Zenith was a nice ship. The pools were small, but how often do you really use the pool on a ship? Most people sunbathed around it. When the ship is really moving, the water slish-sloshes back and forth and they put a net over it. They had live music on the pool deck, which is more than we could say for Carnival. Food on the ship is great too. Everyone kept the ship is tip top shape. Someone was constantly cleaning everything in sight. We did the breakfast buffet at the back of the ship most of the time. We also did the lunch buffet in the same location. I think you'll like this ship even though people have said it's smaller than many others. We've only done Carnival Fascination which was about 100 feet longer. I didn't see a huge difference in the size.