first time cruise suggestions

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3. We took a royal caribbean cruise -

it's the only one we've ever done. Be prepared that rooms are really small - even if you are on an upper deck w/a balcony as we were. They expect you to spend time in other parts of the boat and you will because there is so much going on. I think you need to go on with the realization that you are paying for the whole experience - the dinners, shows, casino, spa, pools etc ... we aren't drinkers so we spent our $$$ on excursions and other activities. Those were really fun by the way - I enjoyed touching the stingrays in Grand Cayman and going to the beautiful resorts in Cancun.

Expect to add expenses that at least total what you paid for your room - in our case we wound up with nearly a 5K bill in the end (for us it was our honeymoon - we splurged on excursions, spa, dinner every night -- it adds up).