We arrived at the Charleston port at 11:30am and was on the ship eating lunch by 12:45. The port needs some work and parking is expensive but getting there early was the key. There was not a lot of traffic and the check in process moved swiftly.

After eating lunch, we headed to our room which was ready. The room was small but that's to be expected. Our cabin steward "Philip from the Philippines" was awesome. He seemed to always be around in the halls if we needed something. Our room was U11 on the 6th floor, forward. I was nervous about getting sea sick but we took Bonine and was good to go.

All the food we had was outstanding to be mass produced. We ate everything from Lamb, PrimeRib, FrogLegs, Lobster, Fish, Shrimp to Melon soup. All very good! The wait staff in the Celebration Dining room was outstanding! We loved Satos from the Philippines and Pricillano. We had the "our time" dining option and only had to wait 1 night about 20 mins for a table. I think it was the dress up night. Other than that we were seated right away. Read more