Our party consisted of a married 40-something couple, two teenage daughters, and my very young 70-ish mother who was on her first cruise.

PORT: Oh, my. This was almost scary. The entire dock area was a boarded up ghost town with horrible roads leading in and out. The "terminal" looks like an abandoned hangar. The free shuttle to the terminal was a beat up van with chunks taken out of the seats, running boards that were bent and couldn't be used, and doors that were hard to open/close. Seemed very unorganized inside. Then you had to take another shuttle to ship (nice one this time). Both shuttles were only a few minutes. Actually apologized to my mother at this point. Never experienced anything like this before. Was not a great first impression.

CABINS: We had two ocean view rooms. For two adults, the room size was very generous compared to NCL and we had plenty of room. Add two teenage girls in the mix and I'm not sure there is a cabin on any ship that will accommodate them :). Decor was understated and nice. Lots of storage space. Read more