Let's start with the boat. Elegant and tasteful with contemporary artwork throughout, I found nothing lacking in design and certainly, not the "glitzy" look! We did end up getting a suite (penthouse, I believe) so I do have a jaded view in that regard! The room was lovely, with a walk in closet, plenty of storage both there and in the bedroom and the bath as well. With the suite came our own butler and room service maid. The butler was the best! He got us in for reservations when we needed at the restaurants, got our laundry done, when we had not submitted in the required time frame, had a jacket which could have been ruined, cleaned perfectly and came every morning with our coffee in bed! The ship had some great restaurants but when I had two entrees that were not good, I quickly learned that you can reorder and get something that you enjoy! The ports were almost all divine (not sure why they go to Sete, France--truly unmemorable). We found something we loved about each. And lastly, we took two excursions and both were good, the one in Rome was the better of the two. That was a farmhouse with a cooking lesson and lunch. AWESOME! Only negative was slow internet.