tfw73 ...I must say for us, that after 2 cruises(our 1st, and 2nd)in the last 2 years....there IS a wrong way to travel for us, and that is a cruise!!! The idea that all your meals are covered(although drinks are NOT, and rival the prices of a big city nightclub)...and...that you can do/see 2-4 different places in a week SOUNDS great....but 7-8 hours to experience a country, it's people and culture is horse dung!.....after 7 trips to Jamaica(mostly all AI I admit, but we are weening off them), it IRKS me when someone in a Jamaica T-shirt gets my interest to ask "Where did you stay?", and it's "Oh, we went on a cruise there last year" Cruises are cheap, though ..if you can keep from spending 2-3X what you bought it for ON the trip