We recently returned from the Southern Caribbean 3/7 to 3/14 Westerdam cruise. This is a wonderful itinerary if you're partial to sea days and only have a week to enjoy them. We had an absolutely wonderful time, one of the best in over 25 years of cruising. And it proved to me that you should never judge an entire cruise line by one bad experience. You really can go home again.
This group of itineraries is ideal (and inventive in fact) because you can actually stay on the ship for 3 weeks and experience 3 different itineraries.... Southern, Western and Eastern. Many people on our cruise were on the week before and some were continuing the following week. But the Southern route is, in my opinion, the "lazy" and most relaxing week.
I decided to leave the internet back home, but brought my Acer netbook just to keep my thoughts in order as we cruised. Then I realized all the notes would only forge the negative memories best left in the past. After a week of cruising, if they still stand out they're worth mentioning. Otherwise they just weren't worth recording in the first place. So I reserved my Acer for uploading my pictures and nothing else.