This was our first cruise. So we didn’t know what was normal and what wasn’t. But wow. There are some issues here.

First of all, as newbies, as the ship was leaving, we went up to a viewing point to watch us sail away from Florida. To our absolute horror we watched miles of sewage being dumped by our ship. I’m scarred for life after seeing this. I immediately started googling to see if this was allowed and sure enough, to my absolute disgust, it is. And it was done so blatantly: an enormous amount of sewage being dumped as we sailed away. No care that excited passengers would be watching. THAT is what we watched as we sailed away on our first cruise. I’m home now and still traumatized by such blatent pollution to that beautiful ocean and all the creatures within it. Why it isn’t dumped in a more responsible way when it sits at port for four hours is beyond me. And while I obviously don’t know if it was “treated” it sure looked raw.

Another issue. After two days of suffering through an issue that we just thought was “just the way it is” we learned from a fellow passenger that no, it is NOT normal for our bathroom to smell like sewage all the time (which permeated into the cabin). Fortunately we had a balcony door that we could open for fresh air. We mentioned it to guest services who seemed very ‘meh’ about it but said they would send a plumber up. To our knowledge this did not occur and no one followed up. I make this assumption because the problem was never rectified. The entire duration of our stay we suffered through the smell of sewage in our cabin. 9039 was our cabin. Read more