Flew to tampa the morning of the cruise, direct flight on southwest. Got to tampa around 10:20am, took a cab from the airport ($25 for 5 people) straight to the port. Got checked-in pretty quickly and waited for our zone to be called. Was on the ship by around 12:30 at the latest. Had buffet lunch and tried walking around to get oriented to the ship some. We had the early dinner seating, 6pm. Dinner was good, not great. Melting cake was awesome of course. day 2, first sea day: Buffet breakfast and lunch, didn't get out to look for chairs early enough the ship was pretty full. Didn't really seem to be much chair hogging going on, just a full ship, and everyone was out in the sun because it was a beautiful day. We decided to just sit in the wooden raised area in the middle of the water works and let DS play in the splash area. A nice couple ended up getting up and coming up to us to offer us their chairs in the front row because they were leaving. All of the adults did all the slides and loved them. This was "elegant night" lobster was great according to DH, I had prime rib, also great. Our waiter was bringing out extra lobster until everyone at the table was stuffed. Port days reviewed below day 5 2nd sea day: We were prepared to get out and claim our chairs early but it was raining. Mostly walked around the ship taking part in a few activities.

Overview: buffets were decent, not much different than I would expect from any buffet. Pretty wide selection though. Never tried room service. Didn't go to very many shows, the ones we went to were pretty good. Ate a sit down breakfast one morning also good. Dinners were good, not the best I've had on a cruise but good. I felt the staff to be very accommodating to traveling with a 1 year old. Cabin was roomier than I expected even with a crib.