Let me start this review with the caveat that this was our first Royal Caribbean cruise after previously sailing on Princess and Carnival. I had been told by multiple friends and family that RCL and the RCL cruise experience would "blow me away" and I would never want to cruise on any other line again. So maybe my expectations were higher than they should have been.

We sailed from Port Canaveral on Dec. 5th to Coco Cay, St. Thomas and St. Maarten. Our cabin was on deck 8, just off the elevators and very conveniently located. The room was roomy, well laid out and the bathroom shower was divine! Our cabin steward introduced himself and our cabin was always very clean. What I was slightly disappointed in was the lack of extra touches. The bathroom had no shampoo, lotion, and there was no robe in the closet. Our previous cruise on the Carnival Dream in January had nice, thick terry robes in the closet and shampoos, a razor and other extras in the bath. So after checking out our room we headed to the Windjammer Cafe for lunch and to explore the ship.

The ship was amazing. We loved the Royal Promenade and the attention to detail with all the decor. It was very tastefully decorated and very very clean. We never saw old room service trays and dishes outside in the hallways like we did on Carnival. The Windjammer Cafe had a huge selection of food and what ever I ate tasted good. The tables and chairs however in the Windjammer were not made for large people. My husband is a very large man (6'2" and approx 375 lbs) He could not sit in the chairs in the cafe. The arms of the chair dug into his side and were very uncomfortable. This made finding a seat difficult as there were very few booths. Read more