Boarding was a breeze. Very short queues, our 2 permitted bottles of wine were queried but no problem. Inside cabin was waiting for us all prepared as soon as we were on board. Departed on time at 4pm-ish and it was great to go under the golden gate bridsge.

Majority of the staff were polite, happy and very helpful. Not sure why but the nicest staff always seemed to be Ukranian. As a big coffee drinker it was worth buying the coffee card for the international cafe as the rest of the coffee onbard is "yuk." Not really sure why it should be necessary to pay extra money to be able to get a regular coffee that actually tastes like coffee but never mind.

6pm dining was a good choice. Food was good most nights with very nice attentive staff. Horizon court buffet almost always available with an enormous selection of food. Read more