We had been on the Anthem of the Seas in the Mediterranean in 2015, and had a fabulous time on the Quantum class, and so we were really looking forward to our cruise on Ovation in Asia....but we were very disappointed by RCL

First - when we checked in at Singapore, we had checked in online and had everything printed out and ready for a speedy checkin...but they told us that we had to go in a different line to get a photocopy of each of our passports before we could check in. It would have been very easy for us to get copies of our passports ahead of time, but now we had to go in another line and wait while they got photocopies of our passports. Supposedly it was for our North Korea port, but WE NEVER NEEDED them during our cruise! It was just a HUGE waste of time and another line that we had to wait in during the already long and tedious checkin process at the port. After frustratingly waiting in the line to copy our passports for 30 minutes...we finally were able to finish our checkin and get on the boat.

My wife and I were cruising with our 4 children - ages 11, 9. 6 and 3 -- and we had interconnecting balconies. The balconies and rooms were very nice and new. Read more