They seem to have increased their prices-we paid $490.00 incl. taxes last summer but as I have mentioned before the price is different depending on where you board-last I looked Guadeloupe was $1,690 + taxes! we sailed on a sister ship in Spain last year-meals are not gourmet as they are on some lines but otherwise everything was great. English speaking passengers practically non existent but the crew speak english. I imagine that they are docking in SXM because of the French side of the island. I agree Carol-we would never take this cruise if airfare was added on top.