I decided to take my 13 yoa son on his first cruise during spring break. We decided to leave from New Orleans which had me a little Concerned. However, the spring breakers were normal nothing out of the ordinary for a "party" cruise and the staff did well blending them with the families with children.

We arrived at the Erato terminal at 10:30 am and was promptly met with the luggage handlers and parked the car in the garage and caught the elevator down to the first floor. We were promptly swept thru the lines as we had filled out all of the boarding and sign and sail accounts online. We were among the first to board at 11:10 am. We went to the Lido deck and had lunch and signed my son up for the bottomless bubbles card. It was well worth the 37.80 they charged.

The buffets were okay, nothing great to speak of. Kind of reminded me of a Golden Corral buffet. However, the salad bar was always fresh and very well done. And I must say the pastry chefs on board were phenomenal. Every dessert we had was excellent. Read more