This trip consisted of two one week western Caribbean cruises back to back. Ports of call were standard ones such as Cozumel, Belize, Costa Maya and Key West. Weather was near perfect and seas extremely calm.

Our cabin steward was great and the staff on the ship were excellent at solving problems that arose during the cruise. But some of the things on this ship seemed to indicate a lack of attention to detail.

The shows in the theater were presented with a recorded soundtrack but no live orchestra, even though the ship had a very good one onboard. At the beginning of the cruise there was no grapefruit in the buffet at breakfast. Then some appeared. Then there were none again. One scheduled show was never presented due to an illness, but the only replacement was a game show usually presented after he main show. You would have thought that a proper replacement show could have been presented using the orchestra and other singers. The calypso band in the centrum was good but so loud it was painful. Read more