Background: Myself, husband, son 21, daughters 18 and 15, and in-laws. We've been on 7 previous cruises, 1 Princess and 6 Disney. We arrived in Barcelona on Friday afternoon before the cruise. Took the aerobus from the airport to Hotel Continental. Very easy to do, but we did struggle with luggage getting on the bus! Got off out the Plaza Catyluna stop and walked about 3 minutes to hotel. Very well located, easy to get to many attractions. The hotel is old and small, but very nice for 2 nights. We loved the 24 hour continental buffet with free juices, sodas, water and beer! Sat: Toured Barcelona on the Hop on hop off bus! Great way to see the sights! Ate at Tapas 24, nearby walk. Great authentic food, no english though, so be prepared! Sun: Took 2 taxis to the ship, very easy boarding. Lovely ship! Grabbed a bite from the Garden Cafe and sat and relaxed! Rooms ready by 1:30 with luggage! We had 3 balcony suites and one inside cabin. I loved the bathroom set up! Shower space is much better than Disney! The cabins are very nice, plenty of space for two, might be cramped with older children if your had 3 or 4. Our room stewards were Felipe and Theodora. They were wonderful! I had them empty our mini fridges for each room, there was no space unless you do this! My husband , son and father in law got the spa use for the week which they loved. We also got the girls soda cards. We had dinner at Grand Pacific. Really enjoyed the food! Mon: Day at sea, pools were very crowded! There were many Europeans on board and they lived at the pools! Most ignored the signs for no children in adult pool and nothing was every said. I'm not sure they were able to understand the signs. Anyway, we're not big pool people. Did find chairs late in the day on deck 13 near the bar, which was nice! We had lunch at the Japanese Steak House, again, wonderful food and service. Dinner at Garden Cafe, nice variety and plenty of food!Tues: Malta: Breakfast at GP, good. We were up early to see the ship pull into port! Amazing sight! Left ship around 9:30. Took the bus for 1 Euro into town. Saw the St. John Co-Cathedral. Very impressive, but hot! Walked to the Upper Barracca gardens, well worth the walk and then walked back to the ship! Dinner at Cagney's excellent! Wed: Naples: up early, took the hydrofoil to Capri. This was a little difficult, there are two ferries and both have different places to purchase tickets. We had to ask many times to find the correct place. It was 17 Euros each. We had arranged a private boat tour of the island with capritime.com. It was the most incredible experience! We had a private lancia boat with a wonderful drive who showed us everything! We were able to drive into many grotto's and jump off and swim. The tour was 2 1/2 hours for the 7 of us cost on 250 Euros! Well worth it, then had lunch at Cafe Auggusto! Great!!! Took the ferry back to ship. Dinner at GP again. They change part of the menu each night, have the same food as Magenta.Thurs: Rome: We arranged with Bob's limos a tour of Rome. We spent about 2 1/2 hours touring highlights, then had a private tour of the Vatican. It was extremely hot and very crowded! But, still amazing! We ate at Magenta. Food was ok, service was poor that night. Only time we had bad service! Fri: Livorno: Slept late and took a van from the ship to Pisa around 1:00. We were going to take the bus and train, but the van was there and it seemed easier and nut much more expensive. Spent 2 hours touring Pisa and shopping at small outside vendors. Dinner at Orchid Garden! Again wonderful! Sat: Cannes: Took tender to port. Walked to a nearby beach and rented chairs and umbrella's for about 3 hours. Walked around, shopped and ate. Very hot and the shops were too expensive for us! Had a late dinner ate Tequila's good food, good service. Other: Saw 1 show, ok but nothing special. Comedy show was good, but the adult improve with the same folks was poor both nights. My daughter the stone massage, loved it. I had inotherne (sp?) loved that too! Embarkation: Left with 9:15 guests with own transportation, we had a 1:25pm flight out of Barcelona. Used the taxi's to airport. We had to use 3, they're small and they charged 30 Euro's each, but still cheaper than $25 per person for NCL bus, which wanted us to leave at 8:15 for our flights!