My first cruise was on the Paradise, and it was sufficient in changing my entire outlook on taking a vacation. Even though I will be sailing on the Sensation next time, I wouldn't hesitate to sail on the Paradise again, it was just hard to convince some new cruisers in our group to take a 7 day cruise. One think you should be aware of is that they take their no smoking policy very seriously, so much so that I wasn't even allowed to bring a souvenir lighter on board. I am not a smoker, and to be honest I felt a little stupid when I was asked to leave it on the ledge in San Juan, but it didn't occur to me that something like that would be taboo. I have since been told that I could have had them hold it for me until the end of the cruise, but they didn't tell me that at the time. Other than that the Paradise was awesome.