Embarkation Barcelona: The quickest easiest I have ever had. They grab your luggage as you exit the taxi and don't have to haul it through any lines. Had a Jr suite so had priority check in and nobody was in line so we went straight through but even the regular line looked very reasonable. We were on the ship in 30 minutes! Contrast that to Navigator in January 15 in Galveston were we waited for over two hours in various lines.

Food: This was probably the lowlight of the trip. We all felt in our party that the main dining rooms was just OK. We did like My Time Dining as having excursions allows you to be flexible but we only ate main dining three times the whole week. The wait staff was mediocre. We had better staff the one day we changed our reservation time. The tables are so close together you can reach out and touch your neighbor and staff are trying to edge between chairs to serve. We actually found the Windjammer dinner to be a better selection and more our speed. We did eat at Izumi one night and it was fantastic. Also tried Vintages. Its a nice low cost option but was pretty mediocre. Johnny Rockets was OK. Hot Dog bar was kind of fun as was Doughnut place. We had most of our breakfasts at the much quieter Solarium. The fare was exactly the same every day and not quite as good as Windjammer but its quiet and you can easily find a seat. We also tried the Wipeout for b'fast and it was not very good. Omelets were way overcooked. The Windjammer is the one place that gets very packed. We tried several times to go but line was out the door so we opted out. The one time we did go for lunch was pretty good.

Ship: Overall you would not imagine that there are 6,000 plus people on the ship. They hide them very well with exception of the Windjammer. There are so many neighborhoods to explore depending on what you are looking for. Central Park was a huge hit! Boardwalk area was really nice as well. Definitely lots of places to escape. The one beef we had was several times the majority of hot tubs were shut down for "maintenance" . This happened more than they seemed to be open. Having only three hot tubs open at a time for a ship this big doesn't work. Since our itinerary was very port intensive we probably didn't have as much time to explore as we would have liked. Read more