This was a first cruise for me and my fiance and now that we've done the Epic, not sure we could do one of the smaller ships. Overall, it was a great experience. We cruised the Eastern Caribbean on April 13.
Getting on the ship was very easy and straight forward. I think we got on the boat around 12:30 and our rooms were ready. Luggage was delivered before dinner.
Dining: We ate at the buffet, Taste, Manhattan, O'Sheehan's, Tepanyaki, Moderno and Cagney's. We also ordered from Pizza 24/7 twice.
Cabin was a little small, but we expected that. We still had enough room to chill out if we needed a break from the ship or if while the other was getting ready. Our stateroom steward was wonderful. We didn't know that you only get towel animals if you request turn down service. When we left our steward a note on day 3, starting with day for we had a whole zoo the first time (4 animals) and then a new animal every day after that when he made the room up in the morning.