This entire cruise was simply wonderful from the ship, to the ports to all the onboard activities. My family and I live in the Midwest so driving the 10 hours to Galveston was much nicer than having to shell out hundreds for plane tickets for 4 people.
Boarding was busy and kind of long. But, to be fair, this boat is quite big and it takes longer to board. Luckily my parents were Gold Status so we were able to get priority boarding to push things along.
We had a balcony stateroom on the 6th deck. Loved it. More on that below.
We had Superior Balcony Staterooms on Deck 6. Two of them right next door with a door that connected the two. Plenty of space for the four of us, especially with two in each room. The location, Deck 6, was super ideal because of it's close proximity to the Royal Promenade floor (Deck 5), the theatre (Decks 4 and 5) and Dining Halls (Decks 2, 3 and 4 - if I remember correctly!).
Balcony rooms. Man. I don't know if I could ever do a cruise again withOUT a balcony room. Makes the cruise soooo much better knowing you can have your morning coffee on your own private balcony. Even the balconies between our rooms connected, creating a seamless "apartment".
For anyone wanting to bring an Xbox, DVD player, Apple TV, etc...with hopes of plugging it in to the TV, sorry to disappoint. I got a wifi package so I was planning on using my Apple TV to watch a movie here and there and came to find out you couldn't change channel inputs.
Galveston is an easier port but it's not a super pretty area.