Firstly, allow me to state why we were so disappointed...

Primarily because we have always liked the service and offerings that Royal Caribbean has provided in the past; however, that said, we all (four of those traveling in our group) discussed the notable decline in both attentive services rendered as well as the feeling of the crew that should have (appeared to have) been both excited in their job, and maybe even (genuinely) happy to have us aboard.

As well, we truly felt "attacked" by the apparent onslaught of vendors, scalpers, and showpersons that pressured us to commit-to, or purchase from any one of the ship's specialty restaurants, or buy from their line of goods, or participate in their auctions, etc., etc., etc. It was demonstrably a step down from the class act we had experienced on our previous cruises with Royal Caribbean. It felt like we were in the middle of a Tijuana, Mexico border crossing cacophony of "pitch." Read more