Just a quick rundown after our first cruise. Since I cannot compare it to any other cruise line or ship, I offer my personal opinion based on our experience.

Embarkation/debarkation Process - Boarding was extremely unorganized, all passengers were trapped in a small room for at least two hours before we could board. At the end, the ship departed an hour+ later than scheduled time which was extremely unusual. By the time you were able to board, you would be all stressed out. Fortunately, debarkation was much smoother. Downside was that we ended up going at open sea northbound to catch up with the loss of time, the ship was rocking quite a bit.

The ship is absolutely beautiful with lots of windows. You can see the ocean everywhere. There was an art auction going on at the centrium at the time when the ship was at sea (total 3 days), it drove me crazy with all the noise going from 4th floor through the roof. I'd rather be listening to music or just "nothing" than 4-5 hours of "going once, going twice and final... congratulation to xxx of winning this fine piece of art". My goodness! Read more