My family of four (including my two sons, 17 and 22) were on the August 17 cruise with the Grand Cayman/Jamaica itinerary. I would say this cruise was well done and enjoyable—for the price. This is not a five star cruising experience, but we didn't pay five star prices. I think the overall experience on this ship has been degraded by the recent expansion--they just aren't handling the huge number of people very well. Here are some comments that I hope will be helpful:

First, my tips:

carry-on wine: we carefully read the policy and determined we could bring on two bottles of wine per stateroom. One of ours was a bottle of port which had an alcohol content of 20%. This was confiscated upon boarding because they claimed anything above about 15% was not considered wine. I have no problem with that statement, but it should be clarified in their written policy. They did give us back the port after we boarded when I complained, but I would warn anyone planning carry-on wine to NOT bring PORT. Read more