My wife and I have cruised many time in the Caribbean (Royal Caribbean and Carnival). This was our first cruise in Asia. We love the relaxing atmosphere of a cruise, so we usually don't have ridiculously high expectations. We went with two concerns: 1 - We read some rather negative reviews on this site and 2 - we had two "cruise virgins" with us and we were concerned that they have a positive experience. It turned out we had nothing to worry about.

Embarkation - easy, crowds, but nothing unreal - longest wait was getting through immigration and even that was not so bad.

Disembarkation - even easier - they offer a "carry off your own luggage" option from 8:30-8:50. We travel light so chose this option. We were on shore by 8:30AM! Read more