Pre-cruise night we stayed at the Intercontinental Resort, Spa and Casino. $125 thru Priceline. The lobby, shared space and outdoor pools, bars, restaurant,etc. were BEAUTIFUL. The room was nice but rather "tired" looking. I was happy with it though, until I went to lay down. What's that on the pillowcase? Looks like spaghetti sauce. And no, not stained with the sauce but the actual sauce. Like the pillowcase has not been washed! EEEEEWWWW.Next morning, day of embarkation, breakfast. Very few options at the resort itself. They have a breakfast buffet and I completely misunderstood the cost. What I thought was going to be a $50 breakfast for 4 was actually $125. Yes, you read that right. $125 for a breakfast that wasn't even very good!!!Embarkation - arrived at approx. 1:30 and the line was GIMUNGOUS! HUGE! By the time I got on the ship I was drenched in sweat. Needless to say we didn't buy that picture! They really should try to come up with a better embarkation process in San Juan.Speaking of San Juan, taxi drivers are crazy and think nothing of texting, talking, eating and doing their taxes, all at the same time, while driving. Just sayin.Room 1688 - Yes, one of the huge rooms in the back corner of the ship. The good - it's a really large room! You can find pics. of it by doing a search of the room number. The bad - the balcony is very large and fits 2 loungers, 2 chairs and a small table BUT much of the balcony spends it's time in the shade. It's very cave-like. The "roof" comes down at a steep slant and there is a large support beam that you could really knock your head on! I guess the best way to describe it is, very large but really not very spacious. The ugly - well, the room is just ugly. The same goes foe most, if not all, of the staterooms. This ship needs a facelift. Blues and mauves went out in the 80's, worn carpeting has never been fashionable and the furniture just had an overall dirty look to it. ESPECIALLY the dining room chairs. Now THOSE were kinda gross.Barbados - I really don't have much to say about it. We just rented a taxi/tour guide and he showed us all around for $100. We especially loved the monkeys that he took us to!Antigua - We were out on a boat all day with Antigua Adventures taking the Xtreme Adventure. I can't recommend this tour enough. We had such a great time and swimming with the sting rays was AMAZING. They don't just lightly touch you as they swim by. These things are BIG and they will RUB themselves HARD against your legs! VERY COOL and although it's a pretty expensive tour, it's worth every penny!St. Lucia - Cosol Tours - We enjoyed this tour very much. Your day is jam packed full of activities and the drivers keep you right on schedule. The homemade food you get is WONDERFUL! Then only bad thing about this tour, and it's no reflection on Cosol Tours, is that it was pretty depressing to see all the super skinny dogs wandering around. There were horses at the side of, and IN the road, that had their ribs sticking out. The animals are just not cared for the same way I am accustomed to.St. Maarten - All we did was hang out at Majo Beach. Great for the hubby because the bar was right there and because the kid in him was entertained by the planes. Great for the teenage girls because they got to lay out and because the planes were "kinda cool". Great for me because everyone else in the family was happy which meant they wouldn't be nagging at me!St. Croix - We went to the Sandcastle on the Beach Resort, rented chairs and umbrellas, and just laid around for the day. Now, if you like Sea Glass, THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU! It's everywhere on this beach. So my hubby sat under the umbrella all day, the girls snorkeled and laid out and I searched for Sea Glass, FRYING my back. Evidently SPF70 wasn't good enough. Disembarkation - In the sea of bags, we were missing one. A big one with lots of stuff in it. On top of that, it was my daughters. OMG the world will come to an end if we don't find it!!! We searched EVERYWHERE for well over an hour when what does my hubby see? A lady walking back in to the bldg. with our bag. We go up to her and see that all of her other bags are a MATCHING SET of a completely DIFFERENT COLOR! Seriously? She tells us that she just grabbed bags and left the terminal, checking name tags once she was outside. Hubby then asked her if she could not see the completely different color. She giggled. People like that are the reason there are so many inappropriate jokes about women.Back to the Intercontinental for one night. What's that I see? A HUGE smear of make-up on the pillow. This pillowcase was not washed. I think that I can safely assume that they don't wash their linens, or at least not the cases, after each guest leaves. NICE.So to sum it up, I wouldn't stay at Intercontinental ever again and, unless the itinerary was amazing, I wouldn't cruise on the Adventure again either. It was a very nice cruise but I know there are many other ships out there that I would like much better.