We took this cruise as a "back-to-back" cruise with a 15 Day Panama Canal cruise on the same ship. We changed cabins from aft port hole to aft interior. This was to try out these types of cabins, and see what the experience is like without a balcony of our own - and honestly, to see if these far less expensive cabins would serve us as well as the balcony / suite cabins. We found that the two cabins were basically the same layout and dimensions - although the interior cabin's bathroom was smaller. DW liked the porthole room better (because one could see if it was day or night outside), although I felt no difference - and actually liked the interior cabin a little better....however, it should be mentioned that the interior cabin that we had seemed a bit bigger than interior cabins on lower floors. Both rooms had lots of storage - but - there was only ONE outlet in the cabin and ONE in the bathroom.

The low rating for this review is due to two aspects: 1) diminished service on board 2) over-crowding at destination ports.

1st) I understand that the cruise industry is still recovering from the covid shutdowns and are trying to "maximize profits". We found two particularly problematic aspects. (both were a problem on the first cruise too - but, seemed worse on this cruise!) Read more