Embarkation - Was fine. Got there via shuttle from hotel around noon. Didn't have to wait in line very long but had to fill out a Bahamas declaration form which I feel should have been enclosed in the pre cruise documents. But other than that everything went pretty smooth and we were having lunch in the Red Sail by 1 pm.

Cabin - Before we had only sailed Royal Caribbean and were used to their cabins. We were pleasantly surprised by their cabins. There was more room, better lighting, and an unbelievable bed. We had a bigger window than we had on RC also. The only drawback was the thinness of the neighbor's walls as we could hear them. 

Dining - We did not want to get stuck with a table full of people we did not care for or had nothing in common with. As with our past experiences with RC, we requested a 2-person table for early seating. When we got on board we noticed that we were at an 8-person table for the latest seating. We stood in line 45 minutes to 1 hour for the Maitre D to change the seating. When we finally got to him, he tried everything he could to talk us into staying with our dinner assignment. We protested and got what we wanted. We were told 2 seater tables lack attention from the wait staff and are in the way. We were at Table 125 in the Golden Dining Room, which we loved. I could see why other reviews would say that about these tables because there were countless trays of food over my head but not one drop. Our wait staff was extremely attentive, sometimes too much. We never lacked for anything. The food quality was ok. There was only 1 night in the dining room where we thought the food was excellent. The other nights were just institutionalized. We highly recommend the lamb chops and the duck as main courses. And the dessert is the warm melting chocolate cake with ice cream on the side (its on the menu every night!). Other than that, there wasn't anything else that we would recommend which was disappointing. Read more