I have never seen so many morbidly obese, immobile senior citizens in one place in my life. I was shocked at the demographics of the passengers on this cruise. Having said that, we did meet several super nice folks on this cruise with whom we enjoyed chatting with.

The Pearl is laid out nicely, and we enjoyed our balcony cabin. The food on the buffet was average, at best, and below average in the complimentary dining rooms. The service was very good throughout the ship, especially the bar service at the pool. One night at the dining room, however, we waited a solid hour from the time we were seated until the time the food was served, and they weren't even packed at the time. We never had to wait to be seated in the dining rooms.

The nighttime entertainment was very good except for the hypnotist lady. Read more