Boston to the Western Caribbean Cruise Reviews

My husband and I have traveled on Carnival since 1983 our first of 12 cruise on Carnival. When we saw that Serenade of the Seas went out of Boston ( we live about 20 Minutes from the Dock) we thought we would give it a try. I was excited to see a different cruise line and also a little scared that I wouldn't like it. While there were many differences between Royal Caribbean and Carnival they ...

First, a shout out to the excellent staff of NCL Dawn: Rowena, Edgar, Rocky, Romel, Loey, Maria, Sarath, Darpan, Ros h ith, Win, Ray and all the other staff who remain unnamed because I didn’t get all their names. They work so hard for months before getting any time off. One crew member’s baby was born the last day at sea and was leaving to return home when we got to port. Yay! He gets to go home. ...

Top 10 things to complain about while staying in The Garden Villa 10. The boat sways too much. Fix it. 9. The shower takes too long to heat up. 30 seconds is unacceptable. 8. It’s raining. We must speak to your supervisor. 7. It's too long a walk from our top deck to our living room. We demand to be carried. 6. There’s not enough food. We could starve. 5. The luggage closet could ...

This is the third year that I have made this trip from Boston on Jewel. Jewel is one of RCI's Radiance class ships which are my favorite as they "look out" to the ocean thru glass walls etc., as opposed to their larger ships which all seem to be oriented "inside" towards their "mall" areas. We left Boston as a howling northeaster was approaching, and thru the night had winds sustained over ...

BACKGROUND: This was our eleventh cruise in 3 years with NCL, our third reposition, and first time on Norwegian Spirit. We are young at heart although both retired. We love to cruise and we don't care where the ship goes, just as long as we get some sea days. EMBARKATION: We flew straight to Boston on Alaska Airlines and stayed at the Parker House Hotel which was really lovely. After meeting our ...