Our first cruise ever.... the cruise experience was wonderful. Everything animate or inanimate, in, on, or about the ship worked perfectly, delivering the experience we had hoped for.
All crew members from the stateroom steward, via waiters, cooks, officers and captain, did their jobs perfectly. I would also include in that praise the unsung heroes: the cleaners and toilet attendants.
We ate in the Oceanview Restaurant for breakfast and lunch, and the Moonlight Sonata Restaurant for dinner. We cannot praise the food quantity, quality and service highly enough.
9236 is amidships on the 9th deck. With a 2 metre swell we felt virtually nothing in terms of ship movement. We were told that we would have felt even less on say the 7th deck. Everything worked, and was big enough for the two of us. There was no feeling of being in a cramped space even though you knew that you are, a bit! The space was as expected, comfortable and good view from the balcony. The bed was most comfortable.