjammer was really crowded for any meal that the dining room was not open for. There was a shortage of tables on the day we boarded (it was around 12:30- probably the busiest time ever) and the pattern for walking around was a disaster. After that first day, we didn't have difficulty finding a table (the staff were very quick and helpful), but it was much more crowded than I would prefer. The whirlpools and the flowrider were very crowded hotspots as well. I stood in line for half an hour to try the flowrider (I thought it was worth the wait). The whirlpools seemed to be less crowded after dinner, we enjoyed a nice dip the first evening after dinner to relax after our flight and travels.

My biggest complaint of all was related to our cruise specifically- it was over Labor Day and there was a group of over 600 very rude (and completely unchaperoned as far as we could tell) 15 year old girls that claimed to not speak English. They were out at all hours (the curfew, which was not enforced, was 1:00am). They pushed their way onto elevators (I saw and elderly woman be knocked over by a group of them). I think it was a very poor decision for Royal Caribbean to allow the group without more chaperones, and I think it reflected very poorly on RC that security did not enforce the rules (when we complained about the curfew violation, we were told by the security guard that the girls were hungry so they were allowed to be out). I was told that this happens every year, so make sure you ask before booking these dates, because it could have ruined our vacation if we did not choose to ignore a lot of things they did. Read more