We chose this cruise because it was the only one that would fit with the dates that I could get away from work, and the port was close enough to home that we could use award points for our flight. We should have spent more money and taken a different cruise.

The ship is old and showing her age. Is needs to go in dry dock now, instead of waiting until April 2017. There is a ton of rust; the carpet is in bad shape, and the bathrooms in the cabins are just awful! When I read other reviews I thought people were just overly critical; they weren't! It is true that the shower curtain is about six inches too short and that you literally flood the bathroom every time you take a shower. I have to be clean and normally take two showers a day. I dreaded taking a shower on this trip because of the mess it made. They try hard to keep it clean, but with her age, the carpet is old and looks nasty and dirty. My husband got a stomach bug the last day at sea, and we both came home with colds.

The ship is very small, and there is not room for a kids pool section. Therefore, one side of the pool on the main pool deck it a kids pool, and the other is the adult pool. If you are looking for a kid-free zone, you will have to go to the Solarium to the indoor pool, but it is miserably hot in there. Read more