Took the 9 night out of Cape Liberty down to the Eastern Caribbean.

Embarkation- Just a really bad/sad experience for all who I spoke with. Cape Liberty- arrived at 11:30 am expecting that they would start boarding around 12 noon. At 12:15 announcement came that Coast Guard was doing drills on ship and we wouldn't begin embarkation for 1 hour. No further announcements. Is any body in charge here??? When I took a Carnival out of the city they had us all singing songs, doing trivia-they handed out t-shirts and hats. I have two kids who were bored to tears. To be fair they had great cookies and lousy coffee (almost as bad as the coffee on the ship-which I gently refer to as the most bitter coffee I have ever had..It stunk). But no one seemed to know what was going on. A great silence enveloped the whole room for 1 hour. More people entered and could not find seats. 1:15pm second announcement- they would start boarding in 15 minutes. 1:30 pm first groups called for boarding-wedding party, and high level crown and anchor members. Very very slow going. One bus at a time. Everyone descends on these two lines as they are called up to board. They move as fast as my shower drips.  This is a nightmare. RC people stand their and snap at you. The most unfriendly group you have ever seen. One of them squawked at my three year old because she was crawling on the floor. They all look very unhappy to be there. I wasn't the only one who thought so. All the people around me echoed our thoughts. They need Disney happy lessons as soon as possible. We finally get on our bus at 2:15. 5 minutes to boat. Beware the embarkation was just a prelude to disembarkation a true Dantes Inferno. Hell should be renamed Cape Liberty. More on that fun at the end.

The Ship- the ship is magnificent-beautiful beyond compare. The place is kept spotless. The art is magnificent. The signage is out of this world great. The pools are wonderful, all the bars are beautiful, the atrium is fantastic. Read more