Just returned from a cruise on-board the Royal Clipper. Round trip from Barbados to Antigua and back, with stops every day in between. FANTASTIC WEEK! Loved the ship. Loved the food. Loved the crew. Loved the places that we anchored. The ambiance of the small sailing ship--for me and my wife, at least--just has it all over the big cruise ships.

Are there some limitations? Well of course. It's a relatively small ship. If you want a casino, and a movie theater, and a rock-climbing wall, and a half dozen different restaurants on-board to choose from, you are not going to find that here. And I say, thank God for that!

We will definitely be cruising with StarClippers again.