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Western Caribbean
"Jewels in the Crown - that's how Royal Caribbean make us feel. It doesn't have to be that special occasion because every occasion with Royal Caribbean is special; standing on deck in the moonlight, listening to the sound of the sea or dancing the night away. Climbing the Dunns River Fall was incredible. What other reason do you need to take that special Royal Caribbean Cruise? Thank you Royal Caribbean. You are special."
 
Mr Eric Woolley, Lincolnshire, UK
 
Enchantment of the SeasSt. Thomas, Caribbean
"I first tasted the thrill of the Caribbean from the decks of RCCL's wonderful "Enchantment of the Seas" in 2002. This beautifully kept vessel is elegant and luxurious and the back-to-back cruise was my 40th Birthday present from my husband. I was pregnant but suffered no ill effects at all on the cruise but I had a really good pregnancy and am a good sailor.
 
We found the stateroom finished in lovely fabrics and cleverly filled with furniture so that the immense content of our luggage (three suitcases as we were traveling with my baby son) all disappeared quickly into new homes for the following two weeks.
 
The excitement started when we were unpacking in our stateroom and we slipped out of Ford Lauderdale so silently that we were astonished to see the view from our stateroom was rushing by. The water sparkled in the sunshine and my son watched in amazement as the vista changed from land to rippling azure blue sea.
 
We visited a variety of Caribbean islands over the next two weeks and made good friends on board with whom we are still in touch. They too had young children and babies and we dined with them every night for the first week. We, unlike some of the passengers had the luxury of two weeks onboard "Enchantment of the Seas" as we were in effect doing two cruises and our son became popular with the staff. Our stateroom steward entertained him and nothing was too much trouble for all the friendly staff. As you can see from the attached picture, James had a great time and learnt to play the piano on board. He was too young at the time to go into the supervised children’s programme but the staff we encountered all spent time making a fuss of him and were extremely friendly. Whatever James wanted to eat was provided and everyone went to a great deal of trouble to keep our little boy happy.
 
For me it was a truly unforgettable holiday, superb food, amazing midnight buffets which we looked at but couldn't eat!! Although we did see some people on their fifth meal of the day! We enjoyed visiting the various islands and the excitement of going into a couple of ports by tender. The shops on some of the islands (particularly the jewelry stores) were amazing and of course we came back with some rather expensive purchases but that's the fun of being on holiday isn't it?
 
We had a truly superb time and we are now waiting for our young daughter to reach the age of three so that we can once again enjoy an RCCL cruise but this time with both of our children."
 
Fiona Lancer, UK
 
St. Thomas, Caribbean
"Celebrating my 40th birthday on Grandeur of the Seas was something I will never forget. The day was filled with activity-scuba diving in St Thomas, lunch at the cafe at the top of the steep cable car ride. The view up there, I will never forget - it was stunning, the bluest/green sea I have ever seen in my life, surrounding little mini islands of soft white sand. I cried, I was so taken aback. Then later a birthday cake and lots of birthday cheer, courtesy of Royal Caribbean and strawberries with chocolate left in my cabin. A wonderful wonderful memory.
 
So good that we are doing it all again in November, the Caribbean here we come! Unfortunately no birthday this time round... but who needs excuses?"
 
Angela and Joe Hine, Manchester, UK
 
Grand Cayman
"I wish to share with you my fondest memory... I would have to say that my best memory on a shore excursion was when we did the Caribbean trip on Enchantment of the Seas. We docked at Grand Cayman, and went on a visit to Stingray City. It was definitely my dad that at first put his goggles on the wrong way around and nearly drowned himself.
 
My sister and I were nearly dying of embarrassment. He finally got it right to dive down - with a fish in his hand - and one large mother of a stingray swam over him, tumbling him and disorientating him completely, well, we saw him walking on water back to the boat. Hey dad, this is how it is done watch us!"
 
Kirstin Bester, UK
 

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