We picked this cruise as we had done one like it on the Coral Princess. This was really disappointing. The food in the Horizon was barely palatable and almost the same every day. The food in the dinning room was less than stellar. We had been on the Grand in February and loved the food. Island needed a new chef or better cooks. Our waiters were the "do nothing beyond serve" guys. I had to go to the dinning clerk to get them to sell me an after dinner shot of Baileys. My free bottle of wine was only what they could walk over and get, yet another waiter got me the one I wanted (he had to go downstairs, couldn't my waiter - I guess not) The room steward, on the other hand, was beyond belief. He was truly the best of the best and I always find room stewards good, but Kamal was superior. The ship is over crowded. The production shows were one the second night and not another until the trip was almost over. The rest of the entertainment were unfunny comedians, a guy with 1000 voices who sounded the same, but!!! Branden and James (entertainers) were by far the most outstanding performers I have seen on a ship. No wonder they were on America's got Talent. Overall the cabin was fine, the service except for our waiters was good, we missed Nicaragua because of riots, but Ensenada was fine and food there is better than ship. Ship is over crowded because they added additional rooms and removed the Vista lounge and no International Cafe in the atrium. The Cruise Director was nice and lower key than most. Would I go on the Island again, no but that is because I found the food poor (one of my table mates sent back their entree four different times it was so bad) that mostly I ate pasta,.