Embarkation in Long Beach was ok. We weren't sure why we had to stand in no less than 4 different lines to board the ship, but we did, all but 1 line being outside. Once we finally got into the building we noticed that there was the usual windows for checking in, not sure why they weren't being used.

The Splendor is laid out identical to the Liberty, which we sailed on last year and really enjoyed. That was the plus, that and we liked our balcony room.

Now the minus's: the food in the MDR was ok the 1st night we ate in it, the 2nd night we ate in the MDR, it took quite a while to get our food. When we finally got our meals, I noticed something missing from mine. I had ordered the grilled chicken served over angel hair pasta in a mushroom cream sauce. Mine came minus the chicken. I was never able to get anyone's attention to get it corrected so we ate what we had and left. Read more