2nd cruise for myself and my daughter (now 8). Prior to this cruise, we were on a Western Caribbean cruise on Royal Caribbean which we enjoyed much more than this one.

I think there were at least 4500 passengers on this cruise plus staff. It was claustrophobic as the public areas were about the same size as the RC cruise we took that had about 2500 passengers. On the larger Dream ship, more staterooms are put in to accommodate more people but the public areas are not large enough for this same number of people. The pools are small and there are always waits in lines for pretty much everything. Our room was fairly spacious with 2 twin beds. Lots of room to move around. It had a desk, several closets, etc. It was larger than our room on Royal Caribbean. Ship interior really nice in many areas but I thought the gold stuff with the glass colored bubbles was very gaudy and too retro.

Embarkation - very smooth and constantly flow. However, we were on board at around noon and didn't get our luggage until after 8 pm. Read more