we travelled as a family of 4 in one inside cabin, 4 friends also joined us...booked through internet and got what we thought was a good price.. Embarkation at Barcelona was straight forward and very quick..The ship being so new was spotless and very funky..our cabin was small but perfect, i was originally worried that 4 would be too much, but it was fine and we actually enjoyed the chatting at the end of the night whilst in bed. The food we enjoyed,plenty of choice in garden buffet, but resembled a cattle market sometimes and was difficult to find a seat. Went to Cagney's one night had a lovely steak, but went to magenta another night and also had a lovely steak, so decided why bother paying extra for speciality restaurants and stuck with grand pacific & magenta, would of liked to try Teppanyaki but thought $50 dollars surcharge per couple was a bit excessive. Our kids age 9 and 12 went to the kids club a few times but as the majority of kids attending didn't speak english they got fed up quite easily.our kids liked a movie at night which they got, but again i thought $12 was excessive, soda package was $62 for both, and it was $5 dollars for a game of bowling. the pool deck was great and i loved the large beds for sunbathing, the only downside was the waiters, who constantly asked if you required a drink, (no chance of reading your book here)..also be aware of befriending any waiters because if you do, you unofficially become theirs. One night when entering the spinnaker lounge the waiter who served us mostly by the pool approached and said he would get us a seat, when he couldn't get us one we found one ourselves, however the seat we had found wasn't his area and when another waiter appeared to take our drinks order, they had words and the new waiter walked off in a strut, he then approached us and asked that we also order drinks from him. This really angered me, i wanted to tell them all to leave us alone... The casino, we hated.. was more like a games arcade..on our last cruise we always ended the night in the casino,not here, Minimum bet of $10 , no wonder it was quiet and lacked atmosphere. We got off ship at all the ports and did Malta, pompeii,Rome,Pisa,and Monte Carlo on our own, the ships excursions were far to expensive for a family of 4.. We only did one show on the ship and that was the Magicians, and it was good.