This was my second cruise. The first one was on Carnival's smoke-free Paradise. I'm a single guy in my 30's, which may give you some perspective on my review. I went on the cruise with one of my buddies from work. If you are wondering what it's like to have your cruise delayed by a hurricane, this is a good one to read.

Hurricane Jeanne was heading for the east coast of Florida as we needed to drive down I-95 to get to Miami. I checked Royal Caribbean's web site often to find out if the cruise was delayed. I would have to say Orbitz and Royal Caribbean did a good job in keeping us informed. We found out we were delayed one day and that our itinerary may change. We were supposed to go to Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, the Bahamas and Labadee. We decided to drive down the morning before the hurricane hit to avoid it. We stayed at the Hyatt in Miami and later found out that we would be delayed 2 days and that we would only be going to Labadee and Jamaica. Royal Caribbean did give us a $500 on-board credit per room and a voucher for 50% the next cruise, which was nice.

The parking garage for Royal Caribbean is a little confusing. There are no signs in the garage. We found a porter and had our luggage tagged. The check-in went pretty smooth. We found out that they had upgraded us from an outside cabin to a balcony cabin. We were on deck 6 which was nice. I don't know if I would want any other cabin. Our room attendant was nice and had to find our bags since we had been upgraded. Someone else's bags were in our room. We explored the ship and found out, IT'S HUGE!!! Read more