We took the 12-26-10 cruise to St Maarten, Puerto Rico and Labadee. We had an inside cabin on deck 6. Great choice since it was aft, same as the dining rooms and just one deck above. Think about where you want to be located when you pick your cabin. Our cabin steward, Alvarro was wonderful.

I had read about the embarkation problems and hoped we'd have a quicker experience. That wasn't the case, but at least we were prepared. We decided to get to the port early anyway, and we arrived at 11. When we were checked in the RC agent said we probably wouldn't board until about 1 or 2. We settled down for a wait, hoping he was wrong. At least we were in the priority section since we are Diamond members.

We finally boarded at about 1:30pm. I understand that the problem is not at all with RC, but with customs and the number of non-US residents that had to be checked through customs. The ship had arrived directly from Belize and customs is meticulous about checking everyone out, plus there always seem to me many non-US residents on this cruise, so that is what takes longer. Read more