Booked this trip for my wife's "decade" birthday. Thought it would be a good way to see different parts of Europe. However, a day in each port only gives you a small taste of each location. But that is what we were looking for. I've sailed on Royal Caribbean twice before and three times on Carnival. I found the check in process in Barcelona to be extremely smooth. Short lines moved right along. Got right in to our room.

The ship:

The ship is beautiful. Not as like other ships I've been on with so much crazy patterns and decorations that you are almost seasick before the ship moves. Very tasteful throughout the ship. Art everywhere. We swore the kept replacing the art in the stairwells, because we never seemed to see the same piece twice! I personally liked the various "neighborhoods". Central Park was beautiful, but they could tone down the bird noises. I'm not sure if it was so loud an annoying so as to scare of the real birds. All the specialty restaurants are in this location. Which makes it nice. Read more