[caption id="attachment_584" align="alignnone" width="1886"] The Holland America Oosterdam. It was a fun ship.[/caption] Our very first cruise was in 2011, it was a Mexican Riviera cruise on the Holland America Oosterdam.  Then, we took advantage of living 45 minutes away from Port Canaveral and did the Royal Caribbean Enchantment of the Seas a few times, followed by the Liberty of the Seas. We sort of liked cruising. There were some things we weren't so thrilled about, so we didn't cruise as much as we do now. A few things we disliked about cruising in general: