I have sailed some but this is the first holiday cruise I have done and this New Years Eve was the best ever! On the 31st, everything on the ship revolved around the big celebration. There were multiple venues around the ship that had DJs or live music. It seemed as if everyone on this ship was just ready to party! they were friendly, talkative and quite a drinking crowd! The ship's public areas were beautifully decorated. Everything was great. I would definitely do this again (Oh, everything was great except for the mail dining room food-but that was not why I took this trip). More is definitely better. I traveled with a group of about 20 and it seemed as if there were quite a lot of other groups as well. This made for a much better 'party' type cruise. I just wish that maybe they could have designated at least one area on the ship (and actually enforce it) for adults only,