The cruise ship is fairly new. I believe it is around 10 years old. It looks like a mall on the 5th deck.There are many interesting shops available. Food, cupcakes, ice cream is a favorite for us. The beautiful lighted walkway makes is great for pictures. the musicians entertaining are wonderful with the variety of music available. I do not gamble, so not interested in that! Ice skating is very nice because i have not seen that in any of the other cruise liners i have been in. Our main dining room evening meals were wonderful. We can see how busy the waiters are and they still showed a friendly face and their manners were wonderful in giving us all the attention and making us feel so important. Friendly, clean service is amazing! Checking in was so easy online. the only thing i believe was not organized was the checkout at Galveston but besides that it was an amazing cruise