First real time issue we had was boarding. Our cruise ship pulled in late, due to bad weather from a hurricane brewing off the coast so they apparently went around it. We knew about the late arrival because our travel agent called us and told us the ship would be in port late and we should be able to board at around 4:00 pm. Our original boarding time was 10:30 AM. As it turned out we should have waited until about 9:00 PM, and what a fiasco, with everyone trying to board at once. They passed out boarding numbers, which no one had informed us about, and they were very rude with everyone with nothing to eat or drink while waiting in line for 5 hours. Since we had no number, and there wer well over 400 of us in that line, we were one of the last 30 people to board. We finally got dinner at 10:00 PM.

The second issue we had, was my wife and I went for massages. The massage itself was not great but just ok. I get massages weekly at home, so I do know a good massage. I was there to get a Swedish Massage, and they gave us a free upgrade to a hot stone massage. At one point I had told the masseuse the pressure was too much, and she backed off. Anyway long story short, when I Left there and returned to my cabin, I looked in the mirror and saw that she had broken a blood vessel between both eyebrows, where it looked like I was bleeding. We were due to have some professional portraits taken next as it was our tenth Anniversary. So we went down to the studio, and the photographer asked what happened to your head. When I explained he said no worries, he can color that in so it won't be noticed. He did do a wonderful job of it.

All in all the rest of the cruise went smoothly. The crew was friendly, really liked the steak restraunt with the Surf and Turf lobster. The show, The Choir of Men was most memorable, and is not to be missed as it was hilarious with audience participation. It just made our last night great, and the dueling pianos was also a lot of fun. Read more