Highlights along with good & bad: Beware of the Port of San Juan - very disorganized. There are two lines - one to drop off your luggage to porters who stand at the end of the line. There is no one to help you with your luggage. And then the second line is the one you stand in to board the ship. No one tells you anything and it is more that you figure it out for yourself.

The ship itself is beautiful, large and expansive. You won't be disappointed. All the staff are friendly and very helpful.

We did an excursion at each port of call. But November is the rainy season and it rained most every day on our cruise. At Aruba we did DePalm Island excursion, it is not at all organized and there was some confusion. Overall it was nice to snorkel and lay on the beach for half the day even if it was overcast. At Curacao - our snorkel trip was canceled - bad weather. However, it cleared up after 1 or so and we went into town. I am not sure why we bothered. I could have done without it. It is nothing to speak of. At St. Marten we did an excursion that took us to the French side - Pinel Island. It was beautiful and the snorkel trip was awesome and organized. Read more