This was our first time on a Voyager class ship & we were very excited about the cruise. We had met up with a bunch of great folks here on Cruise Critic & "talked" through the boards for months before our cruise. This was the 3rd cruise altogether for my son (12) and I, the 2nd with Royal Caribbean.

We stayed at the Radisson Resort at the Port & got to meet up with several of our fellow Cruise Critics (hi to all of you PRCC's!!) before the cruise even started. We dropped off our rental car Sunday morning & the rental shuttle took us to the pier. The embarkation was fairly painless, although once we got our documents at the counter we had to wait in a large group for awhile before they began boarding.

Once onboard we immediately got a few things out of the way. Bought a soda card for my son, put our luggage away in our cabin & then went walking around the ship to get a feel for the layout. My son and I both enjoyed looking at the different artwork in the stairwells and along the halls. The only thing I didn't like about the layout was down on the 3rd deck. There's not a through way from the front of the ship to the back of the ship on this deck. I would frequently have to find an elevator or stairs, go up one or two floors, walk up or down the ship & then go back down. The ice skating rink is in the middle of this floor and is only accessible from one direction, so that is why the throughway is blocked. Read more