It was a cruise with my partner and two members of family. The ship was agreable and the cabin was small, old but clean. Entertainement at Royal Theater was very interesting. The other bars was not very funny...On the karaoke night, a little girl of 6 years old was singing and it was not really interesting for adults. and the service was very slow at the bars. Activities on the ship at the pool could be more interesting if they could show the activities on the screen because it would be easier to see what is going on when we are not close to the activities around the pool. The arrival and departure was very well organized and we didn't have to wait a long time. All of us would like to go again on the Empress of the seas because it was not expensive and we had good time.