This was a first time cruise for both couples, booked as a surprise for my husband along with a few nights stay in Miami. I booked through CruiseCheap.com and got this 4 night inside cabin to the Bahamas for $189 per person. Having never cruised before and hearing good/bad I wasn't sure if I wanted to do more than a few nights...I'm glad we only did 4 nights.

The ship itself was very nice, clean is the first thing that comes to mind. I never once saw a garbage can in any common area, and felt bad if I left an empty drink glass on a table, but walk back by in a few minutes and it was picked up! Pool area is small, but never seemed crowded. There are 2 pools and 4 hot tubs, they didn't have all of them open everyday. They were 1 pool and 2 hot tubs one day and they were closed. No biggie for us. The ship also has a walking/run track that was really nice. We also used the gym and it was pretty busy in the morning.

Our first cabin 8151 was next to our traveling companions and location wise was fine. When we got into our cabin we noticed ours smelled a little musty. I wasn't to concerned with it the first day, as we've traveled a lot in the Caribbean and thought maybe it was just that ocean scent that we have dealt with on some land vacations. Our first night was fine, a little on the noisy side- engine noise for sleeping, but my husband said it lulled him to sleep. When we got up in the morning, bright and early for our excursion on my way to the bathroom my foot "squwished" into wet carpet....leak from something... Ohhhh great. Called and told housekeeping about it- wasn't going to stay there to deal with it and miss our excursion so when we returned our steward had put a HUGE industrial carpet dryer/fan in our room. When we opened the door we were greeted with a loud fan and an even stinkier room than before. Long story short I called to the reception desk and requested another room. I was told that they were not sure they could accommodate us in another room, but would get back to me soon and they would try to find something eles besides that big noisy fan.... OUr planned nap didn't happen that afternoon- ugh- they brought a dehumidifier that made our room hotter than the sun so that wasn't going to work. After a couple hours they found a room for us. Missed dinner reservation b/c I had to pack up the room and wait for someone to move us...all in all it was a very unorganized experience. We were moved towards the front of the ship the room was 6314 I think- actually on the 7th deck- no guest elevator to these rooms so hauling luggage wasn't fun up the flight of stairs, but the room was slightly bigger with a little chair and less engine noise....Although there was NOISE, it was the noise of banging around when we ported each morning. No biggie, just looked at it as our alarm clock! The positive about our cabin move was at least on our first cruise I know that I would rather be more towards the front of the ship- having a port hole or balcony I don't think would be a big deal to us since we were with friends and spent lots of time with them- no need to hang out on the balcony. Read more