We chose this cruise because it spanned both Christmas and New Year, and travelled to many of the Central American destinations we wanted to visit. Ship was clean and well maintained. Dining was Freestyle, meaning you wear what you want and dine whenever the facilities are open. The normal dining venues were so good that we didn't even use the Specialty dining tickets that came with the package. Main evening Entertainment shows were very good. Daily activities were okay, there were several choices of things to do, however I thought more variety would be better. Live music at the several lounges was very good. All ship personnel were pleasant and helpful. Easier at this point to tell about the negatives: The shore excursions aren't cheap, and if you don't book early enough you lose out... the excursion will be full. The cabins aren't soundproof. We were disturbed by children/young adults running through the hallways, noise from adjoining cabins, etc. Also there were underage teenagers crashing the adult bars/lounges and being served alcohol. Not a major problem if they were well-behaved, but they were not. We're talking about groups of teens taking over the venue and being drunk & disorderly... having verbal altercations with the adults. So... all in all it was a good cruise and I'd take another one at some point in time.