My husband and I have cruised in Dec. for the last 4 years. We enjoy the festive feel and decorations. The weather is usually great and the prices are more reasonable. We had a superior ocean view with a very large balcony. We arrived about 12:30 but it was very crowded and took some time to get on the ship. Probably because of the amount of people on board, this was one of the longer times that it has taken before we were on board. The advantage was that we were able to go right to our cabin. Our cabin was as expected but the balcony was huge. It would have been nice to have two loungers. We went to the windjammer for lunch(big mistake) Extremely disorganized and we could not find ANYWHERE to sit so took our food back to the cabin. We were seldom happy with the windjammer the entire cruise.We both found the food on this cruise to be sub-par from the other RCI ships. day.We went to Johnny Rockets, Wipe-Out Café, Park Café and Solarium for breakfast most other days of the cruise. Our favorite was the Solarium. We absolutely loved this area of the ship and spent many pleasant mornings there. All entertainment was unsurpassed at sea. Enjoyed Board Walk and Central Park. It is an amazing ship of engineering and ingenuity.