I'm glad we went on the cruise, but we'll probably never cruise again. I just don't see the value in it. It was an experience, to be sure, but by the time you get done you can easily add up lots of money tacked on to the price tag.
If I were to rate thise cruise as more objective, the marks would be lower. But I can't be completely objective because of my situational circumstances for even going on the cruise in the firts place. My wife is not a US citizen. We were married in her country in November, 2011. Having no vacation time left, I had to leave the Sunday after the wedding. She could not come with me while waiting for the green card. It's more complicated than that to explain, but ultimately we didn't want to risk any problems with her green card application, so we had to wait until January, at least, to see each other again. We decided on the cruise in the third week of January for price reasons.
So, the reason I can't be 100% objective is, after 11 weeks of only seeing my wife on "Vsee" (like "Skype", but better connection), I could have been on the Italian disaster cruise and still given decent marks, because I am just happy to hold my wife in my arms again!
Our cabin was great. We had plenty of room. They did a nice job setting up the "Happy Honeymoon" decorations. The only problems we ran into were January 27 afternoon and January 28th morning, the toilet wouldn't flush. Pressed the button and there was nothing. No resistance, no mechanical feel. Nothing. This seemed to be a ship maintenance thing and we were victims of bad timing of it. The second time we heard a neighbor complaining to the steward of the same issue. When we returned from breakfast, we could hear it making noises, almost like it was trying to flush on its own. After a few minutes, it did indeed come back online and worked. Minor inconveniences. (Luckily)