Haven't said much about the Diamond Princess.   The bed is single, and thus, too small.  However, I've found a way to sleep comfortably through the night. We are having visa problems so could miss getting off the ship for Vietnam tours.   The itinerary of our ship is such that it will at some point intersect with an ocean storm, which was called  Typhoon Koto.    However, there was a weakening back to tropical storm status today.   Tropical Storm Koto is expected to make landfall over Nha Trang on December 3 or 4.   However, the Diamond Princess will be in that general area during that period, with a stop scheduled for Phu My ( Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon ) on December 5. We make our first stop in Singapore on December 7, but remain on the ship as it  reverses courses and heads back up the coast  of Malaysia, Thailand....and back to Vietnam on December 15, with stops in Cam Ranh, Cal Lan, Halong Bay, Da Nang, ...