My wife and I had cruised with Royal Caribbean before--same itinerary. Previously we went on Monarch of the Seas, on its final sailing. You'd expect that a ship on its way out would be a pretty poor cruise, but it was actually pretty good compared to this one.

This was pretty much the biggest thing we've ever organized, and was a once-in-a-lifetime thing: my wife and I paid for ourselves, my mother in law, and my parents to go on this cruise. The thing we were all looking forward to was Cococay on sunday. All we wanted was some beach time. Unfortunately, Cococay was cancelled due to the weather, so we spent the last day of the cruise stuck on the ship in choppy seas. Felt dizzy for two days afterwards. That was the biggest disappointment on the whole cruise, but I realize that RCI can't control the weather. I just wish they had switched the itinerary; take us to cococay on saturday and nassau on sunday, since you know where the weather is and where it will hit. And who wants to go to nassau anyway? Every cruise line goes to nassau. We chose royal caribbean for the private island.

Nassau, by the way... one of the most disgusting and depressing places you could go. All over the place there are sickly, starving, bony horses getting slapped with sticks while pulling carriages full of fat tourists. Stay away from the straw market unless you want to be forced to buy something--they will put items of clothing and jewelry on you and then insist that you pay for them. The only way to stop it is to be a complete jerk about it. Read more