My wife and I did our first Caribbean cruise last week and it was quite enjoyable. We went to Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and Cozumel, Mexico. We have done 15 cruises altogether, but they've all been in Europe with the exception of 3 to Alaska. I'm not a big fan of hot, humid weather (we live in the desert), but my wife wanted to go on this cruise so I went along. I actually had a very good time.
The check-in process was quick and easy - as always. The ship was nice just having come from a refurbishment two weeks prior. They put in new carpet and new furniture in some of the lounges and dining rooms and new TVs in the staterooms. Someone said they also added some more cabins and we can believe it because the dining room is now rather cramped compared to our previous sailing on this ship because all they did was add more tables to the existing space. The diining room service, as with all the service on the ship, was still excellent however.
We didn't sign up for any shore excursions prior to boarding as we usually do because looking on-line we didn't see anything that grabbed our attention, but once on board we found a brochure from the Shore Excursions Office in our stateroom that seemed to offer more than what we saw on-line. We ended up signing up for a tour in each of our three stops.