We chose this cruise as we were going with friends and one of them is a teacher so the timing was great and it was within driving distance for us. I think had it not been spring break it would have been better. This, of course, is not the fault of NCL. The service in all of the dining rooms was excellent. Our room steward was excellent as well. The pool was crowded on sea days so they did a good job of having the children stay in the children's area except they were always getting into the adult only hot tubs with up to 10 at a time in there. I think the hardest part was the children not being supervised on the cruise. We came down to breakfast only to find that at some point there was a ketchup fight in the buffet that the staff was cleaning up thus removing several tables and chairs from an already crowded dining area. We also had to tell some unsupervised children to give back serving utensils back to staff so they could return them back to the buffet for other guests to use. We would also often find up to 7 children coming up to the bars at 1:00 am to get sodas without any parents around. None of this is the fault of NCL but does impact the guests on the cruise. The only impact we had that was within the control of NCL was on the pub side of O'Sheehans. The service was subpar. We waited over 45 mins for food and wouldn't have people come back to refill drinks or even bring waters that were asked for. I know these folks work hard and are busy, but often times they were not when some of this took place. We finally gave up going back which made us sad as we really enjoy going there on past cruises. I know the staff worked extra hard watching over everything with it being spring break to make sure that drinks were being served properly (minors not being served) so everyone was on their toes. I read A LOT of reviews about the Rock of Ages show being not appropriate for children. I hate to say it but, there are signs up as you enter the show and they make MANY announcements prior to the show about the nature of the show. I agree that it is not for children, but they make it VERY clear up front. Those who were surprised, I am not sure how! The show was great though, one of the better shows I have seen. There is also a show in the Syd Norman Pour House that we watched several nights that was pretty great. They don't perform on Wednesdays, definitely worth checking out! Spa was crowded often. People didn't pay attention to the signage stating to not reserve hot stone beds or to limit yourself to 30 mins. We had gone to NOLA a few days early and had done a lot of walking so my back was hurting, I was trying to spend some time every day on the stone beds as it was helping and was having a hard time getting on the stone beds. It was also hard to relax as people also ignored the signage to try to be quiet in the spa and there were some intoxicated individuals in the spa.

Specialty Dining: We ate at Tepanaki which was good, we did that more for the fun. Ocean Blue which was REALLY good. Cagney's Steak House which is always good.

Excursions: Rum Tasting and Cultural Show in Belize City. We liked it, was good. Would recommend. Superman Zip line in Harvest Caye, my husband did it and loved it. Wellness Retreat in Costa Maya was ok. It was neat but the massage at the end was not a real massage. Would not do that one again. Read more