To start, let me just say this was my first cruise. So it’s difficult for me to give an accurate review when I really don’t have anything else to compare it to. That being said I can give facts of what happened and reading this you can compare it to cruises you’ve been on.

EMBARKING: We embarked from L.A. Luckily it was inside because after waiting 3 HOURS!.. we finally boarded the ship. There were only 2-3 people checking guests in and people were getting very upset. Nothing was done to get the lines moving. We were so late that we missed the safety demonstration and got dirty looks from people like we were late when in fact we were early to get in line.

Once on the ship we ended up leaving late and did not receive our luggage until late that night. The ship Captain changed the itinerary several times switching the ports and the time allowed at the ports which got very frustrating, specially when inconsiderate people were late boarding at the ports which caused unnecessary delays. Read more