We took a short six day Caribbean cruise from Miami to Barbados. This was part of a longer cruise to South America. Overall, we really enjoyed our cruise.

We’ve sailed on Silversea, Cunard and Celebrity and we look forward to the dining and the ship’s ambiance; the entertainment is not as important to us.

Embarkation was easy with a short line to check in. We were somewhat surprised there was no real greeting when we boarded. After lunch at the pool grill, the suites were ready and three of our bags of luggage were there and the last arrived shortly. We had a bottle of champagne in our room, and in a nice touch, Seabourn provided a proper sparkling wine closer to maintain the effervescence. We met our stewardess and she quickly replaced the vodka with Baileys. Read more