This was a last minute cruise we booked because we got a very good rate. We ate most of our meals in the buffet. The service was as good as in the restaurant. They had wait staff to find you a table and bring you drinks, dessert, or anything else you needed. They have an ice skating show that is fabulous. We liked it so much we went back and saw it again. They have kiosks where you can look at your pictures and they choose which ones you want. The drinks are very expensive. Most drinks are $10.00 each and when you add the 18% gratuity, they cost you $11.80 ea. We liked that they had a comedy show in the main lounge, as opposed to Carnival, which have their comedy shows in the smaller lounge. There is a volumn adjustment in your cabin, so if you want to hear the announcements you can turn it up, or if you don't want to hear them you can turn it off. There is only one ice cream machine on the entire ship and it closes at 9:00p compared to Carnival who has at least 2 machines that are open 24 hours. Several days the machine was closed before 9:00p. The buffet closes at 9:00p. The bars along the boardwalk are very small and karaoke was held in them several times, but there was no seating. Our room was in an awesome location. We walked out of our room and there was a seating area that overlooked the boardwalk. We were on deck 7 and boardwalk is on deck 5. The showers are extremely small.