I have sailed on approximately 40 cruises, and this has been my first cruise with royal Caribbean

I unfortunately must say that while the ships are very well appointed, the lack of planned activities on sea days and the over zealousness to cancel excursions and activities on board make it necessary to give low marks to royal Caribbean

While I must admit that I booked this cruise because of the dates and end points (I scheduled around a wedding) I expect several things, that if a shore excursion appears in print form that it will be held for everything but extraordinary circumstances, that all the crew greets with a positive attitude (most did, but I cannot remember another cruise where I saw so many frowns by members of the restaurant staff, luckily none of which we're working with me) and that on sea days an attempt to have a rather deep number of choices for on board activities (this is inexcusable on a ship with 4000 + paying customers! and with a lack on onboard activities to cancel several is just inexcusable) Read more