I haven't sailed with Royal Caribbean in a number of years and was anxious to try one of their newer ships, Adventure of the Seas. I had not been to 3 of the 4 destinations before and that was a factor in choosing this particular sailing from April 7-14, 2018. I had not been to St. Kitts before and was excited to check out the best possibilities for excursions that would interest me. I found one on their website that offered a 30 mile round trip train ride around the island for $109 pp. My friend and I took the excursion, and were surprised that the van driver told us the train portion had been reduced to 18 miles and a partial island tour due to the fact previous customers complained they got back to the ship and missed lunch. One woman narrated from the top of the first railroad car, attempting to tell people in five cars what we were seeing, but due to the loud creaking of the railcars, and the poor quality of the audio system, we couldn't hear anything about St. Kitts. Needless to say, I was very disappointed. When I approached the Shore Excursion Desk and requested a refund, I was told I could get a 20% discount but not a refund. Freddy wasn't a bit concerned about my situation and neither was his manager. A reputable company would have handled this situation differently instead of protecting a vendor who doesn't provide what's paid for.

The food in the dining room was never warm. Our waiter made numerous mistakes the first night and kept apologizing to the point where he was annoying. The food at the buffet wasn't much better with kids touching and putting back food items. An ideal buffet would be like Holland America where staff doles out portions of food and guests don't touch anything.

Activities were geared toward younger families and children with not much to do for seniors. The theater was large with comfortable seating, but we were surprised that not one show was even close to being half filled. The only good show was the ice performance. Read more