Do not even consider this ship if you have children under three or who are not potty trained. There is absolutely nothing for them to do. My 19 month old watched his 4 year old brother go to the kids club and swim in the pool and was miserable as he was not allowed in either. Many of the excursions were 6 hours or more, too long for young children. And some of the excursions had minimum age requirements (typically 8 or older). So you are stuck on the boat with nothing to do with a toddler.

There were lots of other discomforts. The whole thing seemed to just not be family friendly. For example early dinner in the main dining room was at 6 pm. But if you didn't want to subject everyone to your children who couldn't sit through a three course meal, the buffet didn't start until 6:30. It seems to me you would want to feed the kids first. They advertise all you can drink beverage cards for the kids, but it turns out they are only good for soda. You can only get juice or milk in the dining rooms. So your kids end up drinking way too much soda. I would recommend skipping the beverage cards. Finally, since the excursions don't really work for families with small children, you end up on the ship when in port, which is exactly the time when the older crowd is looking to enjoy the ship. I can't tell you how many times we went up to the pool only to have the people seated near us cringe. There is an adult area only, but the larger pool deck is the one for kids. Seems like they might want the smaller area to be for kids. Finally there is an arcade right next to the kids center. There is no way you are getting off the ship without spending a small fortune on the video games (which a good part of the time seem to take your money but not work correctly).

The boat has other problems that are not child specific. It seems there is a theft problem. Members of our group had their digital camera stolen. We had our ID card stolen. The food was only mediocre. And there was often room service trays left in the hallways which created an unpleasant odor. Read more