The only tough part of this cruise was embarkation. The computers had gone down and then the lines got longer and longer. At one point, they had to stop allowing people into the terminal building because it was over capacity. It took us over 3 hours to check in and some of that was standing in the rain. Once we got on the ship, it was smooth sailing. We met our cabin steward, Imadee. He was a great guy and always took good care of us.

The first two days were sea days. There are tons of activities, but the wife and I chose to simply lounge by the pool for those days. That's where we met Denzil, or as he likes to refer to himself " Dr. Love". Denzil has a knack of knowing when you are in need of another drink. He definitely added to the fun and relaxation. Al, the bartender at the pool bar, was great too. He has a great memory and remembered us from day one.

Labadee was our first stop. Last time we were there we tendered. Now they have a dock, which makes things much easier. Labadee is a beautiful place. We scouted out a nice shady spot under a palm tree on the beach and dragged over a couple of chairs and relaxed most of the day. After an hour or so we heard a familiar voice. Sure enough there was Denzil. The drink on Labadee is the Labadoozie. It is correctly named too. We rode up and down the beach, watched people zipline and had lunch. It was a very relaxing day and perfect weather. Read more