This was my husband's and I first cruise. We picked this cruise for the ports, as we don't care that much about the ship features as we do about seeing new places in the world. Overall I was very satisfied with this cruise.

Embarkation: Easy Easy Easy. We arrived around noon, and were on the ship within about 15 minutes. Our room wasn't ready until 1, so we walked around and explored for a little bit before heading to our room.

Room: We had a rear facing aft cabin on deck 7. It was a superior balcony room. From what I can tell the rear facing balconies were about twice as big as a normal balcony. We had room from 2 lounges, a table and 2 normal chairs. The regular balconies only have room for 2 chairs and table, no loungers. We loved having a balcony and would never book another cruise without one. We loved leaving the sliding door open at night for a fresh ocean breeze and sounds of the waves. We especially loved having a rear facing balcony because we felt we had the best view. We could see both the left and the right side of port while pulling in, and we had the most spectacular view of the islands as we left port each evening. We felt the over all size of the room was great and we had no issues getting around. I was surprised with how much storage there was in our room and there was definitely enough room to store all our things. Read more