My husband and I chose this cruise for our honeymoon and it seemed like it would be like a fun, active ship. It being my first cruise I wasn’t sure what to expect, but after this experience I don’t know if I would do it again. First for the positives.... We stayed in Old San Juan for two days before the cruise and had a blast. It's a great walking city where you can safely wander to your heart’s content. Whenever we got tired or wanted to rest we would pop into a bar or restaurant along the way and have a drink, snack and chat with the locals. It was so fun and I can't wait to go back to Puerto Rico to explore the rest of the island. Embarkation went smoothly and we got up to our deluxe balcony stateroom quickly. The staff on the ship was probably my favorite part of the cruise. Everyone we encountered was kind and helpful. Just about every day we would go to Champagne Bar for yummy drinks, (try the coconuts martini), and talk with the bartenders Claudia and Resa(sp?). The ports were beautiful and our excursions were all a lot of fun so no complaints there.

Now for the negative.... first off, I know this is going to sound harsh, but the majority of our fellow passengers were awful. I don't know if people think that once they are on vacation they can be rude or if they are this way all the time, but it was out of control. It seems as if everyone forgot elevator manners (i.e. allow people to exit before barging your way on), pushing their way or cutting their way to the front of a line, not saying please and thank you (I watched many go to the bar/towel kiosk/etc. and say, "give me a..." and instead of saying, "hi, can I please have a ...."), letting their kids run wild, talking LOUDLY in the hallways at all hours, and just being entitled jerks. The food was very hit and miss on the ship. We love food, and are adventurous eaters who will try just about anything once. Giovanni’s and the Chef’s Table were both wonderful so don’t pass either of those up! We also ate at Chops and it was underwhelming. We only ate dinner in the MDR twice. The service was wonderful, but the food was under-seasoned and blah to say the least. We also went to breakfast once in the MDR and the food was cold so we stuck with room service or the Windjammer the remaining mornings where the food was at least hot. Finally the last issue on the boat was the rocking and swaying of the ship. It was so bad on sea days I couldn’t wear heels for long because it felt like I was going topple over. Luckily neither of us got sea sick, but if you are prone to it I wouldn’t recommend this ship. Both of us felt swaying for a good 3-4 days after we got off the ship.