We had two families in our group that sailed on this ship over Christmas break 2007. We actually brought the new year - 2008 in on the ship. What a party!!!!! We'd never been on a cruise before so we really don't have alot to compare to. I do know they said that it has been recently remodeled. I think there are some areas that could still use some updating, but overall was very nice. Our first night for the sit down dinner, the food was cold and the servers were running around like mad. The following nights the dinners were nice. The staff was very friendly. Great room service!!!! Had 5 people in a stateroom and it was spotless everytime we turned in for the night. We took 4 teenagers and hardly saw them. Had to force them to go to dinner with us. There was some unfortunate mishaps with the weather that caused us to cut the Grand Cayman excursions short and we didn't get to see Jamaica either but all in all we had a great time on the ship. Good enough time we're doing it again in Oct. '08. Hopefully, we'll get to see everything this time.