In General, Which Ship Size Do You Prefer?

Here I am picturing a delicious looking dessert with cream - I have a real sweet tooth. You made me laugh out loud at your mistake cause I could picture myself doing the same thing! Thanks for the warning.

They had what looked like a sweet cream topping next to the dessert pastries. I decided to put quite a bit on one of them.

Turned out to be horseradish sauce

Had to be the worst tasting dessert I ever had!

Thanks - I had heard about the Havana area and will check it out for sure. I've never had Cuban food that I know of, so the snacks will be good to try.

It was nice enough (and Guys Burgers was fantastic).

Also, the Havana Club makes for a great seating area for the buffet. They also have a few Cuban snacks at lunch time at the bar, as well as free Italian for lunch.

Thanks for the info- I've read other comments about areas being crowded, but it's good to know you'd sail on her again.

It seemed to be more crowded in a general sense.

A lot of the public areas (pool deck, lobby area, theater) seemed to be packed (of course many areas, such as the Havana Lounge and Piano Bar were virtually deserted).

The problem was that they added two decks of cabins without increasing the size of the public areas.

Of course, I would still sail her again

What in particular did you not like about the Sunshine?

Back in the dark ages when I started cruising my first cruise ship was the Viking Serenade 26.6 GT 2nd ship was The Song Of America 37.6 GT. I went on both multiple times and had a blast......they started my addiction to cruising. Largest ship to date for me was the Adventure Of The Sea's 137.3 GT I enjoyed it.

For me it is not so much the size of the ship as it is the amenities the ship has on it. I go on a ship for a cruise not a floating amusement part. Not to have to make advanced reservation of where to eat when and what night I can get show tickets. (The more of a floating amusement park a ship is the more kids on it..... I'm not a fan or vacationing with lots of kids around) I do like the large Celebrity ships as they have less people per GT so more space, not crowded like Carnival ships.

If I picked by size I'd go with a small to medium ship. I have not done a mega ship yet, not sure I'd like it.

I prefer the smaller ships, of course nowadays 2000 passengers is a small ship. Biggest ship we have been on are Princess grand class ships. That is a big as I want to go.

I like them both for their own reasons -- bigger ships offer more varied activities, while the smaller ships offer better service.

What I hate is when they take a small ship, add a couple of decks for more passenger cabins, while not expanding on the public areas (Looking at you, Carnival Sunshine).