This was my wife and I's third cruise together, celebrating our anniversary. Our previous two were on smaller ships, so I picked this one because it was the best combination of ports we hadn't been to, price, and ship size. We booked all of our transportation through Royal Caribbean, flew out of Dallas the morning of, and were on the ship in time for a late lunch.

As far as the ship goes, I had read several negative reviews, but we have nothing bad to say about it. Departure day, I noticed a very slight sewage smell in the hall as we approached our cabin, but I never noticed it again. Everything was clean and up-to-date looking. We stayed in a balcony cabin on the 6th deck near the aft end of the ship. Our cabin attendant, Leslie, was great. Our room was always clean, and if he was in the halls and saw us coming, he would have the room open for us when we arrived. My only complaint was the last two nights, someone around us started moving furniture about 3 AM, and it got pretty loud. But not really RC fault.

My wife and I are pretty boring cruisers. There was always a lot going on while on the ship, but we love cruising because we can get away from all of that and just relax. So while we did a few things, we didn't partake in many of the onboard activities. Read more