I am not going to pick your review apart as everyone has his/her own ideas, I will just mention a couple of things: 1-cruises to nowhere are never the same as normal cruises, they are usually considered party cruises with the majority of the guests intending to do just that. 2-the number thing for check in< I believe or it has been our case those numbers do mean something. Latitude members get lower numbers which is the way it should be. I could be wrong about that. As for the size of everything, the Spirit was designed for Asian travel so yes, everything is slightly scaled down. Too bad you didn't do a little homework before you booked the cruise. You may have chosen another.. The rest of your review, is your opinion and you have every right to it. There is a reason there are so many cruise lines out there, not everyone likes the same things. Oh, I do have one more comment, you mentioned 5 dining rooms that charge extra, you didn't mention they have as many or more free choices than most lines, yes, the 2 main dining rooms, the buffet, the grill and Blue Lagoon.
NIta