We arrived on a Cruise Connection bus with no problems. Our bags were removed by the dock porters and we entered the ship quickly and easily. (We did not tip any dock porters). We too, were disappointed in the lobby of the ship, a rather small room with none of the grandeur one see on Royal Caribbean, for example.
We went to the Garden Cafe Buffet for lunch. The selection reminded us of what one might find in a hospital cafeteria...no problem, it was just lunch.
However, we went again for dinner and were thoroughly disappointed! It looked like 'refrigerator night' at our house. Just a lot of stuff, nothing related. Some sort of stew, some pulled pork..with nothing to accompany it, a small oriental type station, manned by a cook who tossed together some noodles and vegetables into some sort of creation. A carving station, and the ever present pizza and hamburger station.