I originally booked a class I inside. As sailing approached Emails with upgrades started appearing. Each one lowered the upgrade price and the final was $50 to a window, $149 to a verandah and $1300 to a suite. I was placed in an outside room with a floor to ceiling window on deck 4. It was mostly obstructed by a lifeboat but the natural light was nice.

Food and beverage were both better than other cruise lines I have been on and service was excellent. The entertainment was not what I was expecting. They have a B.B. King blues bar but the band rarely played any blues music. The band was great but played mostly dance music. The main stage dancers were very good but there is not a lot of show variety.

The one thing that frightened me and something that should NEVER be allowed is that when empty glasses were brought back to the explorations bar, they would remove fruit with bare hands and go right back to making drinks. This is a great way to spread various viruses to many passengers. Read more