A friend had already booked this cruise for himself and thought I might want to go also. It was my first ever cruise and altho I received tips and suggestions from others before I went, I wasn't sure what to expect. I found it to be a wonderfully relaxing and and friendly trip, and was very impressed by the ship, service, my cabin, cleanliness, facilities, and much of the food and entertainment. Main dining room food was always varying degrees of good to excellent; Windjammer was uneven; the ship had the strangest scrambled eggs I'd ever seen or tasted. I went to 4 shows: one was outstanding, one was very good, and 2 I walked out on. Besides the eggs, my only complaint is the cigarette smoke wafting thru parts of the ship after a day where they allowed smoking in the casino. I would love to do this trip again and have already recommended it to others.
Hampton is very nice, good breakfast, but farther from the shopping area than they imply.
All I did was walk to the tourist shops.