We had a great a great cruise.... our 8th....(Disney,Princess and RCL) While we had fun and enjoyed great weather and wonderful ports, it certainly wasn't up to the to the level of past cruises. Like everything else, corporate cutbacks have impacted everything on the ship so it not all the same experience it was 10 or even five years ago. However, the prices in real inflationary dollars have actually gone down for cruises so I guess you get what you pay for in that sense.
We left Boston on Sunday (day of cruise) nervous about this as last time we sailed from PR we went down the day before. No problem with the direct 7:00 am flight from Boston we were on the ship in record time. It was one of the easiest embarkations ever. We did not spend the money to get passports (thanks to the advice of fellow board member scher-see her review this board) and no problem with that this year.
Cabin: Checked into our inside cabin which was standard with no surprises.