Excellent on-board experience

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Review summary

We took this cruise to celebrate our 7th anniversary. The date we were to depart was our anniversary. However, something unusual happened and we were fogged in at the port of Galveston. The Port Authority closed the port overnight and we were not allowed to depart until around 1:30pm the next day. Of course, this put us far enough behind schedule that we missed the port of call at Jamaica. The Cruise Director gave everyone a $75 on-board credit as a result of this. We were still on schedule to make the ports of call at Grand Cayman & Cozumel. The on-board activities were amazing. There was so much to do that there was no way we could possibly see or do everything. Shows, entertainment, games, activities....just lots to do. Our stateroom had a private balcony. It was a great experience to be able to sit on the balcony at night and look out over the water. A few days into the cruise and two days before we were to arrive at Grand Cayman, it was announced that a tropical storm had formed and was on track to be at Grand Cayman the very day we were scheduled arrive. Taking safety into consideration, the decision was made to abort the Grand Cayman port of call and get us into Cozumel a day earlier than scheduled. Since we missed Grand Cayman, the cruise line was able to pick up an alternate port of call at Progreso, Mexico. Cozumel was a nice port of call. It was very beautiful and the water was the perfect blue that you always see in pictures. We did the dolphin swim and ride excursion and had a blast. Then we went jewelry shopping at Diamonds International. They had some great deals there. After a fun and exhausting day, we went back aboard the ship. Progreso was a disappointment and did not compare to Grand Cayman. We went into the marketplace in the town, but did not feel very safe, so we went back on board and stayed there the rest of the day. It was not very clean, either. As for the on-board experience, the staff were excellent. The Cruise Director was a lot of fun and was very entertaining. He had a ventriloquist and comedian on board who performed shows. They were hilarious. Since the cruise had a couple of things go wrong, he added some entertainers along the way, including another comedian and a magician. Those were great shows. Overall, we had a fabulous time. Sure, we missed some ports of call, but there was nothing the cruise line could have possibly done about that. They cannot control the weather and we would prefer to be safe on our cruise. Kudos to them for still being able to give us a great experience. We are ready to go again and would recommend this ship and cruise line to anyone. In fact, we already have.

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Cozumel, Mexico