Ship was overall very nice. Handled the large number of passengers well. Kids recreational areas were excellent. You could see that young kids were having great time. Shore excursion with seas lions was not a good value. The whole experience was about photos. The sea lions were kept in a small area, seemed a very sad environment for them. I would not recommend this experience. Food in main restaurants was good but a little bland and dining service was consistently excellent. Lots of sun chairs. No adult pool in the h2o area, why not have one like the epic...this ship had a water seating area instead. Loved the outside deck on 7 or 8 for walking and dining-that was wonderful. Plastic wicker chairs very uncomfortable, who picked them? Would highly recommend this ship to families with young children up to 13 or so.