We've sailed 120 nights with Royal Caribbean and have dozens of nights with Norwegian, Carnival and Holland America so we are no newbies to cruising. We had booked this cruise 18 months in advance so we've grabbed a low price of under $80 per night for our stateroom but little did we know that it is the price that any tom, harry and dick could obtain too.

The embarkation was chaotic with many clueless people shoving their baggages around as instructions were apparently non-existent but this was nothing compared to other issues. The lifts was having major technical issues that no crew onboard could fix throughout the whole cruise.

The average waiting time for the lifts are ranging from 5 to 10 minutes and it seems to be a good reason for the uncultured people to shove themselves in and stay very close to you, it's a battle of every man for a room. Speaking of which there are a significant number of them onboard, arming themselves with tattoos from their head to their feet in their 20s, 30s, 40s and even 50s. The young party people who are experts in talking and cheering loudly while drinking aren't missing the action and certainly have their numbers too. Read more