This was our first cruise and I must say it was the most relaxing vacation we've had. This is truly an easy vacation, even with children. Our children are 9 and 13 and they had so much fun. My son was in the supervised program of 10-12 year olds and they had things going on throughout the day and my daughter started in the teen center and ending up making lots of friends and just doing things with them. My husband and I got to go to dinner, see shows and sunbathe without having to worry about the kids. If we were together, great, if not - oh well, its their vacation too!
The casino was fun too. I didn't realize that iced tea was free so I wouldn't have bought a soda card for my son, I didn't want him drinking too much soda anyway. I did, however, buy my daughter the teen passport because you get the 20 free drinks for the 30.00 or whatever it was, better deal than buying them.
The ship was beautiful - very grand. I felt like I was in a 5 star resort every day. I thought our stateroom was very nice. We had two beds, a trundle that pulled out in the center of the two beds and one that folded out from the wall over one of the beds. My son slept in that bed - he loved it. Housekeeping comes in and sets it all up in the evening and cleans it all up in the morning - that was so nice - they do an excellent job. Closet space was plenty and draws also - we all had one or two. The bathroom is big - not tiny - a nice size shower to the left-a separate sink area in the middle and a toilet with a sliding door to your right. Technically 3 people could be in the bathroom at the same time. The only time it got tight is when we were all trying to get ready. One has to sit and get out of the way.