We are the type of travelers who reside in very rural Washington state, so an inside cabin works great for us. Very dark, very quiet and cheaper. All a big plus. Our room stewart Rio was excellent. He knew us both by our first names by the second day. He always greeted us and asked how our day was going. Our room was cleaned in a timely manner and turn down service every night included the cute towel animals. When Rio noticed we had pool towels he placed clean ones in our room each night saving us the hassle of going to the pool area and grab our own.

We choose Norwegian for the free style dining. Hubby will tolerate the sit down dinner restaurant once, so we primarily eat at the buffet. The buffet offered a large variety of food with items every night that I had to just try. I found the food flavorful and was surprised to find Dahl, which became my default dish. For someone like myself who vowed not to have desserts (I know a sin when you are on vacation) there was always fruit available. The cook staff was very accommodating. I asked for prunes one morning and was given a bowlful from the kitchen.

The full service restaurants were not impressive. The one and only dinner In the main dining room we experienced very slow service despite getting there as soon as it opened and not worth the hour spent. For the Irish pub eatery one meal was great, so I went back to try another dish and it was marginal. Basically don't order fajitas in an Irish pub. The asian restaurant was my worst experience. Slow service, a choice of three items since I am allergic to sea food, and the food was either salty or tasteless. Read more