We booked the Valor to go somewhere different and start off the summer vacation for our kids. We were TBA until two days before sailing - we were on floor two, the main floor, and had rooms next door to each other. The rooms were sooooo convenient to the stairs and elevator; yet quiet most of the time. Of course inside rooms are not as roomy but we were never in our rooms. Getting on the boat was a little hectic and hot. Somehow that process should be easier. We enjoyed a late lunch upon getting on.

We booked our own excursions and had no problems whatsoever. And saved big bucks. We swam with the stingrays in Grand Caymon, took a tour of Roatan that included the Iquana farm, and cave tubed in Belize with a local lunch. We loved all the excursions and our guides. Cozumel to us is too commercial so we stayed on the boat and enjoyed using all the amenties with NO people.

Our dining room experiences were fantastic - if ever anything at all was mildly wrong they would fix it immediately - but for the most part we never had a complaint and enjoyed way too much good new wonderful delicacies. I didn't use the buffets as much but my kids enjoyed the ice-cream, and grill alot. The pizza stand left a little to be desired. Seemed like pizza was never ready and then tasted so so - but with so much other food so readily available I didn't care. Alot of people complain about the lines in the buffet but really if you chose your times wisely you could walk right up to all sorts of available food. Read more