I chose this particular cruise as it is one we had been on before on a different cruise line. We enjoyed that one so much, I thought, how different could it be on another cruise line with what I thought was a pretty reputable name. I couldn't have been anymore mistaken.

This cruise was actually our Christmas and graduation from college gifts to our two children. Only one of my two children had cruised before and knew pretty much what to expect. As my one child put it...he had a better time on the what he referred to as the "budget cruise line" than he did on this particular cruise. My daughter has traveled the world, mostly by air and said she was less that impressed with cruising.

I told her that she shouldn't base her dislike of cruising from this particular cruise because as we know, they can be much different. Read more