Be prepared to wait on various long lines before boarding the ship. Expect to pay tips to everyone and know that you cannot drink the water on the ship; you must buy water at $2 per bottle. Expect to see people, sometimes whole families sleeping all over the ship's floors and chairs, occupying most of the lounge chairs with themselves and their luggage. Expect that many areas of the ship have poor ventilation. Don't expect the entertainment to be more than someone singing and playing electric guitar with the guitar unplugged and a CD player booming.  If your idea of a luxury cruise is sailing 5+ hours each way on a boat where you can't see through the dirty windows, and the brick and cement pool measures like 6' x 8', this is for you.

I have just been on a a discovery cruise yes it costs 100 bucks no you don't get a six hundred dollar 4 night luxury cruise all packed in all in one day for a hundred dollars. But you do get a entire day into late evening getaway with all the free booze and 2 pretty standard buffet meals. There is free entertainment on board, you are never hounded for tips. Staff is friendly and quite helpful.

I am not sure what this other person was expecting but it sounds like she won't be very happy no matter what ship she would go on.

So don't let all the negitive reviews scare you off it's worth the money for a full days getaway. Think about it your average diner and a movie costs about fifty dollars and your back home in about two and a half hours. This is a whole lot more bang for the buck.

 I agree that the first paragraph above didn't reflect the cruise the day a group of us went on it.  It was great.