We chose this cruise for our sixtieth birthday celebration because we enjoy sailing and because we love the Grenadines. We are not experienced cruisers having only cruised once before with NCL and we didn't warm to that style of travel.......too much organisation for our liking. We had high hopes for our trip on the Royal Clipper. We stayed one night pre cruise and three nights post cruise at the beautiful Tamarind Cove hotel in Barbados.

Embarcation was a bit of a faff with everyone arriving at the same time which resulted in long queues to check in. We were pleasantly surprised with our cabin, it was well laid out with lots of storage for our luggage. the bathroom, whilst tiny, had a great shower with loads of instant hot water. The cabin steward did a great job keeping the room spotless. Towels were changed and a turn down service was provided while were at dinner.

We were bemused by the introduction of the crew in the tropical bar. We did not really need this and the young crew members looked awkward and embarrassed. Talking of young cruise members, the cruise director was extremely young and inexperienced. Nice girl but she was not familiar with the ports of call and the attractions available. She could have spent the repositioning cruise reading up from the guide books which were piled up on the excursion desk. As for the sports team, they really just Wanted to play in the beautiful blue waters! Again they were totally inexperienced and were not prepared to put out the equipment Read more