First the exception. The Crown Lounge has been lost to suites. So, if you enjoyed leaving ports or arriving at ports or having an after meal drink with a great view, you are now out of luck. As far as I am concerned this ship is off my list for future cruises because of the loss of this feature. I sincerely hope that this is not carried over to the smaller class ships.

Because this cruise was the week before Holy Week, there were lots of families and over 6K passengers. Evening meals were a bit slow but the food was good as usual.

Had a balcony cabin on deck 9 which was as described and kept clean. It was also nice to walk down one deck and walk through Central Park when going from the front to back of the ship. Read more