The embarkation process is quick and was on the boat in 15 minutes.
The public areas are exceptional, royal promenade is always flowing with people. The boardwalk has the carosel, Johnny Rockets, Rita Cantina, candy shop, ice cream shop and a hot dog stand, which was great and free 5 types of dogs and the trimmings. The aqua theatre is an excellent venue with two large video screens. Central park is also nice with piped in bird sounds and lots of lush vegetation. A lot has been said about rising tide bar but it seemed hardly used, the fountains under it were more exciting than the bar itself, it goes up every 15 minutes. The casino is huge with smoking allowed on the starboard side, didn't like that but what can you do. The comedy club is a nice quaint venue for 120 people and studio B nice as well.
The food is ok, not bad not exceptional but what can you expect when you feed 5900 guests?
Cabin is a little larger than average ones on this ship, the picture window is nice looking out over Central Park, quite and no noise bleed over from outside. Room is next door to a crew door so occasional noises from next door although it was muffled and never bothered us. Bathroom small but shower is nice with sliding doors. Couch above average and large enough for a six foot man to fully stretch out on. IPOD docks for charging and playing your music. Overall nice room.