I have a pictoral review posted on the forums page: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1885530
Holland America's process was quick and painless for getting on board. We went through security, registered and got our boarding cards very quickly. They gave us a group number for boarding. We were group 5. I liked that process because we got to take a seat and wait for our group number to be called. The folks on Princess across the room were all standing in line waiting for boarding to begin.
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that our rooms were ready immediately upon boarding. I don't know if this is Holland America's norm, but it wasn't the case on Norwegian when I cruised before. We were in a class D large ocean view room. The room was adequately sized, but a little cramped for 3. Mom and I took up all of the closet space (excpet for my husband's suit). Granted there were 4 life jackets, the bedding for the sofabed, and a safe in the closets. DH used the drawers at the foot of the bed and at the nightstand. Be warned: there are only 2 outlets in the room, and they are both at the desk. Bring your power strips and maybe an extension cord if you want enough plugs for all of your electronics. Mom slept on the sofa bed. I had been warned they were uncomfortable, so I brought an air matress for her. I'm glad I did or she would have been miserable during the trip.
1097 Quiet area convenient to the front desk located in the atrium. It's also pretty close to the elevators to get the aft pool or Lido Restaurant.When we were in port we did have some very loud noises coming from below us.Sofa bed is very uncomfortable. There is also a top bunk for a 4th person, but I think that would make it very crowded.Full sized tub/shower.We had problems with the room being too warm. The crew would fix it, but the temperature would creep up again by the next port of call.