We had an excellent time on our cruise. The ship is beautiful and very well designed. One improvement over past ships was that the health club is well equipped and in very good condition. The boarding process was very efficient and we were onboard with minimal delay.
Once on board we could not go to our cabins until 1:00PM which was no problem because we wanted to go eat anyway. As we tried to make our way to the Windjammer we could not even get close to the front door as it was so crowded at the front door. We went to the pool area and waited for the lines to get shorter. After about 30 minutes, I went to check and the lines were down somewhat. But the problem was that they were selling the weekly soda stamps and that was what was blocking the restaurant entrance. We had no interest in the soda stamps and finally made it past the people to get into the restaurant. Once past this area it was not that crowded. Poor planning to sell these at the doors of the restaurant blocking all entry to those of us that just wanted to eat lunch.
We did not get the same attention from the cabin attendant that we did on other cruises which surprised us. We really do not need that attention, it just seemed odd that we were in our cabin a while before we ever met the attendant.