From start to finish it was truly amazing. First time cruisers and I had high expectations and they were well and truly met. Coming from Australia was my myself, husband and 2 children (ages 7 and 3).
Embarkation was super organised from arrival at port to being on the ship.
I never once had the feeling of being overcrowded on the ship, even on the day at sea. The only real queues were for character greetings and then depending on the time of day for the Aqua Duck (but that queue was never more than 30 minutes and most of the time it was only 10/15 minutes).
We were in Category 8C room on Deck 7 Forward. Great room. Although forward was still a great location. We were in a room with large porthole with seating (last one before the verandah room started). No noise from neighbours. The room was of a good size, even for the 4 of us. Kids loved the bunk set up (that was put away in the morning and set up again in the evening by George, our stateroom attendant).