I have been on IOS sister ship (same layout). It's a fine ship. Nice facilities. There is no FE, but you can "meet" some of your fellow cruisers on cruisecritic.com "mix and mingle" forum. They do have some limited tasting classes. They do not have the same level of organized daily activities as DCL, IMHO, but they have putt-putt, climbing wall, ice skating, flow rider. There is no movie theater, but they usually show a movie or two in the show theater on sea days. As long as you realize it's not DCL, and go in with an attitude that you probably saved a lot on the IOS cruise, and are going for family time, fun, sun, sand, and some good ports and you'll have a great time. No need to be worried.[/Q
Thanks for the help everyone! I enjoyed IOS, but similar to other posters, I still prefer DCL. However, it seems like I haven't been able to find a good deal on DCL in quite a while, and RC is much less expensive, so I am doing RC again next time; we booked while on board. We felt the Windjammer buffet was not as good as Cabanas. And the shows were not particularly good. The performers were excellent, but the shows were lacking. I also missed the movie theater. The dining room staff was not nearly as attentive as Disney, and I missed rotational dining. Those are the cons. The pros were that we ran into some really great staff on IOS. I would almost have gone back on the same ship just to see them again. The drinks are better on RC (not that that probably matters to most Disney folks), and I tried gambling for the first time, which was a lot of fun. Our room (balcony) was more spacious than the balcony rooms on Disney, or at least the layout made it feel that way. I really liked that the bed was right next to the balcony so you could lie in bed and look outside. The ice rink and show was amazing. We enjoyed doing some 'non-Disney' trivia. The elevators never seemed as congested as the main elevators were on Disney. So, IMHO, RC is well worth it for the price.