We are C&A Emerald members and as such got a very good deal for a junior suite on Deck 8. We flew to Barcelona a day prior to departure and stayed in a pleasant hotel. The flight, hotel and transfers were organised by RCCL. Not cheap but very well done.

Embarkation was a breeze, as we had priority boarding as we had booked the suite. The whole process took about 10 minutes! However, our bags took several hours to arrive, but not a problem, we just could not change for dinner that evening.

We were very pleasantly surprised by our junior suite. The stateroom is much wider than the normal cabins, the balcony is large and the bathroom has a bathtub and it had obviously been completely renovated whilst in dry dock. We were very far aft and we did feel the “motion in the ocean” because the crossing was not at all smooth. Not unpleasant, it was just like being rocked to sleep! We were pleased to have a coffee machine and a water boiler in the stateroom. You could however only brew one cup of coffee at a time and the coffee pads provided were large enough for 12 cups so absolutely no good at all. Read more