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in and three large closets on the left. Then, walking on into the room there were bunk beds to the right for the kids, and a desk/vanity with drawers, our mini-bar (we never asked for the key) the television, etc. to the left. And finally, past that on the right were the two twin beds pushed together to make a king size bed. And to the left, the door to the balcony. The room had a lot of storage plenty for the four of us. The balcony was not huge, but roomy enough with two chairs and a little table. We had worried for months about the kids and the balcony, and whether they could fall overboard not a problem. The balconies have a privacy wall between staterooms and the front of the balcony was glass, not rails of any kind. And, it was tall enough that it came up to the kid's chests, so not like they could climb it, or fall over it or anything. I was relieved when I saw it because it looked very safe. Throughout the week our room steward kept everything very tidy, and delighted us with the usual towel animals and chocolates each evening.

Muster Drill: Hot, miserable pain in the rear. But, I realize it's totally necessary. On other ships my muster station has been in one of the lounges, so it wasn't so bad but on the Conquest we were outside on deck 4 and stood in lines about 4 people deep looking straight forward. It was hot outside and crowded and just not fun.

Dining Room: Our dinner was in the Monet dining room at 5:45 pm. Overall a good experience in this dining room. We missed dinner the first night because our bags didn't make it to our room until 6:30 pm and so we were not dressed for dinner (small gripe with the late delivery of the bags). Other than that we had dinner in the Monet every night. Saw no need to try The Pointe Supper Club, though we heard it was delicious. Our waiter was very efficient, though not very talkative and was assisted by a lovely gal who made up for his "silence". We were seated at a booth, and that was fine with us. We aren't anti-social or anything, just enjoy not having to make small talk with other guests when dining with two tired children after a long day in port The 5:45 seating seemed a little early to us, but a late seating would just be too late with the kids.

Shows: Some of the shows on board were great and some were just okay to us. We really liked the Welcome Aboard show with the ventriloquist, and the show with the comic hypnotist. The kids enjoyed Deja the magician (though we really did not) and we all thought the

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