We wanted to explore the southern Caribbean and this cruise was perfect. We took excursions offered by the ship, one by our travel agent and one on line. All were very good and comparable in price. The biggest disappointment was the beach trip to Bonaire. The trip was nice- the accommodations (chairs - facilities) were great. But we were told that we could snorkel. And if you made it past the rocks you could snorkel- but there was nothing to see. Next time we will pay for a snorkel trip.

We did not do the "dining package". It looked like it was completely booked every night anyway (many in advance I am sure). But we had no problem finding wonderful places to eat at the time we wanted. Service and food was great.

The internet was terrible. I wish they had one place we could go to get email- even for a fee. And we went during the final four- and we did get to watch the mens. The women's final four was not shown. Read more