This was our first RC cruise, after hearing glowing reviews from so many. After booking, when reading these reviews I tried to take everything with a grain of salt since we all expect different things on vacation.

As for background, my husband and I are in our 30s and travel extensively, but by no means luxuriously. We don't expect a lot as far as extravagant amenities. We like clean, comfortable rooms, and good food. Other than that, we're happy to read on the deck for the whole cruise. This is our second cruise, the first being on Princess. For both cruises we had the least expensive interior stateroom.

This cruise started out late due to the previous cruise having to be sanitized due to Norovirus. The embarkation was tedious (we came at our assigned time and still stood in line for 3 hours), but we understood, and we were already on vacation! Getting onboard, none of the rooms were ready yet (it was 5:30 pm) so everyone was just lounging. They had us do the muster drill right away, but kept us outside for 40 minutes on the deck. Seemed a little crazy, but whatever it was vacation! Read more