Just home from a wonderful first cruise with Royal Caribbean on Liberty of the Seas. From the moment we arrived on board we were treated like royalty it was unreal. Having never cruised before we were unsure what to expect. We travelled with my elderly parents who have cruised many times before, and our 13 year old son. I must admit I thought cruises were for older people but I couldn't have been more wrong! The majority of our ship I would say were under 40 with a large volume in the 20-30 age group which really surpised us.

Our cabin was an inside one with two single beds that had been put together and a drop down bunk on one side for our son. The bed was the most comfortable one I have ever slept on away from home! The bathroom was great with an excellent shower and there was plenty of storage space. It was obviously 'cosy' with three of us in the room but believe me, you're not in there much.

We ate all our meals in the main dining room on the My Time Dining service. We expected to not eat every night there before we left as others on here had said the food was fair but it was brilliant. We are quite fussy with where we eat normally, paying more for good food for sure but the food on Liberty of the Seas was excellent. There was a choice of about 8 or so starters and mains and a good choice of puddings and all were really good...add to that excellent waiter service and you can't go wrong! We booked all our tables online before we left and this was a good thing to do as we just walked in and a table was waiting for us be it 6.45, 8.15 etc. We had a table in the same area every night, often overlooking the dining two floors below which was beautiful and obviously had the same waiters who knew what drinks we liked etc. Re drinks, we booked a wine package (gold) before we left and as the 'reserve' red was so good we had that every night, we booked soda packages too which are well worth it. We ate breakfast in the main dining room on level 3, where you can enjoy the excellent self service buffet or have waiter service. We didn't use Windjammers at all, looked a little like a department store restaurant but would be great for those with young children as more relaxed. Read more