November 3rd 2013 to November 9th with stops in Grand Turk, Ocho Rios Jamaica and Nassau Bahamas. Started off a little rocky. Embarkation was delayed as the previous cruise apparently had some security issues that we still aren't sure of. Apparently they brought dog's on board and stopped passengers from disembarking. So the early faster to the fun boarders didn't start boarding till almost noon. Never occurred to ask the crew what happened as we just wanted to get the party started. We being the 14 of us.
The ship is beautiful and HUGE! In 6 days I still didn't see all the ship had to offer.
The Positive: The decor was beautiful. Loved the palm trees on board. So much more elegant than the gaudy decor of the older ships. The water slides were very fun and never had to wait too long to use them. Maybe 15 minutes tops. The Limelight lounge was a nice venue. We only saw the karaoke in there. Recorded and with the live band. The female singer that assisted with this was awesome. Don't remember her name. Only saw the Motown and Britts show in main theater. Both were good but seemed a little lacking in scale of previous entertainment on other cruises.The cast they did have were very talented though. Edge the Juggling Comedian was funny and brought one of us up on stage to participate with a juggling act. (Mike number two for anyone who was on cruise too) Although Edge is a little over abusive at times. The Assistant Cruise Director was awesome and funny and I swear was actually triplets because she was everywhere unlike the the Senior Cruise Director Pete who we only saw a few times at scheduled appearances. Food: The 555 Fahrenheit was top notch. Everything was delicious. I had the 9oz filet with mushroom medley and it was soooo melt in your mouth good. Guys burgers was very good. Sorry I only had a chance to eat there twice. Blue Iguana was also very good. Had breakfast burritos a steak burrito there. All very good. MDR. Filet Mignon there was tasty yet small. Braised pork was very tasty. Mac n Cheese very good. (Not on menu most of the time but you can still order) CMC delicious as ever. Deli: Very good sandwiches as always. Had only Pastrami/Corn Beef sandwich this cruise though. :(
Room was adequate. It was always kept clean by our AWESOME Cabin steward Desy. Shower was always hot. AC could of been a little colder. Beds were very comfortable.