We chose this cruise due to the many activities on the ship, zip lining, basketball, mini golf, wave rider, the food options excellent , entertainment was very good, service is one reason I only consider Royal Carribean all of the employees are very friendly and its apparent they love working on the ship. Ports and excursions were great would like to have more info on how to navigate just to popular beaches if you do not elect an excursion. Pool was a little small for the amount of people but honestly wasnt a problem as the people that wanted to be in the pool had enough space, also the numerous hot tubs probably helps with the demand on the pool so passing grades. We had both of our children age 13 and 18 and both had enough to do to keep entertained. One excursion I would recommend cruiseshipexcursions.com you can book thru Royal Carribean , excellent people hosting on a catamaran to St.Johns island Dave, Mike and Ester where you can snorkle or enjoy the beach. All three host were very personable and enjoy what they do. The beach at St.Kitts Friars bay I believe was spectacular has a restaurant and bar, beautiful beach and very reasonable chair and umbrella rental. Also Messiah with his pet monkey Edward was super , you can get several pictures with the monkey only $10 and you can view the monkey on edwardthemonkey on instagram. I also witnessed Messiah with one mom and kids taking pictures but she didnt realized it cost and wasnt carrying cash Messiah continued to allow the kids to take pictures instead of immediately going to a paying customer. Monkey is diapered and has rabies shots so we felt safe to interact. Overall we only consider Royal Carribean I am sure the others are great as well but we have been 100% satisfied in both of our cruises and plan to use them again !