This ship and the cruise did not live up to our expectations for the money we spent. The itinerary was good and visited some nice towns. The room was ordinary and plain. There was a very small closet that did not have a door on it. There was no mini fridge. The balcony was a reasonable size, but there were not sliding doors to get to it (on our deck). The view out from our room was not good - my husband had to bend over to look out. The bathroom was OK with a shower and a sink. Service in the dining room and during cocktail hour was good. Other times, there were a lot of problems. Our paperwork indicated that we could start boarding at 10 AM, but when we showed up at 10:15 AM, there was no one there for almost another hour. We never met our room steward and they certainly never asked if we needed something. All the paperwork/announcements on the ship had conflicting information. We were never really sure what was happening and when. There was only one excursion per port and some of those did not seem good for some of the elderly passengers. There was no regular bar on the ship. The bar opened for cocktail hour and closed at 9 PM. Outside of this time, you are out of luck. The music stopped at 9:30 PM. The reception desk closed at 10 PM. There were warm soft drinks, warm juices, and snacks in the lounge, but no indication of where to get ice. Only one elevator and one main staircase cause a lot of delays at busy times. Last year, we went on a cruise of the same length and paid less (on a ship for about 400). On that cruise, we had a large room, walk in closet, fridge, balcony with sliding doors, a bathroom with a shower and tub and 2 sinks, a room steward that looked after us very well, and lots of excursion choices. We will not be doing a Pearl Seas Cruise again.