this ship was new and offered some new activities such as thriller theater which turned out to be the high lite of the ship and it was extra which we did not know until after we booked the worst part was the food on the lido deck it was like the simply threw food in the oven or on the grill no flavor and the same every day waited for it to improve high lite was the itinerary excellent. Been to the western Caribbean three times and Eastern twice but Aruba was the cats meow Dominica Republic was also very unique first time there as well we had some great excursions on every stop just wish the food was better on the ship as we even ate a meal on land just to compare carnival lost that one too. all in all there no such thing as a bad cruise just a few bad experiences I will say I am going back to Royal Caribbean they are more reliable .