I read a lot of reviews about the Spirit before booking and then before we left. I mainly picked the Spirit because of the itinerary - and it did not disappoint. It was a nice mix of days at sea to relax and enjoy, along with fantastic ports of call, one more exotic and exciting than the next. The food was really good, especially in the specialty dining rooms. My favorite will the Italian and the French. Just excellent meals in both of these. I actually also enjoyed Windows, the main dining room. Nice atmosphere, great service, always something good to choose from. Also enjoyed the shows. They had four tenors that performed twice, 4ever. They were superb!

I'll give a rundown of the ports. We embarked from Venice. What can you say? Most unique city in the world. We stayed outside the city in Quarto D'Altino, a ship-sponsored hotel. It was fine, actually was quite an adventure to take the train into the city, nice breakfast.

First city was Dubronik. Beautiful, medieval, very walkable, just walk right off the ship. Hiked the wall, then went to the island of Lokrum (just grab a ferry at the dock, wasn't expensive), beautiful place with peacocks and giant rabbits roaming about, beach, just really cool. Read more