We are a couple in the 40-50 age range, and have been looking forward to this awesome cruise on Royal Caribbean for some time. It didn't dissapoint. Our only big negative was that our flight from L.A. was cancelled and we were re-routed to Baltimore and then to Orlando Sunday morning - spending a sleepless night in the airport. There was nothing that could be done about this, so we made the best of the situation and spent our first couple of days on the ship catching up on sleep. The other negative for me was the humidity. Most of the people we met were from the east coast and are more used to humidity I assume, but we are from California and the heat and humidity were difficult for me. I will definitely take future caribbean cruises in the winter!

Embarkation was quick and easy, we rented a car from Budget and returned it in Cape Canaveral, and they shuttled us to the port. The cost of renting a car both ways was about the same as a shuttle, but gave us flexibility to go where we wanted to while in Orlando. We arrived at the port at about 11:00 and were on the ship in about 30 minutes. The Windjammer was crowded, but we found a seat and enjoyed lunch before being allowed into our rooms at 1:00 - where we slept until it was time to get ready for dinner!

This was our first time traveling without other couples or family, and we actually really enjoyed getting to know the two other couples at our table, and many other people we met in the dining room for breakfasts and on shore excursions. We didn't meet anyone that we didn't enjoy visiting with - the passengers were all friendly and genuinely nice people. Since it was summer, there were many families traveling with children. Since I love children, this was a positive and not a negative. All of the children I saw were very well behaved. Read more