It was a nice little getaway. The ship was nice, a big improvement over the Pacific Star which was the last ex-Brisbane cruise we took but not even close to the Coral Princess from last year! Our main purpose was to celebrate my husband's birthday, get me to Platinum status and get FCCs for the 2014 Mediterranean cruise.

I booked the cheapest inside available GTY which was a K and we were first upgraded to an I, then a few days before the cruise to a BC!

I couldn't believe the price of the drinks! The "specials" were $10.95! And yet I saw so many people buying multiple rounds of drinks at the pool, I wonder if they had heart attacks when they got the bill? Read more