This cruise was recommended to me by my travel agent, based on the reviews and based on the excursions the cruise offered. It was meant to be a way to get around and to visit multiple islands in a short time as a great excursion experience.

As the professional reviews noted, this is an old ship. Nothing has really been done to update it, except for the hand rails being painted (I could only tell the rails were painted because of the “wet paint do not touch” signs on deck during our cruise). The 80's brass and decor is in evidence everywhere. We had an outside cabin with a window on Deck 4. The bathroom was small and the shower was even smaller. The water would leak everywhere onto the bathroom floor during showers. They provided mass squeeze shampoo and body wash, but I wasn't particularly impressed. If you like washcloths, bring your own.

The food was nothing to be impressed about, many times not even worth eating. For some reason the cruise line thinks it is appropriate and acceptable to have the restaurant open during the time of excursions, but closed when you are actually on the ship. The Bar & Grill restaurant on Deck 9 is only open for 1 hour each day. With all that said, the restaurant staff was the best group/department on the ship. They tried their very best to be helpful and accommodating based on the very little resources they are provide with to do their job from the cruise line. The Food/Bar staff works hard to make things pleasant. I have no complaints regarding our cabin stewards. They were very pleasant and work hard. Read more