Embarkation was wonderful. Most of us were members of Crown and Anchor so were able to board immediately. We had been told we could board at 1:30pm according to our cabin, but with this and the other 2 cruises i have been on (not as a member), you pretty much board as soon as you arrive, so get there around 11am. You can then board and go straight to buffet lunch on the ship while your cabin is getting ready. Staff were very helpful and friendly. We had a few that weren't members in our group of 18 but they let them board with us through members area.

The ship was beautiful, very similar to Rhapsody. You think when you board these huge ships you'll get lost, but everywhere you need to be is pretty central and very easy to find. We had a Balcony cabin and really enjoyed this. Rooms were smallish but with enough storage etc to get by. My 20 year old son stayed in our cabin, and at first we thought he would have to use sofa bed which was very uncomfortable and made it hard to move around cabin without treading on him, but we soon realised we had a bunk over our bed which our steward pulled down and made up, but others we were travelling with didn't have this, so its worth asking when you book if you have 3 in cabin as Sofa is a pain in butt.

Shower was tiny, and water goes everywhere when you shower, take a couple large bull clips to peg at bottom of shower curtain to stop it blowing in on you. Read more