[First, I should mention that we are not alcohol drinkers, and therefore our commentary will not reflect at all on that particular aspect that is admittedly quite important for some readers to know about.]

The crew was excellent beyond expectation whether we are speaking about cruise director Fer-r-r-nando, the instrumental musicians (special shout-out to the trumpeter), dancers, singers, comedian, chefs, cooks, waiters, cruise desk, future cruise sales (yea Koko!), security, cabin stewards (especially our steward Moore), as well as all the crew we did not see making everything happen so smoothly behind the scenes. This tremendous effort and organization should not be unnoticed or minimized in any way.

We never felt the need to pay up for specialty dining since the standard Main Dining Room dinners were excellent and offered a good choice. Table service, presentation, and quality of food was excellent. We also took lunch there on the sea days, as well as breakfast twice. Otherwise we did use the buffet, Slice, and the International Cafe a few times as well. Everything was excellent. Read more