BACKGROUND: I am an American living in The Netherlands. We took a family vacation total 7 people. 4 Adults, 3 children (20, 17 and 12). The family has never been out of Europe so I knew this would be a real treat. My boyfriend and I had cruised previously and also did the Freedom of the Seas last year. It just worked out this year did Liberty. This was my 6th cruise...2nd with RCI.

We started our journey in Amsterdam via Charles de Gaulle...never will I go to that airport again. We would have missed our flight if we did not get in the front of the line. But ok enough of that. We landed in Miami, headed straight to Aventura to shop. We stayed at the Marriott for the night. We took a taxi to the port at noon on Saturday. $50.00 for 7 people and bags. Hotel was great 100,00 per night.

Let me preface this with the ship was sold out....we were told oversold so I do not know what that means.....the statistics were 63% were international cruisers and the other 37% were American and we had 474 children on board. Not once did we encounter massive lines for food, ice cream, shows, etc. So I will not complain about that in my review. We were always able to find a chair at the pool, sometimes not together but ok....but the people who take a chair and never come back..what can you do on that? I am sure RCI will not hire chair watchers....although it would be a great idea! Read more