Being a loyal RCI fan, I found this cruise to be the most disappointing, not in terms of ports, but the cruise itself.

Our cabin was a D with a balcony on deck 10. I believe it was about 197 square feet with a small balcony that had a table and two chairs. The closet was very small and other storage was quite limited. We were a little cramped with two adults and teen, especially at night with the sofa made into a bed. Getting to the bathroom can be an challenge. The curtains to divide off the queen bed from the sofa bed were a nice touch. Made it feel more private. The bathroom only has one side of the mirror for storage, but the round shower is very nice. They now have a unit in the shower that dispenses the combined type shampoo and conditioner. Hint...bring your own shampoo and conditioner. I found the toilet a little high. I am 5'-6", so anyone shorter might find this a little bit of a bother. One note is that we were under the Windjammer and could hear the carts roll across the tile floor 18 hours a day. If you are going on this ship, go down to the 9th level.

The food in the dining room was so bad, we ate half of our meals at the Windjammer, which was only marginally better. I did run into one of the officers and commented on the food, and he shrugged and said that was why he ate at the Windjammer and only ordered food that had to be prepared. I must note that we did have second seating and most people who had first seating said their food was fine. Ours was usually cold, congealed, or in one case did not arrive at all. The parmesan cheese they serve on the pasta marinara was the powdered variety in the green can. What were supposed to be fresh vegetables were dry and wilting, salad greens were brown on the edges to give you an idea. One night my pasta was so cold, I had to send back and it was waved and came back a stuck together lump. My partially eaten broccoli was still on the plate so I knew it was mine and the meal had just been reheated. Our waiter needed to get a new profession as this certainly was not his calling. We did speak to the head waiter about the problems of cold food, wrong food and no food, but after that our waiter was surly. For the first time ever, we undertipped. Our assistant waiter did try make up for the waiter mistakes, however he had his own duties to tend to. On the tables around us (10 person) most nights there were only 2-4 people at each table, and one night we were the only people on the 5 tables around us. They all said the same thing, food is not edible. Lunch in the main dining room now only has one menu which got real old after two days. Read more