2nd royal çarribiean cruise and what a disaster. Way to many people and little

THE BAD         .I love meeting people from our cultures , but on this boat , there was a lot of miscommunication between staff and patrons. This was a constant complaint I not only witnessed but heard from others as well. Too many people and not enough elevators. Long waits for one and then when you did get on one you would be crammed in like sardines. Long waits just to eat and the to find a table in the buffet area was a chore and a half. The staff made announcements asking people to be courteous but you would see people sitting and not even eating. This was the first cruise in four that I have taken and by the fourth day couldn't wait for it to end. Boring days waiting for the ship to start entertainment followed by high prices for drinks. 3.00 $ for a bottle of water that you can buy a case of for 3.99 in any store on land. There jewelry sales were a joke as well. One of the reasons I went on this cruise was, to replace a watch I had bought in nassau a few yrs ago. The ship had many fine looking stores and on day 5 I went to the 75% off watch sale and found a nice watch for 129.00. As I was standing in line to pay for it a fellow in front of me was checking the Internet for comparison reasons for one he was going to buy. His was 875.00 down to 189.00 appox. He showed me the exact same watch he could buy from invicta for 134.50. I was appalled that this. How many people got duped paying the higher price only to find out the sale price was way over priced as well. My wife developed a migraine while on a excursion on nassau and when we got back to the boat I went to the store to see if the had any OTC meds. After waiting a hour for the store to open I was informed they didn't stock anything like that and to go to medical on deck 2. I proceeded to medical and  I told the nurse THE situation she informed me that my wife would have to come down to medical her self and there would be at a minimum 190.00 dollar charge to our seapass card and meds were on top of that. I then told her we had bought the insurance thru our travel agent when we booked the cruise and again she informed me that they don't take any kind of insurance. I have to pay upfront and get reimbursed from the insurance company. Thank goodness after sleeping in our dark room for 7 hours she recovered enough to function. 

THE GOOD    , thank God we heard this band SYNERGY ( which was there first day scheduled to play according to katrina love) playing on day three in the one lounge because they made a boring cruise tolerable. Katrina Love can work a room like no one else I have ever seen. She was engaging and entertaining. The two comedians they had were funny but not enough time on stage. 3 hrs out of the whole week.the food was very good when you could finally get thru the crowds to get to it. Our state room attendant was very nice and cordial our waiter and waitress in the ICON restaurant were very good as well.