The ship is a little old but in my opinion well maintained. It was definitely more quiet then other cruise lines, but I actually preferred that. No holding/fighting for chairs, no long lines at the buffet etc… The overall atmosphere of the ship just had more class than others.

We are a family of 4 traveling with my in-laws. My boys are 5 & 10 years old. Club HAL is not camp Carnival but is more than adequate. My youngest liked it more than my oldest. Towards the end of the cruise, my oldest only wanted to go if they were having “free time” which is another word for, you guessed it, “video games”. LOL You can drop them off around 9am, but you must pick them back up by 11 or 11:30 for lunch. HAL opens back up at 1pm till 4pm and then from 7-10. I think this helped keep the kids from being bored, however its sometimes a problem picking them up so often as other activities seemed to start before drop off or end after pick up etc…

We had a balcony room which was pretty standard when compared to other ships, my only complaint is that the fold down bed from the ceiling was over my bed instead of the couch. So every time you wake up, you have to remember to not sit straight up in bed or you would bang your head on the bunk above. Also the bed was closer to the door instead of the balcony, so when the couch was made into a bed by the balcony door, it made it very difficult to go on the balcony. Everything in the room worked great, A/C, water/shower etc… Room attendant was very good and responded to requests very well. Read more