my first cruise was on thomas cook spirit in 2010 and we thought that was great and we were hooked on cruising in canaries, last year we went royal carrabean grandure of the seas the ship was masive big compared to spirit and the ship and crew were awsome it is called the ship of glass and they were not wrong .we have just booked our next cruise with royal carrabean adventure of the seas and can't wait. would recommend a cruise to everyone and once you have been that is you hooked for ever.