After reading some good and not so good reviews about this cruise I went into it with an open mind understanding that 3,500 people can't do everything at once. With that in mind I knew there would be lines and probably lines for lines. Our group had 2 adults age 46 & 44 and two 18 year old girls, our cabins were 6483 and 6481

Embarkation: We arrived at the port at 10:00, within 10 minutes had our sail & sign cards in hand, went through security screening about 30 minutes later and were on board at 12:10. Not to bad I thought, I had allowed 3 hrs for that so 2 hrs was good for me.

Ship: Ship was great, everything was clean and the crew were ready to start serving us. Once you understand that decks 5 & 9 run all the way through you start to navigate around easier. Decks chairs were never a problem, we did see a good amount of saving going on but if your not instant about being right on top of the pool there were always plenty of chairs to be found. We had the wrap around cabin ( 6483 ) and loved the huge balcony. anyone wishing pictures let me know and I'll be glad to send you some. To me it was well worth it. We asked the room steward to open up the divider between our balconies making one big ole balcony to enjoy. Read more