We were cruising from Baltimore for the first time. It was great not having to purchase air fare to cruise.
Embarkation--Was very easy finding the terminal and dropping off our luggage. We were not in line very long and in approx 35-45 minutes we were relaxing wit friends on the lido deck.
Food--It was the usual cruising food. It was good but not overwhelmingly good. We had your time dining and I didn't like it much. we had a good waiter for several nights but when we could get his table we had so so service. I like having the same table each night so you get to know your waiter staff and they get to know you. We ate at the lido buffet several nights and we had good food there. We know that the cruise food will never be 5 star quality so when you get your meals you are not let down. I feel with the reduction of food service staff on the ships over the last several years the quality of waiter service has dropped a bit. The staff is overworked because they have less bodies to work both morning/lunch/dinner shifts. I liked the sushi-Mediterranean food-burgers-and ice cream sundae bar.
We had balcony cabin 6112 (forward port side). The cabin had a longer deck but was very narrow and we could not move our chairs around they way we wanted. If you don't like walking don't get this cabin because everything we liked doing was in the rear/aft section of the ship. The only thing up front on the ship was the spa and lounge for shows.