I have only cruised with Carnival in the past, which has always been a great experience, so I naturally assumed that another cruise line would be similar in terms of the room, activities, and food. This ship did not meet my expectations and was a major disappointment. Having always traveled with Carnival in the past, I was expecting a nice room, nice food available 24 hours, a nice menu at dinner, a huge selection of excursions to choose from, and nonstop activities on the ship.

The food on the ship was just terrible. I'm a vegetarian and they didn't have many options for me. Anything they did have available was just gross. Any pasta I had tasted like it was microwaved from chef boyardi. Our room was probably smaller than Anne's Frank's attic. There was no room for anything. I kept tripping over my suitcase. The bed was literally one wall to the other. There was not a great list of excursions to choose from, so we just had to find something online. Food was not available 24 hours. Room service charges extra if you order after a certain time. There wasn't much to do on the ship. Most of the time we were bored.

A few people had said "well this is just a really small ship, so don't judge Royal Caribbean based off of this one ship." Fair enough, but why does a small cruise even exist? If I dish out money for a vacation, then I expect to have a nice room, food, and fun. Read more