AOS would be a fine ship. I went on Navigator in March. AOS will have a center enclosed promenade with shops and piza parlor area, good pool deck area, adults only solarium area with 2 hot tubs, multi level dining room, large buffet area (also open for dinner). Ice skating rink will also have an ice show. Rock climbing wall and putt-putt. It has more than the Vision/Radiance class, not quite as much as Freedom (no flow rider), and less than newer ships. We liked Nav. fine. We esp. liked the promenade and the pizza parlor.
dislikes: Main dining room food is good to OK. We paid for speciality dining 3X (very good). RCCL does not use their outdoor movie screen very well--only 2-3 movies played at night and one was a repeat. No movies on sea days in production theater. Teen clubs typically only staffed at night, but they do have around the ship activities (scavenger hunt, etc.).
We prefer
DCL for the movie theater, fun dining, great shows, but not for double the price, esp. if there are a lot of port days, where we would be out exploring and ready to just relax when we got back.
SJ: We have also cruised from SJ--fly in day prior no worries. But, consider RT airfare in your price vs. cruising out of FL. For our family of 4, the airfare adds at least $2K to the cruise price.
I have heard that b/c the SJ RCCL sailings have more Latinos, sometimes entertainment was in only Spanish--don't know about recent sailings. Our 3 day RCCL and 7 day Celebrity sailings had entertainment in English. Cruisecritic.com should have AOS reviews from SJ.