First of all let me say that we are not seasoned cruisers. We've been on one other cruise and that was a Disney ship so please keep that in mind as you read this. I picked this cruise mainly for its availability (I booked less than 2 weeks before the sail date) and the price. The price just couldn't be beat. I was fully prepared for a less-than-perfect experience but I must say that almost everything exceeded my expectations.

The ship was on the small side but there really didn't seem to be any down-side to this. The single pool was usually crawling with kids but we really didn't want to use the pool anyway. We spent a lot of time on the "Serenity Deck" which was a lovely, relatively quiet, adults-only area with very comfortable padded lounge chairs and two hot tubs. The only drawback there was that there were a limited number of chairs and occasionally you had to wait a bit to get one .

The food in the dining room was (in my opinion) very, very good. The wait-staff was excellent (Orlin and Kyomann) and evening dining was a completely enjoyable experience for us. The only disappointment with the evening meal was the lobster. It just didn't have a lot of flavor. Everything else was excellent. Read more