I am the OP (orignal poster) of the thread and if you read my first post you will see I had questions on cruisecritic since someone claimed a negative post on Crystal was deleted. I heard that Cruisecritic was owned by a travel agency thus biased. The fact that it is owned by Travelocity makes me believe it is NOT on the level of "consumer reports magazine" etc. Welcome to the world of a hijacked thread.