I booked this cruise as a gift for my daughter's high school graduation. It was the first cruise for both of us. Overall, we were thrilled with how the trip turned out. One thing I'll say right off the top is that this is the way to explore Europe for people who aren't travel-savvy. It was fantastic to have a home-base in the ship. After a day of struggling through language barriers and differences in customs, we could go back to an American base where our luggage was stowed away in a very comfortable room. In the future, I want to be more adventurous and explore Europe more independently, but for this trip, it was really nice to have the logistics handled for us.

Rather than go through details of everything, including the things that were as we expected, I am going to hit on the things that we loved about this cruise and the things that we hated.

The top thing that we loved was the customer service that we received from our dining room waiter, Jiri, and our room steward, Clemente. These two individuals both went above and beyond to make our stay on the ship fantastic. Clemente would come out into the hallway to say "Hello," and greet us by name every time we walked out of the room in the morning. Once we expressed a preference for something, he made sure that we had it. He was top-notch. Jiri made our dinners so much fun. He also greeted us warmly by name, and remembered our preferences. These two individuals helped to make the ship feel like home to us. Read more