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We were delighted and pleasantly surprised by this cruise and the high quality of the food selection and dining. The high quality and attention by the wait staff and diverse menus more than made up for the lack of specialty restaurants onboard. Overall, the staff was very friendly and attentive plus you never felt pushed to purchase drinks or were bothered to take part in activities i.e. around the pool and could relax. The highlight was the personal invite at the captain's table for our 10th wedding anniversary. The cocktails at the bar and the bar staff were top. Pricing was reasonable and not gauging. Overall, despite the ship being from 1996 - it was in very top condition save for some carpets needing a refresh / replacement. The design of the ship also made for a smallish gym with some dated equipment which had seen better days but the pool and common areas were better than average. The shows were above average and most of the "live" music had high quality musicians. Except for the latin/ Cuban group - many songs played were from the 60's-70's era which seemed a bit pass. The timetable for ports were OK however, in Split and the last port of call were just too short to enjoy. An advantage of the ship and its docking was that we only had to tender once whereby another NCL ship which was larger had to often tender at the same ports. The final embark / disembarkation process and time was excellent, fast and highly organized. We also experienced this on a previous Celebrity cruise which is part of the same cruise group.