First the disclaimer. This is our second cruse with RCI and my wife and mine third together. We are younger adults and took or four year old son on a birthday cruise.

Our first impressions of the ship excellent and she looked good for her age. The embarkation time was only about 20min from parking at the pier to on ship getting lunch. The staff that we met were friendly and willing to help. After getting to our cabin we met our stateroom attendant who was nice and keep our room clean throughout the trip. (This was no easy task with a 4year old in the room) the room was ok in size and furniture was in good shape. The balcony had paint chipping and rust spots but, compared to other older ships that’s all I found to complain about a visual standpoint. Note for younger kids the rear balconies on the vision class ships have an open area that children can climb through to other cabins balcony. As the week went on we had problems with the toilet in the room not wanting to flush and the bathroom started to develop an odor.

The food in the MDR has gone down in quality since our last RCI cruise and the food in windjammers was ok buffet food nothing special. The best part of the MDR was our waiter Saviao he was excellent and always accommodating. The best meal of the night was when we went to chops. Read more