BACKGROUND: My DH and I are retired (I am semi), fun loving, 60something cruisers traveling with 2 other couples with similar backgrounds and interests. We enjoy cruising, meeting people, laughing and just love life! This was our 16th cruise having sailed on Carnival(4), Celebrity (1), NCL (3), Princess(3) and RCL (4). We selected this cruise because we wanted to try a longer cruise (prior to this our longest cruise was 8 days)and it had 5 days at sea, which we love!

EMBARKATION: We arrived at Ft Lauderdale at around 11:30, got luggage and picked up our transfer to the ship. Check in was a breeze but we had to wait in a lounge with all the others who checked in until around 2:00 pm. The plus about this was that our rooms were ready, the negative..the Windjammer was slammed with people and not enough tables. It took a little while to get a table but that was a minor incovenience.

SHIP/ROOM: The ship is very lovely...clean and well maintained. Our room was located forward on the starboard side. The 3 couples had rooms next to each other. RCLs rooms are very small compared to other lines (Carnival is one that has larger rooms) but nicely appointed with enough storage room for everything. We prefer having the shower doors rather than fighting a shower curtain. It was a pleasure having the doors on this ship. Read more