The ship is very crowded. The sense of constantly having to think strategically and complete with others became stressful after a few days. For instance they have a small library but unlike other cruise ships we’ve been on, the books are locked up except for a few hours a day. This frustrated my kids terribly. They saw the books they wanted to read but couldn't get to them. When there is so much down time, why would they lock up books? They didn’t even staff the library when it was open so why keep the books locked up like that? The internet costs a fortune and for the most part your phone service doesn’t work. It was usually too cold for the water slides.

It was hard to get into shows, and they were constantly up selling , pushing raffle tickets before each show etc.

I loved the Beatles tribute band. They were very good. The guy playing John Lennon seemed to be happy to be there, but the other guys were stoic. Maybe that’s just how the Beatles performed. In any case their shows were very enjoyable- they played many songs from early middle and late Beatles years and all were perfect. I loved every second. Read more