This was our first cruise, arrived to check in at 2:00pm long queues took around 3/4 hour to check in but once we were finally in most of our suitcases were ready and waiting for us outside our Cabin (Some were still being sorted.) Once we were more or less sorted after the safety drill we had a wander around the ship trying to get our bearings, it was quite confusing we saw well more heard than saw the band playing us off from down below on land.
We had chosen freedom dining which meant we could eat at any time we wanted between 6-9 pm provided there was a table free We generally had a table to ourselves, sometimes we shared with others. The restaurant staff were excellent! The food was lovely - plenty of choice!
Sun beds were not easily available as the same people were reserving beds early on in the morning despite the fact that they were not meant to. There are 2 main pools and a few jacuzzi's dotted around the place there was also a pool for 16+ The pools were rather disappointing as they were so small.
We were in a cabin on deck C (3 floors down)we were inside cabin people there were 3 of us and there was sufficient storage space for all of our clothes and belongings although to make more space we stored our suitcases under the beds. We had a very good Cabin steward and our room was kept very clean, our towels were replaced morning and evening and we were provided with a small chocolate before bed a nice touch! Our deck was more or less quiet apart from a few children running around now and again not enough to complain. The cabin was a bit outdated, the television was old fashioned and could do with replacing but the signal on channels was reasonable, but the variety of programmes was limited. The toilet seat in our room was well worn but clean, also the hair dryer and kettle could have done with replacing as they were old, and the hair dryer was not powerful enough. Our daughter had a pull down bed and she found the mattress a little too thin but comfy enough, but overall our cabin was very satisfactory.