This was our first experience with Royal Caribbean and it will be our last. We spoke with other passengers who were die hard "Royal" fans and they said that if this had been their first experience, they wouldn't be back.

The cabin stewards and dining wait staff were wonderful. We really liked the "My time dining" option.

The on-board activities were few, the mistakes on the "compass" were many. Curfew is not an activity! This was our first transatlantic crossing so we thought there would be many activities to choose from - based on our experiences on other cruises. This wasn't the case. The nightly entertainment was good, but overall, we found the activities and choices underwhelming. The "library" was picked clean within the first couple of hours. I went shortly after boarding and saw someone leaving with a tower of books! Really? Are you going to read 8 books at once?! Read more