First off this is my first review for Cruise critic, thou this has been my 5th cruise all of which have been with Carnival. I have sailed on the Victory, Miracle, Freedom and now the Valor. This year we sailed with friends we have sailed with before. No kids just adults this cruise. We drove from Canada to Miami and parked our veh at a park and fly/cruise hotel in Miami and took a shuttle bus to the Miami Port. This was our 2nd time departing from Miami and we found the process greatly improved from our first experience. We arrived at the port at around 1030 am and were on the ship within an hour.The whole process was very smooth and orderly. We did lunch on the Lido deck and were able to get into our rooms by 1:30 pm. The Cabin was what we have learned to expect from Carnival, very clean and bright. Our steward Carlos was very helpful and kept our room spotless.

Dining- we ate all of our dinners and breakfasts in the formal dining room. We had a table for 6 which was the number in our party. We had the early seating at 6.pm. The food entrees included items that included prime rib, lobster tails, steak and many other dishes that I have never had before but found to be very tasty and pleasant to the pallet. The food was served hot by Adam and his helpers. All in all there were no complaints from our table.

Entertainment- We took in a lot of the shows and the comedy acts. The welcome aboard show we have seen on other carnival ships to me seemed to have been scaled down from when we first saw it. The 80's review show (far from over) however was terrific and from the standing ovation at the end was a big hit. It rivals anything I have seen at Las Vegas. It is a must see on the cruise. The Marcus Anthony show, More than Magic with Rand Woodbury, Gravity defying comedy of Dana Tison were very good as well as and very entertaining. We are not into Karaoke so we did not see the Legions concert thou I am sure it is a big hit with many on the ship. Read more