OK, so this was our first cruise. I had read many reviews previous to cruising and I was a little nervous about all the negative comments I had read. I have to say, either I am extremely easy to please or there are a lot of negative people out there. Granted, this was our first cruise, so we had nothing to compare to, but we thought this cruise was amazing.

First of all, we never smelled that yucky smell everyone complains about. I caught a slightly "off" scent a few times, barely, but not enough to complain about. This was something that really worried me too, but it turned out to be fine. I didn't hear one single complaint about a smell on the cruise.

Guest that have complained about a lack of pool space are right though. There are not enough water areas for everyone to enjoy, and it gets so hot out in the Caribbean. But overall it was fine and no problem. Read more