I led our extended family of eight on this cruise. We are all experienced cruisers with 1-10 cruises under our collective belts. We have cruised on HAL, RC, and Carnival in the past. This was the largest ship we have cruised on.

Embarkation was quick and relatively painless. We were starving from our car ride so it seemed worse than it was. In line about 15 minutes, then on to the boat.

We were four adults and four children. Wife and I wanted to room together so we went to guests services to get our rooms fixed since each of us had to "room" with a child for booking. They could not correct it "officially" but willingly gave each of us extra keys to our rooms. This was used to make the switch. One child and I had to keep up with two room keys, but it was no big deal. This is good service in my book. Read more