Boarding:

We walked over form the Marriott early morning with our four checks bags (two big and two small - ONE being a case of water) and they immediately ask if you have an extension cord or alcohol, keep it with your carry on. We retrieved our extension cord. We went back to the Marriott. once you are processed you may not get off the ship again and it doesn't leave until 6:30 pm. We eventually made our way on the ship at 1 pm. and our carry on with the extension cord went through security with no issue. But we did not receive a large bag when we had received all the rest. The Diamond concierge called down to security at 4ish and they confirmed they had our bag. We went down to Deck 4 (could have been 5), and my daughter had a small multi tool that had a knife part to it, that they took and said to pick up during disembarkation. On each bag was a note what their xray saw. Most were marked "IRON", some had knife; some had alcohols, one had "weight", and one had rice cooker, lol. Anyway, keep your extension cords out and don't bring irons. The rooms were ready at 1 or 1:30. We then headed up to Windjammer for lunch. The muster took place at 4:00.

Every time I get on this class ship, I swear I won’t sail her again. These ships are older and smaller. I do believe the food selections are very limited based on the size of the ships and our selection was very small and we did not care for most of the food at all. Although their three cheese tortellini is so good. I hate saying that because I feel loyal to Royal. With that aside, Captain Rob was wonderful and took very good care of us as he steered right into a Cat 5 Cyclone (Marcia). We had two sea days in the Cyclone with very rocky waves and bad weather. Once we were cleared it was sunny skies all the way. If you are going to have rain, having it on sea days was better than port days. Captain Rob is quite the character in his daily briefs. I find him funny while he annoys my daughter. So I guess you’ll have to decide on your own. Read more