I'm in process of posting reports of our recent trip on the RT cruise, where we saw MAGICAL Northern Lights!
https://boards.cruisecritic.com/show....php?t=2614692
We were extremely and positively surprised with just about everything about this cruise. It truly "exceeded expectations" in just about every way.
True, it wasn't a "regular" cruise, but for starters, we don't care for casinos or night-life or waterslides (or whatever) anyway. (That would be - and is - different if traveling with younger generations, but it was just the two of us.)
I'll be continuing to post more on CruiseCritic, continuing that thread, but I'm also very happy to answer any specific questions here.
The cruise went much too quickly, as all do! Time for longer cruises, but I fear we'll just feel the same way no matter what...
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