(Pack a lunch - this is really long!!!)

Who we are My name is Robin and I'm a cruise-aholic. [Hi, Robin.] I've been on 4 cruises in two years, this is my first on RCCL. This one was with my son, Dan, 18, who has been away in his first year of college so this was our chance to reconnect. I also hoped he'd also find some nice kids his own age to hang out with (and he did). We were on a budget (college expenses and all) but knew we could have a good time on a short cruise without breaking the bank.

Impressions of the ship I'd been advised to have low expectations because of the age of the Majesty, but I thought this was a beautiful "classic" ship. It lacked some of the amenities of the newer, larger ships, but I liked the layout --people forward; stuff aft. We had one of the forward-most cabins on 4 (we really got our exercise walking!) which was small even by cruise-ship standards. They made the maximum use of the space, however and it was just fine for the price. There was no hall traffic by our room, but the anchors must have been just on the other side of the cabin wall. (Suffice it to say, we didn't have to ask if we had reached ports.) Read more