My wife and I cruised on Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas August 25th.

I'll say up front that this was a great vacation. All the people we dealt with were magnificent and the ship is wonderful.

We flew into Barcelona one day early and spent the night at the Hilton Diagonal Mar hotel. We arrived at the hotel about 10:00 AM and were greeted at the desk by Hugo who was very helpful in both checking us in and helping us plan our day. We knew our room would not be available until midafternoon so we wanted to take a guided tour of Barcelona. We had purposely not pre-booked because we were unsure of how we would feel after our first all night Trans-Atlantic flight. Read more