Flew to Barcelona, Taxi driver noticed that it had been repainted. 14:30 embarkation was very smooth with small queues to nonexistent queues. When boarding ship hands sanitised, Staff dressed as elves and Christmasy feel.
Balcony cabin on deck 10 as expected and the toilet is as people have noted a little small and set at an angle so if your over 5'11" it will be cramped. In the cabin there was coffee filter machine, safe, stocked fridge, robes, hair dryer etc. Did not see our room steward only a note with two names on. On speaking to other people our turn down would appear to be hit and miss. As we only had one animal made, compared to others having it every night and even on Christmas having a sign saying Merry Christmas (no we did not cancel our service charge prior or at the end) this is just an observation.
We went to the Garden Cafe for our lunch due to embarkation it was a little bit chaotic and disorganised. The tables were very close to each other, that's if you could find one with spare seats. Food was of a cafeteria standard, I had roast beef, pots and veg and was fine, fruit was nice and fresh but the strange thing I found on a few occasions, was the plates were cold at the hot food station and hot at the cold.