My fiance and I decided to venture out and look into the Bahamas Celebration package after receiving a sweepstake looking form in the mail. All the offerings sounded too good to be true and to a degree it did fall short. It was a chance we decided to take and we know not to do this again. It was a learning experience.

There were some things that were misleading...the certificate we received in the mail and what the rep told us over the phone stated that we would be staying at a "resort" in Ft. Lauderdale. This run down, 25 year past overdue for renovation, Ramada Inn, was the furthest thing from a resort. The food that was "free" at the dining hall was the furthest thing away from appetizing and we ended up eating out for every lunch and dinner for the total of 5 days we stayed there. On the last leg of the trip when we came back to the hotel, we had night visitors...adult and baby roaches hanging out in our bathroom.

The ship itself was good considering it was a 29 year old renovated small ship. We had a spacious room compared to what we heard about other guests' rooms. We rated the food we were able to get as part of our package on the ship as good to fair (there were a few restaurants on board that had an additional charge). The Trattoria that was open all day long charged for caffeinated beverages and dessert and there was a fee for alcohol (similar to all cruise ships). Read more