First Time Cruise for a group of 8 -- a GREAT time!
Background -- I travel extensively world-wide (Europe, ALL over Asia, occasionally Africa and South America) at 3-4 star hotels. But this was our first cruise experience. We took 2 college daughter, 2 high school children, and my parents.
Dinning:
Great cabin EXCEPT it was underneath the children's club (THANKS, TRAVEL AGENT!). We went to sleep most nights by 11 to get an early start. EVERY night we went to sleep with the thumping of children having fun above our ceiling. It was muted thumping, the first night we believed it was mechanical noise. My wife and I easily ignored the noise, but it might bother some.
Otherwise EXCELLENT. Plenty of room in the bath. we could fit 4 easily on the balcony with extra chairs from the room, and 6 if we wanted. The covering was nice the one day it rained - we sat on the balcony and watched whales.