We had a wonderful time on this cruise. It seems as though most of the ships' kinks have been or are being ironed out. The crew was friendly and helpful, and I neither saw any passengers who felt they needed to berate crewmembers nor any crewmembers being rude to passengers. The crew took great care of the ship; it's very clean and I noticed staff cleaning and painting and varnishing almost every day.

Embarkation in Seattle was easy as pie for Latitudes members, but a long line for everyone else. Debarkation was easy as well; it's nice not to have to sit in a lounge with other passengers and wait in long lines in the stairwell. We had a leisurely breakfast in Windows and debarked when our tag color was called. No lines to speak of, and we saw many taxis outside to whisk passengers away.

We had an inside cabin and it was larger than I was expecting. I wouldn't want to have more than two--or maybe three with a small child--in there, though. (That also goes for the balcony cabin my father was staying in.) The bathrooms are nice; I liked the shower especially with its removable showerhead. Shelves and drawers were plentiful, but the closet needed more hangers. There is one outlet that will take the standard plugs for the USA passengers, but it only will handle 500 watts. Read more