We chose this cruise for several reasons.....it left out of Bayonne and it was easy for us to drive to, it was a newer ship, the itinerary let us visit several new places, and we had been on the Solstice on one of it's first cruises and loved it.

The ship was lovely and very clean. Our cabin steward was great but it seemed he was always knocking on our cabin door for something.

The food was not as good as we expected. The buffets were the same everyday and the pastries had no flavor. Could this be because of cutbacks? The dinner meals were good to very good, and service was excellent. We did eat at The Bistro on Five twice and had a good meal there for $5 per person. Also tried The Porch up on deck 15 for paninis and that was okay. We did not eat at any of the other pricey restaurants....at $40 per person, it seemed too much especially since the dinning room meals were good. Read more