It Comes Down to Thrill and Chill...

video your occasional wipeout); or, if you seek even edgier thrills, you can float in a harness, suspended off the side of the ship, for Crown's Edge, walking a gangplank 154 feet above the sea, straight off the edge into space.

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THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT

"Where we're going, we don't need roads!" That's Doc Brown's famous line from the 1985 film Back to the Future, and somehow Star of the Seas manages to bring to life the current Broadway musical incarnation on its floating Royal Theater stage, DeLorean and all. The cast (Jacob Beresford as Marty McFly, Justin Holcomb as Doc Brown) are great at capturing the comic dialogue, but the DeLorean itself steals the show — spinning, careening through time, and somehow landing everyone back... to the future.

Royal Caribbean always one-ups the entertainment package, with complimentary new productions such as Sol, a figure-skating showcase at Absolute Zero theater, featuring an array of international skaters spanning a day across America, jukebox hits intact, from New England to the Saint Monica Pier. Then there's the new indoor Aquadome, where aerial water show Torque dazzles audiences with high-wire acrobatics and high-dive plunges.

A plethora of free options ups the ante — karaoke bars, blues clubs, '80s rock revues, a Dueling Pianos club (passengers plunk down requests on the piano, which range from Whitney Houston to AC/DC to Who Let the Dogs Out?) and even a "Silent DJ" night, with passengers bopping around the Promenade in earphones while deejays spin jams that only they can hear.

ALWAYS PERFECT AT COCO CAY