STATEROOM: Our interior cabin featured a balcony with cushioned window seat looking down over the Royal Promenade one deck down, on level five... which was marvelous! The room was spacious and featured two sofas in addition to a very comfortable bed, four small drawers below the large TV which could be viewed in the room and bathroom, due to its excellent location, a closet with safe, and two small night stands with small drawers and open shelf areas. There were additional shelves situated above the TV and near the dressing table... and a glass coffee table was positioned between the sofas. We were very pleased with being able to look out at the street parades, musical events, and other assorted events on the main street out our window nearly every day.

DINING: We opted for My Time Dining, but on the first day found the best waiter we've ever had, Istvan "Erik" from Transylvania, so we reserved 6pm dining in the Boticelli dining room for the rest of our stay on board, and this turned out to be one of the highlights of the trip! Erik took into consideration our dietary needs (gluten sensitivity and port allergy) and made suggestions each day which ensured our dining experience was first-rate. Erik also conferred daily with the chefs to arrange for gluten-free bread to be baked daily just for us, and sauces and dishes to be created gluten-free. The dinners at Boticelli were therefore superb at a level my traveling companion found excellent, and he is a chef, so this is high praise, indeed. Breakfasts and lunches were mostly eaten at the Windjammer, where people moved through quickly enough that tables were always available and lines not too long. The food selection at the buffets was marvelous.

SHOWS: The best show on board the Liberty of the Seas in September 2009 was definitely "Encore!" -- an ice skating spectacular. It's amazing to see such a large-scale show on such a small rink, with stunts I've never seen performed anywhere before... not even at the Olympics! Well worth seeing. Tony Tillman was a guest performer, and he was marvelously entertaining, as were a couple of comedians and Krill -- a young man who did amazing gymnastic tricks with a variety of materials. The RCI singers and dancers are truly first rate, yet the choreography of their shows on this cruise left much to be desired... I kept wishing I could see them singing more songs to the level of performance I saw them to be capable of. Read more