We are by no means seasoned cruisers, but we've been on enough to have a benchmark of sorts. DH is 54, I'm 48. We had two balcony cabins on the Baja deck. Clean, comfortable beds, both stewards attentive, bathrooms small but adequate.

Both embarkation and debarkation were a breeze - party because of carrying off our own luggage.

We had signed up for the RC for this sailing, which I think was very helpful - it allowed us to connect names with faces once onboard and the opportunity to have a good balance of time on our own and chances to connect with some very nice folks. Read more