My wife and I have been on this cruise twice in the past four years and it just keeps getting better. This is easily the most affordable and most exciting way to visit and stay in Bermuda. Hotels on this beautiful island start at about $400 a night and a basic meal for a family of 4 can run around $125, so $5000 for 7 days in a Family Suite with a butler and a great variety of meal options and top notch entertainment, with transportation from Boston included is real bargain. In my opinion Bermuda is the only Island in the area I would ever want to revisit. This isn't the Caribbean and it can be pretty cool in the winter months, but I have visited, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Cancun and the Bahamas and I would without a doubt select Bermuda as the most beautiful, clean and friendly Islands out of that list. You can go anywhere in the beautiful country and find safe neighborhoods with kind and happy people who are eager to please their visitor.

The ship is amazing, big, but not too big. Food variety is great and quality is good. On July 31, I traveled with my wife and three sons ages, 9, 11, 12. The pools or rather pool was rather disappointing. Small, rough and crowed. The deck chair situation is a mess, which seems to be a theme anywhere you get together a group of drunk thoughtless people who have been raised to believe they are the most important people in the world. Well guess what you aren't the other 330, 000, 000 people in this country don't give a crap about you and we don't think you are cute. When you go on a lower priced cruise you are bound to be surrounded by the elderly, who don't give a crap about anyone else and can be down right surly and the young hipsters who also don't give a crap about anyone else but think everyone owes them something. Guess what both groups.... other people matter. So walk a little quicker or get to the right side so people can pass you, avoid stopping in the middle of the walking path to put on your own piece of Avant guard theater which usually involves taking picture of your child who I have no doubt you find adorable, but I can guarantee others find to be amazingly mundane. Don't be classless, cursing in public is crass and pointless and just makes people think your a low class moron. Don't eat on the buffet line, wait till you sit like a human being (if you are confused about this just do the same thing that most people who are wearing non-logo t-shirts and don't have more than 12 tattoos and who have more than 6 teeth and do as they do, you will rarely be steered wrong.

Back to the cruise. We were upgraded to a joining balcony room, the rooms are small but it is a cruise for goodness sakes. We didn't spend much time in the room. The ship itself is a bit dated, but again who cares you are on a cruise and unless you are on the Titanic that is always a good thing. The third world crew is always willing a available to help. I believe I saw our cabin steward at 5am and at 10pm working the entire time, and these people work hard. Henry was from India but most stewards are from the Philippines and are quick to offer a smile, wish you a good day and chat with the kids. They also do some creative towel creatures, during our stay we go a penguin, crab, monkey, three toed sloth, mouse and a few different types of elephants. The kids were thrilled and it was fun game. We had no use for specialty restaurants, but they seemed very appetizing and very affordable, but we were just fine with the buffet and the complementary restaurants. You remember the buffet right.... yeah the place where the toothless hick is cutting in line and eating cheese right off the cutting board while waiting to get to the next offering. Read more