A little bit disappointing

This was my first cruise and I was really excited and had pretty high expectations. Most of my expectations were met except for the food, I found it quite disappointing. I had always heard that the food on cruises was wonderful and I did not find it to be all that great. The menu choices were nice and the meal was presented well but the flavors were sometimes odd and lacking distinction. For some people the food might have been great and I think if I was not as much of a food lover as I am I probably would have been satisfied, I just left knowing that I could have done better and that is not how I want to feel when I am eating in a restaurant. I give them credit because they are serving so many people at a time but it was still not what I had hoped for. The beds were amazing; the cruise was the best sleep I have ever gotten. I thought it was weird that there are not any clocks in the rooms, but the wake up call is very useful. Coco Cay was awesome!! That was the best part of the ship by far; I could have spent all week there. Over all it was a nice, clean ship and it was well worth the money.

Caribbean Cruise Reviewed by Paul M.

Royal Caribbean (RCCL) is the perfect fusion of everything we liked in both Carnival and Celebrity (this latter line merged with RCCL a few years ago but they still operate semi independently)- great food, elegant ship and FUN! Our first experience with RCCL was onboard the Majesty of the Seas, a 74,000 ton ship, in March of 2000 to celebrate my wife's 40th birthday! We were joined by more then a dozen friends (our close friends, Chris and Pam, were unable to attend at the last minute, due to the unfortunate loss of Pam's father just a few days before the cruise- but this was remedied on our next cruise below.) including Rob and Sue, Tony and Judi, and our family.

This was extremely exciting, having family and friends from both of the U.S. coasts and from the heartland all in attendance! The ship, although due for an overhaul, was still beautiful. Walking in through smoked glass doors gave the illusion of entering a five star hotel. Her cabins, while incredibly small, were still more then adequate for the 2 of us. (Aunt Lois and Uncle Joe even joked that they had smaller cabins on an earlier cruise once!!!)

Another fun aspect of this cruise was the large number of first time cruisers in our group. We all had outside and adjacent (more or less) category "F" cabins. All of our first time cruisers are now definite cruise fans! Below are pointers to pictures from this wonderful voyage. Our itinerary was the best by far of any- from San Juan to Aruba to Curacao to St. Martin to St. Thomas to San Juan. All of these islands were great and I'd do any one of them again in a minute! This was our first time to St. Martin (Patty and Mac's second home!) and we immediately decided that the beach there at Orient Bay is our favorite in the world bar none. Our original favorite, Magen's Bay is a distant second or third (behind Trunk Bay at St. John, but Magen's Bay is easier to get to while on a cruise).

Food on the Majesty was nothing less then fantastic, and our waiters and cabin stewards were just great. As I said above, circumstances led directly to our next cruise being just a few months later. No, we aren't wealthy, just very fortunate... and we have a great travel agent.

great ship for the price!

Great ship for the price! Newly remodoled with lcd tv in each cabin. Matresses are even more comfortable than hotel matresses. Even though it is not as big as other ships, it is a great ship for first time cruiser. Service is exceptionally great with royal carribean. Recommended!