This was a 50th anniversary cruise for one set of grandparents. Stops included Nassau and Coco Cay. Three generations of extended family on board. The ship was beautiful and the crew very friendly and helpful. The balcony rooms were very clean and comfortable. Doni, our stateroom attendant was wonderful. Yes, they only service the rooms once a day now, but the room for our kids and grandchildren needed service twice a day and that was provided!

The kids loved the water slides, climbing wall, mini golf, and skating rink. We ate most of our meals in the Windjammer Buffet. Food was generally good to very good. However, the pastries were dry and at lunch and dinner, no juices were offered. Only coffee, tea, milk, and lemonaide. Loved the variety of the food, though. Salads, veggies, asian choices, burgers, etc were great. Johnny Rocket's had no pickle fries and no malts. Without those, they are just another burger joint. Fish and Ships was good. Yes, the main dining now has new themed menus. The choices were good and the food quality was excellent. Best we've had on a cruise ship main dining experience. The wait staff was better than we have experienced in the past few cruises and food was served quickly. Food temperature was just right. Our waiter Gilbert and head waiter Remy made sure our dining experience was perfect.

As for the flow of information.... information on the RCI web site about the ship wasn't always reality. Things announced in the Compass or listed in the mobile app also weren't always accurate. We noticed this a number of times. Not a bad experience, but cause for us to verify things with a crew member to be sure we knew what to expect. For instance, the mini golf, Independence Dunes was listed as open 24 hours. However the deck was closed every evening. The port, airlines, and ship were advertised to offer luggage transfer service, but no service was made available without passenger transfer at the same time. The Compass and app stated that Coco Cay would be ticketless (no paper tickets needed) yet staff on the island asked passengers for their paper tickets! Read more