Second time Cruiser curious about the Destiny

[Shamp]

My wife and I will be sailing on our second cruise next February. After pouring over all the iteneraries we finally seemed to come to the agreement that the Desitny cruise from Peurto Rico to the Southern Carib. might be the one we want.

I was surprised however to see the number of negative reviews of this ship and now am not so sure that we should take this cruise.

Honest opinions people - what do you think of this cruise/ship? I have read that the food is so-so, the ship is dirty and the employees rude. Is it that bad????????

Thanks

[Shamp]

My wife and I will be sailing on our second cruise next February. After pouring over all the iteneraries we finally seemed to come to the agreement that the Desitny cruise from Peurto Rico to the Southern Carib. might be the one we want.

I was surprised however to see the number of negative reviews of this ship and now am not so sure that we should take this cruise.

Honest opinions people - what do you think of this cruise/ship? I have read that the food is so-so, the ship is dirty and the employees rude. Is it that bad????????

Thanks

[bthorn]

I sailed on the Destiny over New Year's 2002 and while I had a good time, I wouldn't sail over New Year's again. It couldn't have been all bad, I'm sailing on her again on 3/2/03. When I get back, I will write a review and you can be the judge. In the meantime, while there have been some negative reviews, I have also read quite a few positive reviews. I originally planned on sailing the Sea Princess, however, decided I needed more than 1 sea day. There is a long, quite extensive thread about the Destiny on the Cruise Critics message board, you might want to check that out.