I will give you what I feel is an honest and bold review.
We drove from New York to Florida for our December 26th to January 2nd New Years Cruise. the anticipation of getting to Florida was growing by the mile. When we got to the port on Sunday for our sailing and look at the ship as we pulled up my kids could not believe the size of this ship. Last year we sailed on Costa for a New Years cruise and we did not have the same reaction.
Embarkation was a breeze. We filled out the luggage tags, gave them our luggage and with-in 30 minutes were on the ship. We checked out our cabin and were very happy. We had an OV obstructed view on deck 8 and was fine. The cabin had plenty of space for the 4 of us.