We booked this cruise 2 weeks before we sailed for a Christmas trip. We live in Florida so driving to port is a breeze. We have not been on a ship this small in a long time as we usually do any new RCI or Celebrity ship that is sailing. We were pleasantly surprised with this ship. The crew is amazing, the friendliest we have ever encountered. The carpets are new throughout and the ship is very clean. We were upgraded to Aqua (up biding) because we wanted to try the Blu restaurant. We loved it! The food in the Cafe was good, we only had lunch once in the dining room, and it was good. Shows were good, staff excellent, food in Blu very good. Also the service in Blu was amazing. Our cabin did need new tile in the shower but the fabulous spa shower system made up for that! The staff in the shops were also great, my credit cards shows the damage! We would do this ship again, I know she gets redone in October which would be a plus.