History: 3 cruises with NCL, 3 cruises with Princess, 3 cruises with Royal Caribbean, 3 cruises with Celebrity, 1 with Carnival all over the last 17 years.

We usually travel to Puerto Rico in the winter but this year the place we rent had to cancel us in November after Maria so I booked this late for DH and myself. We already knew the itinerary changes because of the Hurricanes so no surprises about that. We were GSC, Ocho Rios, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. Stayed in a B6 9024; excellent large balcony cabin, we had a very good steward even though we basically never saw him. Left him a note on the first day for my request and received all of them (even got Spa bathrobes instead of the thin ones :-)).

Florida was cold (for Florida) on arrival so didn't get warm weather until the first full day of the cruise but had it all the way back since Florida had warmed up. Embarkation was fairly smooth. We arrived close to our scheduled time of 10:30. A little confusion of where to drop off our bags (we were dropped by Avis Shuttle); even had security/staff yelling at people bringing their luggage up the escalator because they had missed the drop off area. Once in the building, they use the chairs you sit in as lanes so was messy walking between people to figure out your lines. We are just plain cruises (no special privileges) so got in line, took maybe 20 minutes and we were done. Finding a seat was a little difficult and then we waited till about noon to Board (#15). Only thing that upset me was we had to dump our water (I knew this) and I didn't see anywhere to get more while we sat. Read more