Positive comments first: Service from room stewards was great. Our verandah room in the back of the ship was great. Good shore excursions & good exercise area. Very good organization on embarkation; mix-up on times for disembarkation left people racing to grab some breakfast. Pretty ship.

Negative: Not enough activities while on ship to participate. Would have enjoyed more lectures, hands on activities, etc. A lot of the music in the bar/dance areas was poor.(e.g. Crow's Nest) The stage shows were fair. The midnight buffet was at 10PM, & not hyped up very much.Why only one midnight buffet? Picture taking was supposed to be from 10-10:30, but they allowed the crowd to start eating at 10:15 so little time for photos.

The biggest disappointment was the food. It was poor! I don't expect food to be great when you're feeding 2,000+ people, but it still should be average to a little above. Soup was served cold(we sent it back, but still only lukewarm.) My risotto with grilled eggplant the 1st night was inedible along with a pasta dish one of our 10 people ordered. Little flavor to food. Overdone steak etc. Celebrity Cruise Line had much better food. Our group of 10 concurred. We paid the extra $20 at the Pinnacle to get good food. It was great. Not enough value for the $$. Would not cruise with HAL again.