Hi Vas Hope my comments didn't put you off too much - but you will see from reading another review posted around the same time that this is a problem on this ship. Our cruise was aimed at the short break ( 7 day ) younger market and lets face it the Americans particularly the younger ones do not like dressing up. We were a party of six and although we went to Vegas first we still took white tuxedos etc. The only thing I can suggest is that you contact customer services in the UK before you go with your concerns and ask them to contact the ships management to address the problem. You will see from the other comments I made that we really did enjoy the cruise on what is a beautiful ship - it was just a pity that standards are being allowed to slip just a little.

You have plenty of choice in the Caribbean at this time of year. Depends on what you want but from your comments would suspect that you would not enjoy a glitzy american ship. Would suggest P&O, Princess,Thomson, Ocean Village or Fred Olsen. Personally we did not like Fred Olsen ( too stuffy ). One big advantage of using one of these companies is that you fly direct to your embarkation port ( eg. Barbados) and once your luggage is checked in the UK the next time you will see it is outside your cabin on the ship. Same coming back - put luggage outside your cabin on the last night and next time you see it will be on the carousel in the UK.

Best to ask this question on the Cruise Answers section. Then you will get plenty of answers. It willl be useful to browse through the answers given in recent weeks to get some idea of some of the issues people raise and the responses. It certainly helped us and answered a number of questions we had.