It didn't span the entire ship but did provide lots of room for relaxing in those big deck chairs. With a deck on either side, you could thus choose sun or shade. The ship provides many design innovations that quickly make one forget they are on a huge liner. No one has to travel far to dine or play the slots. Size, too, plays a big part in making the ship more fun.
More people give the ship a livelier atmosphere.
Of course, size can mean crowding, but we never really experience such crowding, except for some long but quickly moving lines on boarding. With so much room aboard, passengers seem to disperse to activities and lounges, leaving one to think you are on a much smaller vessel. Fun also depends on how you define it. While the image of this line may seem to be for the younger crowd, our cruise had an almost equal balance of young and old age groups. There is lots of danceable music, from nice and easy to the kind you'll find in a lively disco covered with more than 500 TV screens that show everything from music videos to old-time flicks to the scene on the disco floor.