This was the very first cruise for both me and my 18 year old daughter. We booked our cruise on Royal Caribbean through a large agency and had no problem whatsoever.
Embarkation was so smooth. We arrived at 11:30 AM, a porter took our luggage and within 10 minutes we were onboard. Our jaws dropped (literally) when we got our first glimpse of the interior of the ship from a glass elevator. The beauty and elegance of the interior was stunning. Since our cabin wasnt ready yet (because we arrived early) we had lunch in the Windjammer Cafe and wandered around the ship to get our bearings.
We had an inside cabin (8511) and were completely satisfied with it. It was a perfect room for 2 people and we had plenty of space for all our belongings. The location of the cabin was in the front of the ship on the 8th floor. We had no problems with sound and only had one room next to us. I would absolutely choose this room again.