We arrived at the port at 11am, they started boarding at 12. We stopped to sign up for UST and in our cabin by 12:30. Patter said Lunch was being served in the dinning room but when we went they would not let us in, said it was only for passengers who stayed on the ship from last cruise? I showed her the patter and she just kept saying no. So off to the buffet, explore the ship and then some beer and pool time. Food: I enjoyed all the food except one night and they brought me something else. I ordered fish, shrimp, lobster always with a side of pasta of the day. Breakfast was always pastries and coffee at the international cafe. We also ate at Sabatini's it was excellent. The best drink by far Tiramisu martini-- go on the cruise just for this drink! Pizza, Fries, burgers all good and the chocolate chip cookies always hit the spot. Ports: We had VERY rough seas, but it stayed warm and sunny. We didnt think we were going to be able to get off at Princess Cays, had to wait extra hour but were able to get off. The beach was great, ok snorkeling, and ok BBQ. Just a nice relaxing day. St. Martin we took Bernards tour, our guide was Joe it was a GREAT tour, he stopped at a rocky area and someone brought up out of the water star fish and other sea creatures for us to hold DH did the holding I took the pictures! Then off to orient beach for couple of hours, tour of the island and last stop at sunset bar by the airport to watch the planes fly in over our heads. It was great. St. Thomas decided to do the shopping thing got some great Christmas presents, had to be back at the boat by 3 would have liked some more time there. Grand Turk: beach was really nice, pool was fun nothing seemed crowded. Margarita ville pool was fun. We ordered 4 drinks and 1 appetizer $70 it was good but not that good. The ship is beautiful, clean and in good shape. We had plenty of room in our cabin. We had anytime dinning, got Rado in the Da Vinci dinning room on the first night and requested him for the rest of the cruise. We went to the dinning room between 6 and 6:30 always had a small line wait was 5 minuets we never had to get a pager. Every time we saw any crew they always said hello, all crew were very helpful and polite, other then the first day dinning room. We loved the UST it was definitely worth the money. After months of planning and anticipation everything was really great. Cant ask for more then that! I think i read every review posted before this trip, this is my first time writing one--hope it was helpful. Enjoy