To tell you a bit about ourselves first, this was my first cruise (definately not my last), we were a group of 12 family members, including children. We flew into Baltimore from Buffalo the day before our cruise.

The day of the cruise we arrived at the port around 2 pm. The boarding process was very quick and easy. Once onboard we were greeted with friendly staff ready and waiting to answer any questions. We were able to go to our stateroom right away. We were on deck 8 with an extended balcony. The only downfall to deck 8 is the pool deck is above that, so we heard the lounge chairs being moved around and music. But it wasn't too bad.

We saw our stewards in the hallway and they said hello to us using our names! I thought that was really nice and personal, they were always friendly. They were very good at there job. Our room was always clean and well stocked. The kids loved the towel art and chocolates left on the beds each evening. Our luggage arrived to our stateroom shortly after we arrived in the room. Read more