I would recommend this for the views, the experience of a cruise without being locked into a multi day adventure, the food and for the shopping. If you do not like children or tourists then take a quick plane ride. We travelled from Turku to Stockholm after visiting friends. We were traveling with our small dachshund. The Grace is a beatiful new ship with luxurious accomodations and excellent variety of food vendors and quality of food. The shopping is comprehensive and plentiful in the duty free shop. The areas outside were somewhat limited but it had more cabins for more passengers. The toileting facilities for the dogs were two 1.5m x 1.5m grass raised platforms. Our dog was very uncomfortable as she is accustomed to grass or the usual outside and simply stepped off the platform. We saw most other dogs just go to the toilet either on the deck or urinate on the side of a rubbish bin or wall (if inside). However the staff is professional and the restaurant we ate in was excellent. The breakfast buffet was comprehensive and varied, very generous with good layout. Again, the ship was lovely. The pet accommodations were reasonably bad and uncomfortable. read more