First things first, I want to advise future travelers not to trust Royal Caribbean with your credit card! After paying our expenses on the ship for the 12 days, one day after finishing the cruise we checked our bank statement and RC had charged us for over $1300 expenses (30-40 dollars at a time) over the 12 days! We called our bank, cancelled our credit cards and asked for a refund. The bank investigated and found that we had never incurred such expenses. We got our money back and new cards. I would never recommend this company to anybody after this...

On top of this, they charge extra for most activities on board, such as Pilates, Yoga, cooking classes, etc. etc. They are basically trying to sell you something all the time, and pushing services, excursions and sales on you all the time. Not nice... and prices are in American dollars, so what you buy ends up being very dear once converted into Australian dollars.

The waiters complained to us about being underpaid and unhappy. Service was good some days, poorer as the cruise was getting to an end. Read more