The BW Carol and I (Beautiful Wife, OF course...) booked this 14 day Southern Caribbean through an internet "Senior Special". Embarkation was from the Port of Miami and boarding was quick, efficient and friendly. Our second trip on the Constellation and definitely much better than the prior, within the calender year. In that one, we were not sure we would return to the Constellation (Heretofore referred to as "Connie") but decided to give it one more time, based on value, itinerary, and frankly, plain curiosity to see if things had changed for the better. I am happy to report that, in the main, they have. The most obvious and apparent thing was that, even though there was nothing lacking in the friendliness and "Smile factor" of the crew, it was even more pronounced this time. Almost, and only almost, to excess. But it became apparent early on that this was a well trained and happy crew, who realized that their job consisted of two parts...their specific individual tasks, and secondly, accepting the post of Good Will Ambassador of the High Seas. With a few days in tow, it became apparent that this was a very good idea and was never fawningly done, and resulted, at least for us, in a richness of spirit and feeling of well being and being truly appreciated and welcome.

On boarding, the now near inevitable glass of either champagne or juice was offered and accepted. We checked out the location of our (inside) cabin and were pleased to find a mirrored wall behind the bed, giving more light to the room, and the appearance of more space. Drawer and storage space were more than adequate, to the point where one nearly had to remember: "Oh, yes, where did I put that..."

Luggage not having been delivered (would have been a surprise had it made it ahead of us) we moved our activities to the upstairs (Deck 10) for lunch. This was the only somewhat disappointing meal we had there, in that a few things seemed to definitely show signs of skimping. This appeared to be a one time and only time anomaly, as it was never repeated, and food there was consistently good to very good. Read more