This was a family cruise, a "last hurrah" before college years, and we all anticipated it greatly. I'll try to be brief.

Embarkation was very smooth, despite the check in agent somehow deleting me out of the record and duplicating my son. It took a few minutes to work the details out, and whatever she did caused problems later, and we were called to the hotel desk to make copies of our identification. But it was an easy fix, so no big deal. After check in, we went to the table in the holding area and made our reservations for the specialty restaurants, as we wanted a particular one for New Years Eve. Easy--and done. About 15 minutes later we were called onto the ship.

Stateroom--we actually had two cabins, a balcony and an inside across the hall. Both had roomy closets, ample bathrooms, and were quite comfortable. The mini fridges came in handy when we bought soda in Roatan, we loaded a few into the fridge at a time. Cabin steward was very nice and helpful. Read more