I hope you have a wonderful time on your first cruise. Myself, I loved everything about our first cruise. My family left Galveston on Sept. 7th, just before hurricane Ike came into the gulf. We had a couple of rough days, but the patches worked wonders. Even though we lost our 2 vehicles at the port of Galveston and were out additional money for rentals to get home, we absolutely enjoyed the cruise. It was a little difficult finding my way around such a huge ship but I did manage to use the confusion as my daily exercise routine. My husband, on the other hand, figured it out early and was a great help to me. The food was great but remember you can order things that aren't on the menu on a particular day and they will even prepare your eggs differently on the buffet. The only thing I really got tired of was the scrambled eggs on the buffet. You can always eat breakfast in the main dining room or, as I mentioned earlier, go to the omelet station where they will cook your eggs however you want. I kept forgetting this, and just ate the scrambled eggs. Entertainment was great and the cruise director was wonderful, a great personality and comic as well. Bingo was fun, but everyone has complained about the price of the cards, probably because they didn't win. I won one game, however, I had to split the winnings with 3 other people. Everything said, I would love to go again in the near future. I hope you have lots of fun.