My family went on the first sailing of the Liberty for a 12 night cruise. We had a wonderful time! The ship is beautiful with cabins that were plenty large.The staff was very friendly for the most part, and the cruise director was funnier than any of the comics they had hired to entertain us. The food was good, although the portions are small. What they don't tell you is that you can order two of anything if you don't think one will be enough, which you'll want to do for something like crab legs.

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The ports of call were very interesting and we found a shore excursion at each one that interested us. Some of the tour guides were better than others, and we learned to break off from the group if we were not enjoying the tour. It was very hot when we went, and the kids could only stand in the sun for so long listening to the history of whatever building they were showing us. We found we had very little time to shop on the shore trips we picked, and this was dissappointing. A couple other things to note about the ship is that you might want to bring sweaters or tank top/sweater combinations for woman as the ship is kept very cold, and if you are bothered by noise, you might want to bring ear plugs. I had trouble sleeping because of the noise in the halls or my neighbor's balcony doors slamming closed at midnight, and the sound system in the theator is used to its full capacity and left me with a headache after each show.