I enjoyed our cruise but I doubt if I'd sail the Conquest again unless they had a different CD and different entertainment. The shows in the theatre were canceled twice due to sound issues, the cd (Paul) was BORING and so was his assistant Squishy. Paul hosted the newlywed game and it was so boring that I actually quit watching it. Paul lost his place several times, would forget who he was talking too, he'd repeat himself and he does the 'ahhhh, errrrr & ummm' thing too many times while he's talking and his accent is hard to understand. The ship is beautiful, the ceilings are even painted. We really enjoyed the food in the MDR Renoir (anytime dining)I mean it was REALLY good, the staff were friendly and the dining room was super clean, we enjoyed the dancing & singing waiters as well. On elegant night my husband wore brown dressy slacks, long sleeved button down shirt and I wore a black skirt & dressy top, several men wore polo style shirts with either dressy slacks or docker type pants, lots of ladies and girls in sun dresses or dressy skirt/top or pants & tops. I didn't see shorts or jeans. On 'lobster' night our waiter brought my husband 2 because he(the waiter) said he thought the lobsters were small. After he finished the 2nd lobster our waiter asked if he wanted a third. He ended up bring everyone who ordered lobster 2 (even the kids) we had 14 of us for anytime dining and at 6:15 we were able to be seated at 2 tables next to each other. No one complained about the food except for the anchovies in the Caesar salad. We had chilled strawberry soup, minestrone soup, salads, prime rib, tiger shrimp with chili sauce which was DELICIOUS, the stuffed poblano pepper (huge), grilled chicken & veggies, pasta, flatiron steak...quite a few different meals and everything was delicious. My one complaint was that my grilled veggies were cold, not room temp; but refrig. cold. We had chicken nuggets, burgers & hot dogs by the pool on the lido deck and they were good, the buffet was good, I ate salad every day after we'd come back from our excursions. I had a grilled cheese sandwich from room service and it was really good. I honestly don't know how anyone can complain about the food. I'm not a gourmet 'foodie' but I know when something tastes good and when it doesn't.

2 of the comedy shows were really funny the others not so much. We were all crammed into the HOT Degas Lounge while the Toulouse Lautrec was used for Bingo games and it was almost always empty. The band in the casino sang the same 20 or so songs every night. Nothing different, same set, same time, same songs. The singers in the lobby were great; but once again they sang the same songs every night. How many times can you hear the song "Hello'?

My husband & MIL had fun doing trivia, we lounged by the water slide on the upper lido deck which was packed and yes there were a few chair hogs but not that many. We watched the mixology contest and the hairy chest contest which IMO should be based on actual hair on the chest not how entertaining the guy was. Read more