We chose royal Caribbean on friends input and reviews..the cabin was nice and clean..we had a balcony room on the 7th deck by the elevators and we love it .. some reviews said it would be noisy but it never was..being by the elevators near the middle of the ship gave us easy access to everything,shows shopping and some restaurants..they were a elevator ride away ....our only complaints was the door to the balcony was hard to open and the elevators were slow.. and the hallway smelled little rank ..but our room was ok ..the staff was awsome...especially in the dining room.. our room attendant was the best..we did our shore excursions through royal caribean..Atlantis was good ..our snorkeling trip on st croix was good..the best was the snorkel trip to St. John from St Thomas..the reef was beautiful and the water was clear...disembark was not bad in Puerto Rico..we let a porter take our bags an we got out quickly..all in all we had a great time