This cruise was very relaxing for a great vacation. The food on board was average most days. Some nights we could not find anything on the menus we were interested in for dinner. They seem to have changed to make it essential to get a good meal people need to pay additional amounts to dine in the specialty restaurants. This should not have to done. However even the specialty restaurants were not that good. Moderno was really good but having to pay an additional $20 per person to eat after the price of the cruise is not a good feeling. The cruise staff centered on only a few guests to participate at shows actually picking certain names. They tried to hide what they were doing but many people realized it. The evening shows were alright in general terms. The ships entertainers need some more practice. Their performance would be good if they were in high school but not for a professional atmosphere. David Nester and Oh What A Night were wonderful probably the best on the entire tour. The ship scheduled 3 matinees on the last day of the cruise which only gave each act about 30 minutes while the day before, also a sea day, there was no matinee. It would have be better if they had put one of the acts on a different day to allow them more time. The day we went through the canal was interesting at first however as the day progressed people were looking for something else to do which did not exist. I think going through the canal will be much better next year when the new canal is finished and it takes less than half the time. I was glad I had other things to do while on board and not relying on only the ship of activities. The bars were closed most of the day making it really hard to get soda when we were not on deck 11 during the day. Additionally, they had only one bar open most mornings for juice and not at all the last day. All in all this was a trip I wanted to go on but will not do again.