A little back history, my husband and I took our first cruise a few years ago for our honeymoon. We were very nervous as we both hate just sitting around...I mean relaxing on vacation, we like to do things, see places, etc. We didn't want to feel like we were stranded on a ship. Anyways, since we are both big Disney nuts and were comfortable with them and their service reputation, we went on our inaugural cruise with the Disney Wonder. We fell in love with the boat, the staff, our balcony room, and the places we went. We fell in love with cruising.

So now years later, we had the opportunity to go on another cruise. We decided that Disney was a no go for us, because we only had a few nights and Disney's shorter itineraries were the same as the one we had years ago. We wanted something new. We looked around and found that Royal Caribbean and Carnival both had itineraries that intrigued us. We picked Carnival based on price (much cheaper) and we picked the Destiny because it had balconies and the Imagination did not. We booked an aft balcony on Destiny; sailing to Key West and Cozumel with a day at sea, before heading home.

Now with all that said here are some of our thoughts....not a true trip report but here goes: Read more