Cast: 8 adults, 7 teens (between 13 & 19)
Embarkment: hired limo service to pick us all up, arrived at dock at 11:00, luggage picked up almost immediately and then went to check-in, also went smoothly except for the woman handing out group cards screaming at us to keep moving because we had stopped to wait for the rest of our party - it was kind of funny though. Boarded the ship, went to lunch and then a comedy took place. Both the travel agent and the representatives of the ship told us we could switch cabins once we came aboard (adults would be in the balcony cabins)and the kids would be right across the hall in the inside cabins) of course, they didn't tell you what a nightmare it would be with the keys!!!! We couldn't just switch keys because of the billing nightmares and the kids' keys, of course, were clipped off so they couldn't purchase alcohol. So once we figured out that only one person per room would have a key (what a pain), we went to lunch then explored the ship. It was beautiful and pretty easy to figure out once you knew where everything was. The elevators were a bit slow at busy times of the day so we usually took the stairs which turned out to be a good thing because it ended up being the only exercise I got. I had planned to use the exercise room but never did - oops! I did walk on the lido deck Sat. morning (1 mile) but never got there again.
Cabins: Loved our cabin, so happy we chose a balcony. Slept liked a baby, kept the slider opened at night when we were at sea so we could hear the ocean. Wonderful!!! The kids had no complaints either. Although, they would have slept all day in their dark cabins if we didn't wake them up. One morning around 8:00 a.m., one of our girls came stumbling out of her room in a fog, I happened to be in the hallway, all dressed up in her bathing suit and announced she was heading for the pool - when I told her no you're not, it's raining she turned around and I guess went to sleep for two more hours - LOL