We started our trip in Vancouver. We went over a day early on our own. In the morning, we decided to go over to the ship to drop our luggage off and to check in. When we got there we could not check in because there was no power at the terminal! Long story short, this went on ALL DAY! When we were finally let through, the process was slow. However, they were very well organized. The provided chairs to sit in and sandwiches and drinks. They also kept us up to date on the situation. Everything went smoothly, and really all things considered it wasn't that bad of a wait.
We started off with the late seating, but decided that it was just too late. We tried to call to change several times, and went to the dinning room as well, but could never find the person we needed to speak too. On the second day we just went to the 1st seating and asked if there was space, which there was. However, we were not with any other people so it was just the four of us that were traveling together. One night we wanted to eat later, so we went for the "Anytime dinning". I was able to make a reservation without any problem. The last night however, our seating time was at the same time we were going to be going through the College Fords, so we wanted to switch. I called and was told that we could not, because we were already scheduled for a set time. When I went to make the reservation in person, they said that my time, 7:30 pm, already had a lot of reservations and I would be better off to come back. When we did go back, we had trouble again getting in because we already had the "set seating". Apparently, "anytime dinning" is only for those that had already chosen that! We were given a pager however, and were seated in only about 20 minutes.
Overall the food was fine. Although nothing really stood out to us. The desserts were just okay in the dinning rooms.
We had an inside cabin with a queen/Full bed. It was tight! But okay since we weren't in the room much. The shower was TINY! I found it hard just to move around!