For years family and friends have told my husband and I that we must cruise. We generally vacation at all-inclusive 4-5 star resorts. I coaxed my husband into trying a 5 night cruise on this smaller ship with stops at Key West, Florida and Cozumel with the hope that he would embrace the cruising concept.

We boarded at Tampa at 12:00 noon. By the time we left the port at 4:00 p.m. many of the passengers were intoxicated. For the very high price of 100 Cdn each passenger can pay and drink as much alcohol as they so desire. So, passengers seemed to want to get their money's worth not just on Day #1 but also for the duration of the vacation. As we wanted to purchase a coke card only for the duration of the cruise we searched for the appropriate purchase desk/location and were re-directed 5X before we found the correct spot to purchase this card.

The stateroom was large with a huge porthole. It was clean and nicely decorated. Read more