Aruba to the Caribbean Cruise Reviews

Crew – 5 stars, Food – 4 to 5 stars, Ship – 4 stars EMBARKATION – in Aruba – a long walk from where the cab drops you off to the yacht, because only the big ships get front docking. They have a shuttle, but we elected to walk our luggage, so that was a bit hot in the blazing sun. Covered tent at the gangway with someone to check off your name and label your bags that the crew will take to your ...

Decided to try Windstar after liking the smaller ship experience on Viking and Azamara and Viking River. Overall, the food was very good, the crew friendly and eager to please however we started off by delaying our sail away by a day due to "two small holes" in the hull that required underwater welding. This resulted in a sea day instead of our scheduled port of call in Cartagena which was the ...

From the moment we boarded, we felt like we were returning family, this was our sixth cruise with WS, our first on one of their new motor launches, so we weren’t sure what to expect, but Star Breeze delivers in the same manner as the sail-ships. The check-in process went smoothly. Andre, the ship's Bar Manager made it easy for us to choose the Beverage package. Then it was straight to our Balcony ...

As retired seasoned travelers who like a variety of experiences, we do not cruise a lot, but, when we do, we select our cruises based first on itinerary and secondly by cruise line. We have 4-5 companies that we will cruise with and then select our ship based on the itineraries that match the interests and schedule of my wife and I. Windstar has long been on our list of cruise lines to try, but ...

We had a balcony cabin on level 8. It was in a great location for us. Just up one Level to the Lido deck. The food was great as usual. The Matrie D was the same one we had on our first cruise. He was great and told him so. The staff was attentive as usual. We loved the 2.0 upgrades. Our favorite was the serenity decks. The lower deck was always full and crowded, we just went up to 14 and enjoyed ...

Embarkation--We are second-time Carnival cruisers--50+parents, 13-year old son and 82 year-old grandma who were among around 80 people to embark in Aruba. We chose Aruba because we planned to extend our vacation in Aruba and Bonaire after the cruise. We flew in from Orlando the night before. Getting on was easy once we knew what we were supposed to do. A local travel agent rounded us and a lot of ...

I chose to board the Carnival Destiny at Aruba. It's not that I have anything against San Juan or Puerto Ricans, it's just that I wanted to make sure that I wanted to make sure that I could combine my cruise with plenty of scuba diving as well as get a chance to scout out Dominica for a future trip. Had I been able to find lodgings at less expensive hotels near Puerto Rico's fine dive sites, I ...