Four of us were on a "package" which was made up of 3 days in Memphis seeing Elvis (who alas had left the building), a day on Amtrack and 3 days in New Orleans all of which was superb, we all had a great time especially New Orleans and boarded the ship for what was hopefully going to be our 2nd great week.
The ship itself is superb, it is well laid out, clean, tidy and a joy to cruise on, the food in the Windjammer at Lunch was very good and you were never left wanting for choice - however :-
Boat drill was done without lifejackets (a first) and the combination of a foreign accent and a bad tannoy system meant that anyone in B13 station would have gone down with the ship for lack of direction.
Ocean View with Balcony was offered and that is what we got. Good, clean, tidy, well serviced by the stateroom attendant, the 9th deck is a great one to be on.
Bad point. The removal of tea & coffee making facilities in the cabin, although the last RCI cruise we did had only teabags and coffee creamer so maybe it was a blessing !