A little about me, Im a mid-30s mom of four, in a high-stress job. Im pretty good at going with the flow, and I try to reign in my expectations. I always hope for the best, but if things dont go quite as planned theres usually something to be salvaged. Its hard to write a review months later, but some serious life stuff happened right after we got back from this trip. Thank goodness I had this experience.

This was a Spring Break cruise with my husband and four sons (16, 14, 13, and 6) who had never cruised before. Also traveling with us were my brother and 13-year-old niece. We booked fairly late, in January, and were unable to book adjoining or adjacent cabins in a higher category than C on the Main Deck. My brother had a verandah cabin on the Navigator Deck.

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