This was our second family spring break cruise out of Galveston but our first on RCCL. DH, I and our kids 17 and 14. Sunday we arrived at the EZCruise Parking lot about 11AM where we had a reservation. It easy to find, easy to park, got our stuff and on the shuttle within about 10 minutes. Arrived at the terminal and used the porters. Also easy. The line was outside the cruise terminal which made us nervous about a long wait but it moved quickly. We probably only waited in line an hour total. Much shorter than our last cruise. There was a computer glitch with the sign and sail passes. The kid's printed but the adults didn't. The agents were having to reprint them so it took an extra 20 minutes or so. A little while after us they shut down all the lines to reboot the system so I understand the people who arrived much after us had a much more significant wait but we seemed to get there just in time.

Got on the ship, our cabin was ready so we headed down to drop off our stuff before exploring. We were on Deck 6, inside cabins. One for us and one for the kids and they were as expected. We had lunch in the Windjammer and it was fine. The staff was very nice and helpful. The ship is clean and well laid out. We rarely felt crowded which wasn't true of our last cruise. Our luggage was there next time we went to our cabin. We met our attendant Erick who took great care of us. Muster drill was easy. Not what we experienced before. Our location was in one of the dining rooms so we sat there while the crew demonstrated the safety procedures. Much better than standing out on the deck in a life vest for an hour.

We had late seating which we liked. Had early seating last time and always felt rushed to get ready in time. Our waiter was pretty good but our assistant waiter was terrible. Slow with everything, had to ask several times for drinks. Couldn't get bread, glasses of tea were refilled with soda one evening, water took forever to be refilled. He was just bad. It happens. Our waiter did the best he could and was very accommodating considering the help he had. The food was pretty good. Several times we wanted to try an extra appetizer and our waiter had no problem with that. Several times he offered seconds to my son who was obviously enjoying his dish. Overall it was a good experience but definitely could have been better. Read more