Just a quick review to say what a great time we had on this cruise. I know Royal Caribbean can't control the weather but it was great. I think the good weather probably contributed to the generally good dispositions of folks that we encountered.

Embarkation was as quick as everyone had mentioned. I was pleased that the ship didn't seem as crowded when we got on as I was expecting, given that the rooms weren't available yet. We ended up getting a table up in the solarium while waiting for the room to be ready. That gave us easy access to the ice cream machine. One word of note here: we pre-purchased the soda package but the cups are in the room so we couldn't use the machines for soda until we got to the room. You can get a soda at the bar, but we didn't bother.

Our room was great. The balconies are much larger on this ship than normal. We spent many hours just enjoying the trip from the balcony. Read more