I chose this cruise because I have been on Royal Caribbean serval times in the past and preferred them over the other brands. This was my experience.

First: The fire drill was a joke. The audio coming over the speaker system was horrible. Felt like I was listening to a Charley Brown movie. There was know one in my section of D29 that understood what was being said. We were left to figure it all out by looking at the two workers that modeled the life vest. A better way to explain would be if someone was speaking into a mic but the mic was in there mouth. This poor communication continued throughout the cruse.

Second: My Mini Iron that I always travel with caused my luggage to be held at security. Then when after several hours missing my baggage I called security who stated they may have it. While trying to locate the area of security I was sent to the wrong part of the ship. This all during the first four hours of being onboard. After finding the area they told me I could have my mini iron in the room and they have to hold it until the end of the cruise. When I asked well what happens now because I’m with my wife and children and we have several items that need to be ironed I was told I have to pay Royal Caribbean to press my cloths. That is ridiculous. I was not in my budget to allocate funds for the ship to iron. Read more