First off, the ship was beautiful and huge. The food was awesome, no complaints there. Going through cruise port/customs was relatively fast (although we got there around 11:30am). Not sure if later arrivals would see more of a crowd.

Now for the negatives...IF YOU DON'T RESERVE FOR A SHOW, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THEM!! This was quite different then our past cruises, where you had a show every night, either before or after dinner. On this ship, you had to reserve for about 5-6 shows ahead of time and the times were all over the place. Luckily i did reserve, but we had a show on the first night on board. And after a LONG day at the airport/transferring to ship/getting settled in, we had to watch a show at 10:45pm. Not good. Also, since there were only about 5-6 shows, for a 7 night cruise, there were nights where we had no show to go to. This goes away from traditional cruises of the past. A big let down in my opinion.

Another gripe I had was the crowds at the Windjammer at breakfast and lunch. Definitely not big enough to hold the amount of guests they had. At times, we waited in line before being able to enter and find a empty seat. Read more